SUPERINTENDENTS Atlantic COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS ...HENRY M. CRESSMAN.. Bergen ....B. C. WOOSTER.. OLIVER J. MORELOCK. Ocean Passaic Salem ....... ..CHARLES A. MORRIS.. EDWARD W. GARRISON. ...H. C. DIXON... Somerset ..HENRY C. KREBS. Sussex Union Warren ... ...RALPH DECKER. Egg Harbor City (Residence) New Brunswick (Co. Office Bldg.) . Morristown (Court House) .Toms River (Hyers Building) . Paterson (Court House) .. Salem (Court House) .Somerville (Court House) .Newton (Court House) .Elizabeth (Court House) ..Belvidere (Court House) PART IV REPORTS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TEACHERS' RETIREMENT FUND FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1918 (295) J. J. SAVITZ, Principal I take pleasure in submitting the annual report of the New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton. THE GENERAL COURSE The time allotment for the various subjects in the General Course of the Normal Schools of New Jersey, as adopted by the State Board of Education in September, 1917, was immediately put into full effect in the Junior Class. For the seniors the new schedule was used as far as was possible without interfering with the completion of studies already begun. The reduction in the number of hours allotted to certain subjects made possible the introduction of work in industrial arts, in sewing, and in cooking, as well as a muchneeded course in experimental education. A course in principles of education was offered in the last term of the senior year, for the purpose of relating and interpreting earlier studies. The change made possible also the introduction of a course in library methods and an extension of the time devoted to music. Moreover, it gave opportunity to emphasize physical education by carrying out the provisions of the Pierson Physical Training Law. SPECIAL COURSES The Special Courses offered in the school were reorganized to conform with the requirements of the General Course as to subjects common to both. The work in manual training, domestic science and arts, and in commercial education was so modified as to stress the development of practical judgment and of special skill in the manipulation of materials and tools. The combination courses preparing for both grade and special work were abandoned, so that the time of each student is now devoted exclusively to preparation either for grade work or for teaching special subjects. In addition to the usual work given in such special courses, students in the Commercial Department are to receive practical training in the offices of the Steward and the Principal and are further required to spend at least one summer in a commercial position secured by the principal of the school or the head of the department; students in Domestic Science and Arts will have charge of the school lunch room and must either spend some time in an actual dressmaking establishment or get the equivalent of such practical experience; while each Manual Training student is assigned to assist the school mechanic in practical work for a period of ten weeks. Two additional special courses have been organized, one to prepare teachers for Special Classes of Subnormal Children; the other in connection with the New Jersey State School for the Deaf, to fit students for this particular field of work. Competent instructors have been engaged to carry on the preparation of special teachers in all the courses offered and in a few years the Trenton Normal School should be able to supply the needs of the State. (297) |