18 In planning the instruction in this school the aim is to connect it as closely as possible with the work in the normal school, to the end that the methods of teaching here may exemplify the theory which the normal school students are
A
taught.
school
is
teachers,
considerable part of the instruction in the training
either supervised or actually given
by normal school
and the work
in particular sub-
in the
normal school
based largely on directed observation in the training department.
jects, as well as in
the theory of education,
is
The work of the supervising teachers in the training department includes responsibility for the progress and discipline of and the continuity and efficiency of the lesson preparation and classroom instruction of the student teachers, subject to the general direction and advice of the director of the pupils
school.
Opportunity is provided for students who intend to teach in the first grade to observe in the kindergarten, in order that they may become familiar with the theory and methods of the kindergarten
and
mentary school system.
amount
its
relation to the rest of the ele-
Seniors
secure
also
a considerable
of additional experience in teaching as substitutes in
Salem and
in other
towns and
cities in
school.
The Intermediate Department.
the vicinity of the
— Those students who are
preparing to teach in the junior high school are required to
twenty weeks of practice. the course each is assigned to one
have at
In the second year of
least
of
the
training school for a period of ten weeks.
grades in
The
the
practice in
the senior year, for an equal period, includes teaching in the
seventh and eighth grades in the training school, and in the
Lynn, Chelsea, and Somerville. In these schools the practice is carried on under the personal supervision of the director of the training department, and the teachers and supervisory officers of the several schools. The Commercial Department. During the present shortage of teachers, the former plan of sending commercial seniors to approved and co-operating high schools for observation and practice teaching has been set aside temporarily.
junior high schools
of
—