To Foster Teaching

Dartmouth has joined 28 other colleges in a cooperative program to encourage and help graduates of liberal arts institutions to prepare for teaching careers in the public schools. Under the leadership of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the program is being supported by the Fund for the Advancement of Education, which provides $45,000 annually for three years, for fellowships; and $33,000 annually for three years to aid in supporting instruction and administration.

In recognition of the scarcity of college- trained elementary teachers, educators are making a cooperative effort to help graduates of liberal arts institutions undertake a fifth year of study, which will prepare them for careers in public-school teaching. The fellowship program will enable candidates to spend a year in the Harvard Graduate School of Education to obtain instruction for elementary school teaching; while secondary school training will be carried on by the Graduate School of Education in cooperation with the Harvard and Radcliffe Graduate Schools of Arts and Sciences. Emphasis is placed on apprentice and internship experience, which takes up a major portion of one term.

Representatives from the participating colleges are agreed that a broadly conceived background in the arts and sciences is essential to future teachers, and that the program of advanced study must be flexible and intellectually stimulating. Plans to interest more college students in public- school teaching; to provide them with information on working conditions, salaries, and opportunities in public school systems; and to correlate undergraduate study with the advanced training, are now being worked out in preliminary meetings.