European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1977 the stars and stripes Dodd eur be Alfiers introduced to systematic and practical Way to individualize instruction by Mike Spear staff Rizir Germany secs a workshop that just concluded Here promises to make the who at tended it More efficient and effective and perhaps happier classroom instruct Carma Hales and Maurine Jones worked two weeks with the who came from As far away As Greece and on a practical approach to teaching with heavy emphasis the who coma from an organization called the Utah system approach to individualized said the Overall systematic approach la their major focus was on building teacher competencies to diagnose and pre scribe for students and ment of said and it was obvious thai the instruction and enthusiasm they brought was its been terrific getting together with professionals and talking things said Ann a ram Stcin second Grade in the classroom its and you Tow perspective of goals and one teacher said that it was an inspiration just talking to practical experts such As Hales and weve had people come from the directorate and nothing in the world is As Boring As listening to the directorate people Are so far removed from the class room and they sit there and Tell you this is the Way it should Carma and Maurine have been an i would recommend that the people in the directorate attend this workshop Eri schools but not for teachers Dodd eur teachers organize their materials during n workshop at Kal they Are to Maggie first Grade teacher from num Leroy Kaiserslautern Junior High Mauine Jones and Carma workshop in and or Edda Nurnberg first Grade army chief of staff issues generals guidelines on airing views publicly Heidelberg is4s the army top general wants to make sure recent Inci dents a which High ranking were called on the carpet for Puello statements does not discourage vigorous and courageous viewpoints to make the army ready for any a memorandum from army chief of staff Bernard Rogers addressed to general officers says and i must be concerned that recent unfounded publicity about muzzling the military does not turn into a especially the single spaced memo on the topic speaking out has been made required Reading for every offi cer in Usa eur by George Blan commander in chief of Usa eur and seventh officers have both the right and responsibility to give candid cautions during the discussions out of which policies Rogers it is the responsibility of decision makers to encourage Frank sharing of he added but once a decision is officers must give their wholehearted support to he what changes at the Lime of decision is not the opinion but the Public voicing of that Rogers he said that while intellectual honesty demands Frank views be privately the last thing that should do done is to carry any arguments and disagreements to the Public the dated june came less than a month after John sing Laub was relieved As chief of staff in South Korea after a newspaper quoted him As saying president Carters decision to with draw ground troops South Korea Over the next four years will Lead to Rogers memo includes no but this recent particular instance cannot be allowed to hamper the essential communication that must exist Between professionals working creatively and imaginatively within the army itself and Between the army and the american 3 36 Hurt in Cairo fire Cairo Uli three persons were killed and 3s others injured in a Blaze Ihu burned out of control for 30 hours at a Tex tile factory in afr eid War in the Nile press reports losses were estimated at Rogers memo followed by Only five Days another instance of a general censured for speaking which news Media compared to the Singlaub on Juno Doon a then com Mander of us Reurs v told the Frankfurt american High school graduating class it is Likely the would inter Vene in a soviet chinese War be considered starry was ordered la Stop by the Penta gon on his Way to a new assignment and he emerged with a Light Rogers and army Secretary Clifford u Alexander said starry mistake came in not Clearing his speech in at the same Rogers continued in his All of us must be familiar with the contents of a 360s which re quires clearance for certain speeches and writings to be presented in the Public Domain when the contents Deal with subjects which might Impact on National inter discuss polices not under our own Purview or gel into the business of some other agencies or groups not our trogers advised his generals up seek clearance when required or when in doubt As to its one of the major Points of the workshop was the heed for teachers to tag aria All instructional material so that to is always easily and in thai Laura an Athens fifth Grade these people Are unbelievably Orga Ive got pieces of paper that Tell me what to do rather than meaningless words out of a its practical a Gail a Heidelberg third Grade 1 had Many old ideas jelled for that id thought about but had never really Ive Learned so Many new ways to present things that i did not do very 1 said Marsha Ramstein third Grade its been a res shot in the it makes you eager logo Back and gel with the Kay Sailer from said the workshop gave her a practical Way of dealing with children and i Dividu she said the systematic approach made h the message that Halea and Jones brought was work not and to show teachers How to do they focused on Reading and Hales and Jones have been conducting the workshops for dependents schools teachers for tour and before coming they conducted a two week workshop in they estimated Hinl several Hundred of the systems leathers have attended but they limit the size of the workshops to gain effective we attempt to work with the teachers on an individual Basil and Deal explicitly with their own classroom Hales you have a tendency to lose that when you get too Large a i think one of the reasons that teachers have been so Happy with their experience Here is each one is required to identify and develop Concrete materials that will help them to be More effective Janes is Quick to Point out that approach to individualized instruction is not the one that is commonly perceived where students have the Freedom to do whatever they were miking Abdul Structure and precision teaching with a humane Environ ment Lor she said what we try to show Lui Churs is that when you i Dividu you attempt to provide the most nearly appropriate task for students that for those teachers who have Large class room i tales said it is still pos sible to one at the Basic reasons the systematic approach works is because we say regard less of your there is no excuse for you not to try and not to she we Donl use the restraints in any system As an excuse for not if i can get teachers to commit themselves to try and to agree that  have a classroom climate that is Bath accepting and expect ing for  become better and better but the minute they look at a sea of 40 faces and say this is Loo Man then it is Loo 1 have had people say that a Pollyanna attitude but my response to that is this in the Only attitude you can have in Public for parents who want to know More of what their children Are doing in Hales said the teachers need to provide them with a learning profile on their but she admitted thai there is no easy Way to adequately report on a students Prog Ress to she said the main complaint heard from dependents schools teachers is the same one heard everywhere and that is the teachers feel they Lack the time and Energy to do what they wish they could i Tell them that when you go into teach youre in Tor a lifetime of and that Good because the More you know about the students you work and the More nearly you meet their then the More needs you see that should he and so youre never