European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes education schools eager to help Dodds teachers by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Houtalen Belgium a superintendents of stateside schools connected to the defense department have been asked to give Dodds teachers special hiring consideration because of cutbacks and closures overseas that could leave them without work a school official said. A a we re working with superintendents. We be asked for their help a said Hector Nevarez director of Section 6 schools. Section 6 comprises 68 schools located in eight slates and puerto Rico. Although the schools have a very Low percentage of turnover so far a superintendents have been very responsive a Nevarez said. Nevarez outlined stateside Job opportunities last week at a conference for administrators from schools in the Dodds Atlantic Region. Although special attention is being Given to Dodds teachers whose jobs Are jeopardized by the draw Down they cannot receive transfers to the schools Nevarez said noting this is a common misconception even among some Dodds employees. Section 6 schools Are not part of the department of defense dependents schools system even though they serve children of . Military and civilian personnel at 18 military bases. Legislation that established the schools in 1950 requires that they operate under a locally elected school Board. These schools have also been affected by defense department reductions with schools at Myrtle Beach fab s.c., and England fab la., closing at the end of this school year. Some of those teachers will Transfer to other Section 6 schools Nevarez said. The Job Market is being further tightened by the fact that Many service members Are being sent from Europe to areas  As Kentucky a fort Campbell and fort Knox where schools Are hiring their spouses leaving fewer openings for career Dodds educators Nevarez said. Teachers in these schools which have a total enrolment of about 36,000, receive salaries on the is pay scale comparable with those received by their counterparts at neighbouring Public schools. Along with operating the Section 6 schools the defense department has special contractual arrangements with local schools in five states and Guam that serve about 5,500 children of military and civilian personnel. Teachers at these schools work for the local school District and Are not paid by the Federal government. The Job Outlook for those schools is Best in Guam where there arc openings for about 300 teachers for next school year Nevarez said. The increase results in part from the closure of Subic Bay naval facilities in the Philippines and an increased interest by the local government in upgrading educational programs. Unlike the Dodds teachers overseas teachers in Guam receive no housing allowance or Exchange and commissary privileges. They also receive just one Way transportation and arc allowed to ship just 2,500 Bounds of household goods Nevarez said be noted however that discussions were under Way to increase those benefits. Annual salaries for the two year contract begin at about $24,000, he said. One administrator attending the conference said Dodds teachers might be a a Good bet for the Guam schools because they Are accustomed to living overseas and adapting to different environments. A those of us in Dodds for a while have taught in quonset huts and All kinds of conditions a said Petra Lopes principal of the . Elementary Section at the accent Allied forces Central Europe International school. The Opportunity might also Appeal to educators approaching retirement As their pension would supplement the salary Lopes  of the year can never learn enough by Kevin Robinson staff writer Ramstein a Germany a Jacqueline Watts Hinton describes herself As a a fanatic for  and when her students leave her she wants them to be just As crazy about educating themselves. Its this approach to teaching that propelled the Ramstein Junior High school English teacher to become the department of defense dependents schools teacher of the year for fiscal 1992. Hinton 50, currently teaches five classes of ninth Grade English at the Ramstein a school where she has been for seven years. She is the third straight Dodds Germany Region teacher selected for the top Honor. The schools principal Richard Snell said he can vouch for Hinton a capability As a teacher. A a she a very dependable and enthusiastic a Snell said. A she taught my daughter in Japan she a a great teach  for Hinton teaching for the past 24 years a 16 of them in Dodds a has been anything but Boring. A a there a so much to do a she said. A every year i change my teaching to some degree. I can never learn enough about teaching. A we As teachers must realize that More knowledge exists than what we can teach in 12 years a Hinton said. A we must work with students and teach them to be lifelong  Hinton said its been predicted that the knowledge base for students will change every 30 Days by the year 2000. She Points to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Eastern bloc countries As glowing examples of news that outdated history and sociology books. A a it a probably More valuable for students to be Able to know where to find information and How to retrieve it mls amps Kevin Robinson Jacqueline Watts Hinton than trying to remember All of it. There a just too much information out there today a she said. She feels today a students Are smarter than people realize a despite recent polls that Knock the intelligence of today a youth. Eins Wei Drei s4s Dove Caisy Holly Sanders 6, uses her fingers to do some first Grade math in Irmgard Braun a partial language immersion class at Darmstadt elementary school. The class was being conducted in German. Four other foreign language immersion classes Are being held at defense department schools in Europe this year. A at Ramstein we have a a brain bowl academics contest involving 60 students every year a Hinton said. A and every year the students beat the teachers. They arc faster and they have the  the relationship Between Hinton and her students is based on Mutual respect she said. Quot these children speak two languages a proper English and Street talk a she said. A when they know 1 respect their speech they respect  in her spare time Hinton writes poetry. She said her periods of creativity Are often inspired by a the Energy provided by the students in the classroom. I learn More from them sometimes than they learn from  a couple of her students feel the reverse is True. A she deserved it teacher of the year a said Julie Brandenburg 14. A a in be Learned More from her than any other English teacher. My writing skills have  a i just knew shed be one of the selectee a added Scott Floyd 14, another student. A if we have a problem she a there to  during 1991, teacher of the year was just one of the honors received by the Hinton household. Her husband capt. Greg Hinton was named 608th military Airlift group company Grade officer of the year. The Hin tons have four grown children. Three of them Are in College and one in the army is a Veteran of operation desert storm. In addition to being Dodds lop teacher Hinton is one of 54 finalists for . Teacher of the year. The results of that selection process Are expected in april. In the meantime she is Busy motivating students to Blaze their own learning trails. A education is a Joy not a hardship Quot Hinton said. A you must get All you can because the Burden is not learning. The Burden comes when you done to learn  pricey schools show results by the associated press Are you More Likely to see a diploma at the end of four years at a High priced College than at a less expensive school yes according to a Price and Quality in higher education a a report by the department of education a office of educational research and improvement. The report said that Price has the second highest Overall effect on College completion after student ability. Using data from almost 600 private Liberal arts colleges the study concludes that in addition to raising institutional prestige and revenues expensive tuition May strengthen a students psychological commitment to graduation. Teens religious views polled by the associated press More american teen agers believe in heaven than in hell. The latest Gallup youth Survey reported that 90 percent of the teen agers interviewed said they believe there is a heaven where people who have led Good lives Are eternally rewarded. By contrast 75 percent of the 513 youngsters Ages 13 to 17 said that they believe in a hell where the wicked Are punished. The nationwide poll found that teen agers who had attended religious services during the previous week were More Likely to believe in either heaven or hell than those who did not attend services