Title: Wisconsin Association of County Supervising Teachers Records
Inclusive Dates: 1939-1958

Creator:

• Wisconsin Association of County Supervising Teachers

Call Number: Wis Mss SQ

Quantity: 2.0 c.f. (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Records of the Wisconsin Association of County Supervising Teachers, including correspondence, 1953-1958; minutes of the executive board and annual and special meetings; and reports of special committees on curriculum study, awards, and the Wisconsin Conference on Education. The collection also contains a file on the merger of this organization with the Wisconsin Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development.

Language: English

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The Wisconsin Legislature passed a law in 1915 providing for one or more supervising teachers for each county. These teachers maintained their own state organization; and on their own initiative contributed professional materials for promoting supervisory work. “The Supervising Teachers” Exchange proved to be an effective means of communicating supervisory activity. There was an annual conference required by law, which met at the time of the general meeting for administrators and supervisors called by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. After years of contributory work, this association, because of a duplication of members, objectives, and time, merged in 1958 with the Wisconsin Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The merged group adopted the name of the latter organization. Its objectives continued to be the general improvement of instruction and supervision; more particularly, the promotion of teacher growth in three major areas: wholesome emotional and mental development, socio-economic understanding and adjustment, and professional competence. Any person with a major interest in the field of supervision, curriculum development, administration, or classroom teaching could become a member of the association. Besides the annual meeting held during the week of the annual conferences of administrators and supervisors, other meetings were held in connection with conventions, workshops, and spring conferences. The state was divided into six geographical areas, each of which held one or more professional gatherings during the year.

Acquisition Information

Presented by C. R. Wentland, Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

Box   1	Correspondence: September 4, 1953 - May 4, 1958
Box   2	Minutes of Meetings (Executive Board, Annual, & Special), 1939-1958
	Spring conferences, 1954-1958
Box   3	Correspondence and conference programs Physical Description: 8 folders
Box   3	Evaluation reports on spring conferences, 1953, 1954, and 1955 Physical Description: 2 folders
	Wisconsin Association of County Supervising Teachers and the Wisconsin Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development merger file
Box   4	Correspondence on merger, February 3, 1956 - May 19, 1958 Physical Description: 2 folders
Box   4	Constitution and By-Laws Scope and Content Note: Constitution of WACST; proposed constitution and by-laws of ASCD; merger proposal; WASCD constitution adopted, 1958; map of delegate council and area organization.
Box   4	WACST ballots on merger
	Miscellaneous Files
	Curriculum Study Coordinating Committee
Box   5	Correspondence and minutes of meetings: December 3, 1954 - March 28, 1958
Box   5	In-service training survey reports
Box   5	File of Committee on Legislation, 1943-1957 Scope and Content Note: Legislative bulletins, correspondence, newsletters, minutes of committee meetings, copy of bills introduced in Senate.
Box   5	Maybelle G. Bush Award file, 1950-1957
Box   5	Correspondence on committee appointments and acknowledgements, 1954-1955
Box   5	Wisconsin Conference on Education Scope and Content Note: Includes Correspondence - miscellaneous; “Summary report of study committees, 1955” (11-page mimeo report); “10 Billions a year more for schools by 1965?” Interview with Neil McElroy, chairman, White House Conference on Education (7-page printed report, reprint from U.S. News & World Report); “You have a responsibility” (11-page mimeo report--outline of problems for discussion by Wisconsin Conference on Education); and “Tentative recommendations and discussions,” for regional and local conferences preliminary to the White House Conference on Education (12-page mimeo report).
Box   5	Constitutions, By-Laws, and Handbooks Scope and Content Note: Includes Constitution of the Wisconsin Education Association, 1947; Constitution of WACST; References to constitution from minutes of WACST meetings, 1952-1954; By-Laws and guiding suggestions of WASCD; and Handbook for county supervising teachers, 1949 (10-page mimeo).
Box   5	Programs: spring conferences (, 1953-1955) and joint conferences of administrators and supervisors (, 1949-1957) incomplete
Box   5	Miscellaneous Scope and Content Note: WASCT directory, 1954-55; membership lists of WASCD, 1955-56; and 1958-59; committee lists, 1955-56; and Wisconsin Cooperative School Health Program directory, November 1954.