See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

THE STATES REPORT ON AUDIO-VISUAL PROGRESS 21 State Reports A R K A N S A/S State Population: 1,925,000 School Population: 400,000 Number of Teachers: 16,000 School Districts: 425 Budget for Education: $32,500,000 Audio-Visual Budget: $176,500 Office of AudioVisual Instruction created in September, 1946 under the Director of the Division of Instruction History of the Department: A separate office of supervisor of Audio-Visual Instruction was created in September, 1946. The State Film Library was started in January, 1947. Relationship to Other Departments: The Office of AudioVisual Instruction is under the Director of the Division of Instruction, but has a functional relationship with all other divisions. All of its services and equipment are available to all divisions as needed. Legislative Appropriation: $176,500 annually during the biennium of 1949-51 provides Arkansas schools with free materials and audio-visual counsel, etc. under the direction of a State Supervisor of Audio-Visual Instruction, his staff, and a State Film Librarian with a Film Library Staff of 7 persons. $100,000 of the annual budget is for film purchases; $25,000 annually for still projection materials to be used with 425 public school and county units. Activities: 1. Relationship to state department. (See Relationship to Other Departments above.) 2. Promotion of teacher training, (working with the audio-visual directors of the seven state colleges training teachers). 3. Supervising Audio-Visual Service (this is the State Film Library in charge of the State Film Librarian). Films are free to public schools. 4. Promotion of local audio-visual programs and libraries. CAL State Population: 10,031,000 School Population: 1,650,000 Number of Teachers: 75,200 School Districts: 2,570 (including secondary & junior college) Budget for Education: $380,000,000 Audio-Visual Budget: $1,010,000 Bureau of Audio-Visual Education created in April. 1944 under the Chief of the Division of Instruction • • • History of the Department: The establishment of an audio-visual education office in the California State Department of Education is the result of many years work on the part of the State and local organizations, especially the California Congress of Parents and Teachers and the formerly named Audio-Visual Education Association of Southern California (now Southern Section, California Audio-Visual Education Association). The State Board of Education authorized the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to create a division of Audio-Visual Education April 16, 1944. One year later, April 17, 1945, the State Superintendent SUMMARY OF ARKANSAS AUDIO-VISUAL ACTIVITY At end of No. sound No. titles in No. prints in No. titles Total A-V fiscal year projectors State Library State Library circulated Budget 1946-47 150 150 300 1,000 $ 27,000 1947-48 300 400 740 11,000 68,000 1948-49 500 600 2,100 22.000 68,000 1949-50 650 750 3,900 36,000 176,500 appointed the present chief, Francis W. Noel, and the new Division was appropriated by the 1945 legislature. On October 6, 1945, the State Board of Education approved a complete reorganization of the Department of Education, wherein the old Divisions became Bureaus under four Associate Superintendents, each in charge of a Division encompassing appropriate Bureaus. In this reorganization the Division of Audio-Visual Education became a Bureau in the Division of Instruction, which is its present status. Relationship to Other Departments: The line of authority is from the State Superintendent to the Chief of the Division of Instruction to the Chief of the Bureau of Audio-Visual Education. There are no boundaries in the professional responsibilities of this Bureau. It is expected to cmd does work with all other State bureaus and divisions in the State Department of Education, counsels with other departments within the State, such as Department of Public Viforks, Department of Corrections, etc., and has complete freedom to counsel with all educators in the State without obtaining authorization through administrative channels. Budget: The budget is made out one and one-half years in advance and is a line type budget. State monies supporting this budget come out of the State general fund. The budgets for the operation of the Bureau run as follows: 1948-49, $56,852; 1949-50, $61,556; and 1950-51 (proposed), $66,488. Staff: The professional staff consists of the Chief and two consultants. Technicians consist of a photographer and a graphic artist and three secretaries. The philosophy under which this Bureau works is that the person best cjualified to do the job is the one who assumes those responsibilities. There are no geographical areas or specific educational level assignments. The personnel in the office have no direct authority over public school administrators but are responsible for consultant service to them in order to meet their local needs and in general to provide general leadership in the development of audio-visual education throughout the State. Activities: The responsibilities of the Bureau fall into two general categories: (1) giving professional assistance to all members of the staff of the Department of Education in reference to audio-visual education and the operation of a service whereby the staff of the Department of Education can obtain audio-visual education equipment and materials to use in their work throuc^hout the State; (2) the other category includes services to city and urban school districts, as well as to County Superintendents in the development of audio-visual education departments and the problems that arise in their operation. The Bureau has a close legal and professional relationship with the County Superintendents' Audio-Visual Departments. The County Superintendents receive State 18 SEE & HEAR