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Part Three:
Planning the Audio -Visual Program
The Ten -Year Goal in Audio-Visual Utilization: Its Cost
• by Harold Tabler
Director, Audio-Visual Education
Massillon (Ohio) Public Schools
WHAT WILL the city-wide Audio-Visual Program cost? What budget provisions must be envisioned? Contrary to usual estimates of the cost of a program of audio-visual education, recommendations included on the accompanying chart will be in terms not of units of equipment but rather as it should be: in terms of utilization situations —in terms of sound projections per class per week, or the numbers of times it is desirable to use transcriptions, the radio, the opaque or filmstrip projector, etc.
Just as a budget for all school activities must be a reflection of the total school program in terms of function so must the budget for an audio-visual program be the reflection of utilization situations, or better still, use situations through which improved instruction is the desirable outcome.
In interpreting this chart it can be assumed a basic library of these films numbers approximately 300 titles.
Sufficient audio-visual equipment, including projectors, film strips, opaque projectors, sound projectors, etc. will be acquired in order to accomplish the number of use situations which are indicated in the second and third columns of the chart.
These Are the Basic Assumptions
In interpreting this chart certain basic assumptions must be made:
L That in establishing a program of audio-visual education, goals must be set up in advance. It is not practical to assume that, while today we have no program, the mere expenditure of certain monies will in the short space of a year result in a going program.
2. That the ultimate goal of utilization situations indicated in the two columns will not be met at once, but rather will gradually be worked up to their being met at the end of a ten-year period.
3. That the per pupil cost in the second and third column of $2.69 and $5.38 will be appropriated over a ten-year period and that sufficient equipment and materials will be gradually added to the use of teachers over this ten-year period.
4. The fourth and last assumption is, of course, the most important one. That is predicated on interviews with teachers who have indicated that they, in order to completely "audio-visualize" their day-to-day classroom work will have need of materials and equipment as often as is indicated in column three.
Objective Is to Provide Equal Opportunity
This chart and its accompanying cost figures have been worked out in as objective a fashion as possible in an effort to answer the question: "What will the program cost if a certain level of utilization is to be provided all the teachers and their pupils?"
In these days of growing school populations and the increasing demands upon the community from which our schools draw their support, it is imperative that the audio-visual budget be based on sound assumptions and that progress be both measurable and continuous. The classroom is the focal center of this program. •
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