PART V TEACHER PROGRAMS THE NATIONAL TEACHER CORPS (Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education) THE PROSPECTIVE TEACHER GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THE INSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM (Division of Graduate Programs, Bureau of Higher Education) THE EXPERIENCED TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (Division of Educational Personnel Training Programs, Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education) TITLE V, PART B The National Teacher Corps is a bold new approach to the fight against poverty-bred ignorance. Created by title V, part B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, it was designed to improve education in slums and other poverty areas by making available teams of experienced teachers and teacher-interns to strengthen local school programs. The primary purpose is to reach those children too often considered unreachable in our traditional educational system-children who come to school each day with growling stomaches, expecting nothing from school and not understanding what is expected of them-children whose parents are too busy and too tired to play or converse with them-youngsters with such a poverty of experience that they know nothing of the things other children take for granted. The Teacher Corps provides specially trained teams of corpsmen for supplementary teaching tasks and for work in home-school relations in areas with large numbers of disadvantaged youngsters. Working under the supervision of an experienced teacher, teams of four to five intern teachers provide individual attention and enrichment experience to children who otherwise would continue to fall further behind their classmates. Both students and overburdened regular teachers can benefit from this assistance. The Teacher Corps is presently engaged in the training of approximately 1,250 corpsmen. These men and women spent last summer in preservice training programs which prepared them academically and psychologically for the unique problems of education of the disadvantaged. Now each intern is serving in the dual role of graduate student in one of the 53 participating institutions in 30 States, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia; and supplementary teacher in a nearby poverty school and community. Corpsmen are employees of the local school districts which requested them, and which pay a minimum of 10 percent of their salaries. A Federal grant pays up to 90 percent of salaries plus administrative costs. Teacher Corps grants to universities cover all tuition for Corps members' graduate studies. Salaries for interns (usually recent college graduates with little or no teaching experience) do not exceed those paid a beginning teacher in the assigned school district; those of experienced teachers are determined by local pay scales for teachers with equivalent experience and education. In the schools, corpsmen work entirely under local school authorities. The contributions of corpsmen are already in evidence. In addition to tutoring and remedial work, they have developed cultural and reading enrichment programs, conducted field trips for the children, run afterschool study sessions for students who have no quiet place of study at home, supervised recreation activities, encouraged parental participation and interest in the education of their children. Corps men have shown they can adapt to the poverty situation and attacking the needs of their assigned communities. The training period for an intern-teacher is 2 years. Upon successful completion, he will be certified to teach in the State in which he trained, receive a master's degree, and be a part of a great new block of teachers especially prepared to reach and teach one-fifth of our Nation's less fortunate children. TITLE V, PART C BASIC FACTS PROSPECTIVE TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, 1966-67 ACADEMIC YEAR Awarded: 1,530 fellowships, $7,500,000 appropriation. 169 institutions. 254 programs. 50 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 2-year fellowships. Applied for: 10,840 fellowships. 307 institutions. 854 programs. Stipends: First year: $2,000 stipend: $400 dependency allowance. $400 stipend-summer: $100 per dependent. Second year: $2,200 stipend: $400 dependency allowance. $400 stipend summer: $100 per dependent. Cost-of-education allowance: $2,500 to institution for each fellow. Fellowships per institution: 24 highest number per institution. 4 lowest number per institution. 8 top per program. INSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM, 1966–67 ACADEMIC YEAR Awarded to institutions who received fellowships under prospective teacher fellowship program and experienced teacher fellowship program. Universe: 172 institutions. 47 experienced teachers. Applied: 166 institutions. Applied: 163 institutions applied for $9 million. |