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BUILDING FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY - Kennedy Bibliothek

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programs continued through the 1940's and other community education programs<br />

in eight small Michigan communities were sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg<br />

Foundation.<br />

26. The early 1950's saw another major step in the development of community<br />

education. In 1951 the first full-time community school director<br />

was appointed to a school in Flint. This meant that the community to be<br />

served was the same as that served by the school. Along with that, the<br />

community school director worked closely with all school personnel and had<br />

full access to the school facilities. Two additional requirements - that<br />

the director was a college graduate and had a teaching certificate - were<br />

also added during that time.<br />

27. At this time Mr. Manley became a guest instructor at Eastern Michigan<br />

and Michigan State University. He organized a graduate program in which<br />

the Flint community education directors were enrolled and which stressed<br />

the development of leadership skills. This program culminated in the<br />

Inter-University Clinical Preparation Program, begun in 1964, in which<br />

seven State universities in Michigan, the Mott Foundation and the Flint<br />

school system joined to provide formal leadership training courses leading<br />

to advanced degrees.<br />

28. In the early 1960's the Mott Foundation began to establish regional<br />

centers at major universities to distribute information, offer technical<br />

assistance to local districts, and train leaders for community education.<br />

Smaller centers have also been established at universities or with State<br />

education departments to encourage the growth of programs in specific<br />

areas.<br />

29. The number of school districts which had community education programs<br />

in the early 1960's was still very small. They were clustered largely in<br />

Michigan. In the last ten to fifteen years, however, this situation has<br />

changed dramatically. The rapid increase was due in large part to the<br />

leadership of the above-mentioned Mott Foundation centers. Additionally,<br />

in the mid-1960's there was increased State and Federal involvement in<br />

community education. With increased Federal spending on education and<br />

community development, funds for community education development became<br />

available through President Johnson's War on Poverty.<br />

30. Aided by additional funds and technical assistance provided by the<br />

State and Federal governments in the last few years and with the educational<br />

situation changing rapidly, the rise in the number of community education<br />

programs has been dramatic.<br />

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