DOCUMENT RESUME ED 047 123 VT 012 472 TITLE Planning Education for revada's Growth.k Master Plan for Education. INSTITUTION revada State Dept. of Education, Carson City. PUB LATE 69 NOTE 556.p.: Two vols. EADPS PRICE FDRS Price M7-10.65 BC- $19. .1u DFSCRIPTORS Curriculum Design, *rducational Administration, Educational Coordination, Educational Planning, *Educational Programs, *Master Plans, Program Planning, State Curriculum Guides, *State Departments of rducation, *State Programs, Vocational Education TuENTIFIPRS *Nevada ABSTRACT Ps the result of a 1969 directive by the Nevada State Legislature this study was undertaken to develop a master Plan for education in the State, including plans for the development of a system of area community colleges. The study is the result of the work of department staff, personnel from many state agencies, and recognized authorities in education all over the United States. or each level of administrative structure and for each sublect at each level of education from preschool to adult, the study examines nresent practices and emerging mandates, and Fakes recommendations. (B H) Pr\ (Nj r,.4 .4" C:) PLANNING EDUCATION FOR NEVADA'S GROWTH A MASTER PLAN FOR EDUCATION VOLUME TWO Prepared by The Department of Education STATE OF NEVADA V IDEPARTMI ENT OP HE ALTH.EDLICATION WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN RERODuCED EXACTL1 AS Atetryttp FROM 1 SE PERSON OR ORGANIATION ORIGINATING IT POiN1S OF viEw OR OPINpONS STATED DO NO1 NEM shAiLT REPRESENT Of FIC,AL OFF K OF EDO CATION POSITION OR POLICY BURNELL LARSON Superintendent of Public Instruction Carson City, Nevada 1969 PLANNING EDUCATION FOR NEVADA'S GROWTH A MASTER PLAN FOR EDUCATION VOLUME ONE Prepared by Tle Department of Education STATE OF NEVADA BURNELL LARSON Superintendent of Public Instruction Carson City, Nevada 1969 TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Table of Contents iii Foreword Acknovledgments vii Introduction xi I. Organization and Administration State Department of Education 1 School District Administration 13 Local District Administration 13 The School Administrator 27 II. Curricular Patterns l'raschool to Adolescence 33 Preschool 35 Early Schcol Years 55 Reading 57 English 65 Mathematics 69 Science 73 Social Studies 76 Foreign Languages 85 Physical Education 91 Health Education 99 Music 103 Art 107 Special Education 111 Guidance and Counseling 121 Occupational Guidance 129 Middle Years 133 Reading 135 English 139 Mathematics 143 Science . 147 Social Studies 151 Foreign Languages 155 Physical Education 159 4 iii Health Education 163 Music 167 Art 173 Special Education 177 Guidance and Counseling 185 Occupational Guidance 18.1 Industrial Arts . 193 Health Occupations 197 Business and Office Occupations Education 201 Prevocational Years 205 Reading 207 English 211 Mathematics 219 Science 223 Social Studies 227 Foreign Languages . 233 Physical Education 237 Health Education 243 Music 247 Art 251 Special Education 255 Guidance and Counseling 263 Occupational Guidance 269 Health Occupations 275 Business and Office Occupations Education 279 Home Economics 287 Industrial Arts 297 Technical Education 301 Driver Education 307 Career Development Years 311 Occupational Guidance 317 Health Occupations Education 321 Office Occupations Education 323 Distributive Education 365 Home Economics 379 Trade and Industrial Education 391 Vocational Agriculture 397 Adult General Education 403 See VOLUME II for: III. The Educational Facility IV. Financing Public Education V. School Services 5 iv FOREWORD This document is the result of a year of study and planning under the auspices and direction of the Nevada State Department of Education. All staff members of the department participated directly in its preparation, and all are contributors to it. It is the result of a charge given to the State Department of Education by the Governor's State Council on Vocational- Technical Education and Community Colleges. An applicable excerpt of that resolution follows with appropriate sections underlined. "That the State Department of Education be charged with the respon- sibility of developing a master plan for education in the State of Nevada, covering such areas as the feasibility of creating area community colleges and/or vocational-technical centers in the state; additionally, consideration should be given to developing plans for phasing in vocational- technical training into the curriculum of the secondary schools it a sequence, leading to additional training in the 13th and 14th grades. In addition, the 1968 Special Session of the Nevada State Legislature in the Act relating the establishment of community colleges charged the Nevada State Department of Education as follows: "1. The State Department of Education shall study and recommend to the 55th Session of the Nevada