"J 5 a a Parnenerernenromemets nein training | board endorsed a recommenda- ‘tion from its Education and funding consideration sent to “be:the first time the district has provided professional upgrading “. The idea originated with the | worse dimensions. op ’ 2 Terace Review — Wednesday, September 2, 1989. Z School - In what may become an un- -precedented move, the board of ‘School District 88 is considering provision of money to train a teacher of the hearing impaired for work in the district. At its Sept. 19 meeting the ‘Personnel Committee to have the Finance Committee for in- clusion in the 1990-91 . district budget. If the Finance Commit- ‘tee supports the move and it is. ratified by the board, it would funds for a teacher. district director of special educa- ‘tion, Andrew Scruton. In an interview after the board meect- ‘ing, Scruton said he was pleased ‘that the board appears to be receiving the idea positively. The -district encountered some diffi- culty recruiting, regular teachers this year.and: Scruton says the. - situation’ with ‘special education teachers, is a shortage of much ‘s“There has been an enormous ~ explosion of special education in ‘North America, a huge demand for teachers, and the system hasn't caught up with it,’’ he said, adding that the shortage will get worse as the shortage of general teachers spreads, School District 88 was fortun- ate enough to attract a highly qualified teacher of the visually impaired this year, but two speech pathologists hired from New Zealand are being held up by immigration red tape — in Australia, of all places — and aren’t expected to start work here for at least two months, - says Scruton. A large part of the problem is shortagé of university spaces for people who want to go into specialties like speech patholo- gy: itsa degree that can take up As the season closes at Heritage Park, another major addi- tion to the collection arrived recentiy. The wagon, about 60 years ‘old, was donated by Mr. Hughan of the Nass s Valley lt, ee CTR aad eee tee an a gt TT Raa Ati ee h ree A mm BT TT ae oh. Tw ahaa et tm nt ate ie ‘eat aa as a bequest to the park after he died. It was moved by Alec and Judy Houlden under arrangements made by Mr. __ Photo by Alie Toop. ST to six years of study, and in B.C. the university system: is capable of graduating only 12 each year, with an. average of half those graduates taking posts. outside the province. A change in B.C.’s education philosophy towards special edu- cation a few years ago estab- lished special classes in local schools for many children who would have previously been sent to central institutions: The move was considered progressive but it also created a much larger demand for special education “personnel; instead. of having. a single. specialized. . staff at. one location, each district now has to recruit speech , pathologists, teachers of the. hearing impaired and teachers of: the. visually im- paired. The Ministry of Educa- tion funds the staffing positions on a provincial averaging for- mula that provides one specialist for each 2,500 students, but Scruton says the number of chil- dren requiring those services in School District 88 is higher t than the average. DRINKING. AND DRIVING © IS MURDERING YOUR. FRIENDS — BE IN THE “NO” MERE @) Name ~ Please : send a subscription to: - Address. 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