The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 30, 1986 Page: 5 of 12
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The Prospector / September 30, 19867 Page 5
Deadline for spring 1987 student teaching is Oct. 1
By Raymond Holguin
sair Wrer
The deadline to apply for stu-
dent teaching for the 1987 spring
semester is Oct I.
All applicants for elementary,
secondary and all-levels of
physical education student
teaching should have * current
unofficial transcript sent to the
Student Teaching Office in 412
Education Building before
applying
Joseph Dominguez, a senior
education major with teaching
fields in English and history, said
although he is not paid for the stu-
dent teaching he is doing at
Burges High School, he finds H
helpful
"h to one thing to theorize
about teaching in the clawsroom,
and it is quite another thing to ac-
tually go out and teach," he said
Dominguez had to pay for nine
credit hours and will receive a
pass or fail mark for the
experience
"We, in effect, are paying for
the opportunity" to student teach,
he said, adding he finds the ex-
perience rewarding
“I enjoy the students I happen
to he with good students at
Burges," he said
Ronald K McLeod, super-
intendent of die El Paso Indepen
dent School District, said student
teaching is the most valuable ex-
perience toward working to
become a classroom teacher
Socorro Indepependent School
District Assistant Superintendent
Tom Marcee said the state
realizes die teacher shortage He
said field experience and obser-
vation were very important in
becoming a classroom teacher
‘‘I feel the experience to
necessary in order in become a
good teacher,” Marcee said
“Most school districts hire ex-
Advocates help address student rights
perienced and certified teachers
People who are interested in
becoming teachers must go
through the student teaching pro
gram in order to get experience
and become certified.”
Both school officials agreed
that Emergency Teaching Cer-
tificates are the last resorts turn
ed to if there are no certified
teachers around
Marcee said giving those cer-
tificates to someone rarely hap
pens McLeod said the Emergen-
cy Teaching Certificates would
he given hi an individual only if
the person is qualified to receive
one and a school is in desperate
need of a teacher
McLeod went on to vay that not
all people who go into teaching
are going to be successful He
said the indiv idual could paws all
the classroom work and not do
well teaching in the classroom
He said even though a new
teacher does not have any ex-
perience at the beginning, the
teacher does have enthusiasm He
added experience was something
picked up on the way
For more information on the
student teaching deadline, contact
Buena Milson at 747-5573
Police Beat
These incidents were filed by
University police during the
reported lost in the Universi-
ty library while the mother
was looking for a book
Witnesses had seen the child
playing with other children in
front of the library building
that night An unidentified in-
dividual found the child two
hours later at Kidd Field The
child was then returned to his
mother
• Sept. 18—A criminal
trespass warning wax issued to
a man loitering in front of the
Administration Building The
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world traveler, a shaman and
a scientist,” and claimed to be
"carrying a cure for herpes
and cancer, and formulas for
biological warfare " Inside his
backpack, police found a
three-foot chain with a cloth
handle, a pair of mun-chakas
and an object the man describ-
ed as a “magically powered
wand of the shaman "
riding their bikes on campus
were observed by police
removing valve-stem covers
from a brown Datsun pick up
truck An officer stopped the
youths, took them home and
released them to their parents
—Compiled by Eddie Elfers
Social injustices and campus
problems can be addressed by the
Student Advocates Office in the
Student Avociation Office in 312
E Union, the director of the pro.
gram said
"If a student has a problem,
we're concerned," said Paul I
Smith, director of the Student Ad-
vocates program “We're not
concerned whether he or she is
wrong or right, all we're in-
terested in iv keeping the student
in school.”
Smith, who became director
taken a tik toward a social work
atmosphere
"We work with the Universi-
ty. and various city, county and
state agencies,” Smith said
“Housing and food stamps are
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Student advocates fight for
students’ rights in such areas as
traffic tickets, grade changes and
complaints against professors
“A lot of people don't know
this office exivs,” Mid Rom
Federico, one of four student ad
vacates She said people find out
about the program by word of
mouth, but some students find out
when it n too late
Federico explained the office is
the only one on campus that can
file suits against the 1 niversity on
behalf of a student
Deanna Nasser, Student
Association president. Mid the
SA funded program has improv-
ed over the last year
"It's really organized well.”
she said “There are presently
research advocates and advocates
in training "
She added that all student ad-
vocates are strictly volunteers
On Feb 16. 1986, the student
advocate office expanded their
services to accommodate evening
students by opening an office in
the University Library
The office there, located in
room 301, to open from 6pm
to II pm. Sunday Thursday.
Smith said
Ralph 1. Coulter, chief of the
University Police, Mid. "I think
if most students who have pro-
blems came here (the police
department) first, we could set-
tle it a lot faster "
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University of Texas at El Paso. The Prospector (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 9, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 30, 1986, newspaper, September 30, 1986; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1626114/m1/5/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting University of Texas at El Paso.