Legislature a Master Plan for education. This study shall include, but not he limited to: (a) The feasibility ol= creating, throughout the State or in suitable areas thereof as the study may reveal, area community colleges or vocational-technical centers. (b) Plans for the adaptation of vocational-technical training in high schools to take maximum advantage of further training to be offered in such community colleges or vocational-technical centers. (c) Plans relative to finances, curriculum, organization and facilities. (d) Exploration to determine community desire and sponsorship for creation of such community colleges. (e) The potential enrollment and business and industrial opportunity for graduates of such community colleges. 2. The recommendations shall include: (a) The minimum tax base, minimum population and initial local financial effort necessary to support a community college. (b) Plans relative to cooperative financing by the federal, state and local governments and other sources." The undertaking of such a study covering all phases of public school education in Nevada is monumental by virtue of its scope and significance and because of its implications. It must, of course, reveal something of salience and consequence, or the effort has been merely an exercise in sterility, with no profit to either the reader or the writer. It is hoped that the material herein presented does have significance for both educators and all others who have in the past declared the urgent need for planning and identification of education's posture and requirements. From a scrutiny of the contents of this study, it should become apparent to all that the gap between current effort in our schools and what needs to be accomplished is indeed a wide one.Not only has this opus attempted to create an understanding of this discrepency, but to offer alternative possibilities for closing this gap. Certainly it is recognized that what is needed cannot be produced immediately, but the very understanding of what the eventful goals should be will promote planning to those ends and for their eventual accomplishment. Burnell Larson vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following have assisted in the development of the Master Plan: Dr. John A. Bailey Miss Alice Ann Bauer Associate Professor of Home Economics Teacher Secondary Education Carson City High School University of Nevada Carson City, Nevada Mr. Halver Bennion, Principal Mr. Roy S. Berry Henderson Junior High School Director of Special Education Henderson, Nevada Washoe County School District Reno, Nevada Dr. George A. Broten Professor of Health Mrs. Linda Hall Batchelder Brainard Physical Education & Recreation Consultant University of Nevada Hampton, New Hampshire Reno, Nevada Mrs. Ann Cason Mrs. Marlene Butorac Teacher Lecturer in Elementary Education Earl Wooster High School University of Nevada Reno, Nt.vada Reno, Nevada Mrs. Lucille Clark, Teacher Dr. Howard H. Christensen Washoe County School District Associate Professor of Agricultural Reno, Nevada Economics and Agricultural Education University of Nevada Dr. J. Clark Davis Reno, Nevada Professor of Education University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Dr. Edwin S. Dodson Associate Professor of Mr. Clayton Farnsworth, Principal School Administration Clark County Vocational- University of Nevada Technical Center Reno, Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Mr. John C. Fitch Dr. Robert M. Gorrell Director of Innovation and Professor of English Dissemination University of Nevada Granada Community School Reno, Nevada Corte Madera, California Mrs. Noreen Hawley, Teacher Mrs. Hazel I. Hardy Bertha Ronzone Elementary School Assistant Professor of Home Economics Clark County School District University of Nevada Las Vegas, Nevada Reno, Nevada Dr. Miriam Kapfer Mr. H. Mike Hartocnian Research Assistant Gupervisor of Social Studies Clark County School District State Department of Education Las Vegas, Nevada Wisconsin vii Mrs. Gloria Julius, Teacher Dr. Esther Mack Earl Wooster High School Professor of Education Reno, Nevada San Jose State College San Jose, California Miss Marcella McComas Mr. Donald Payton Distributive Education Coordinator Principal Earl Wooster High School Huffaker Elementary School Reno, Nevada Reno, Nevada Mr. Ralph Rea Mr. William Rohrer Teacher former Vocational Business Sparks Junior High School Education Tea:her Sparks, Nevada Wooster High School Reno, Nevada Dr. L. J. Rubin Miss Dorothy Seigel Director of the Center for Director of Special Education Coordinated Education Clark County School District University of California Las Vegas, Nevada Santa Barbara, California Mrs. Elaine Smith, Teacher Mr. Jackson Stephens, Teacher Earl Wooster High School Earl Wooster High School Reno, Nevada Reno, Nevada Dr. Patricia A. Tripple