Kirkpatrick Travel Awards

Posted March 19, 1999


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 19, 1999
99-03-13-ED

Kirkpatrick Travel Awards Announced

A Saskatoon Arts Education specialist and both principal and vice-
principal of Riverview Collegiate, in Moose Jaw, were selected as
winners of the Kirkpatrick Travel Award for 1998-99 - - Dana Ross,
Liam Choo-Foo and Doug Craig.

Dana Ross, a full-time Arts Education specialist at Dr. J. G. Egnatoff
School, will be traveling to the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City,
for the Virginia Tanner Workshop. This workshop is designed for
teachers who wish to incorporate dance and art into their teaching
curricula. Ross has been teaching arts educations in Saskatoon for
the past two years and believes that the innovative nature of the
Virginia Tanner Workshop will directly support the development of
the Arts Education curriculum within the school system.

Liam Choo-Foo, currently principal at Moose Jaw Riverview
Collegiate, operates Riverview under a unique student scheduling
system called the Copernican (Block) system. This system separates
the school year into five equal parts with the students able to take
two subjects in each block. Choo-Foo will travel to other schools in
Calgary and Okotoks, Alberta, to compare notes with other
administrators in the same scheduling system.

Doug Craig, currently vice-principal at Moose Jaw Riverview
Collegiate, has over 25 years experience as a teacher in the Moose
Jaw School Division No. 1. With support of the Kirkpatrick Travel
Fund, Craig, like Choo-Foo, anticipates meeting with other
administrators operating the block system in hopes of bringing back
some concrete ideas that will enhance the use of the system at
Riverview Collegiate.

The Kirkpatrick Travel Fund is administered jointly by the U of S
College of Education, The U of S Alumni Association, and the
Saskatchewan Teachers? Federation. The annual award celebrates
the contribution the late Dean Emeritus Balfour Kirkpatrick made to
education in Saskatchewan.


For more information, please contact:

Dr. Ken Jacknicke
Dean, College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-7647