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Distributive Education Program looks lor stuidente
By Lori Merryman
Approximately 33 percent of the people
employed in the US. work in wholesale or
retail services.
It was the mid-1960s before schools
realized that business distributes goods and
services to the public, said Steve Eggland,
chairman of the Distributive Education
Division in the Center for Business and
Vocational Teacher Education.
Educators began to take a more
extensive look at these fields and stopped
sending students into retail and marketing
without the proper training, he added.
Distributive education programs, gaining
interest in about 1963, prepare the student
to teach marketing in the high school,
community college or the adult business
community, Eggland said.
A distributive education teacher
coordinator teaches business communi
cations, advertising, merchandising and
general marketing. This program also coor
dinates on-the-job training experiences for
the student in marketing occupations.
People with a distributive education
degree also have the marketing and
management skills necessary to move into
business positions.
THERE SEEMS to be an oversupply of
teachers, Eggland said, "but in
distributive education, this is reversed." He
said there is a strong need for more
students in the Distributive Education
Program to provide educators for the 60
high school and community college
programs in Nebraska.
There are two primary reasons for the
shortage, he said.
Today people realize the importance of
vocational education. Consequently, there
is an increase in vocational education
resulting in a need for more instructors,
Eggland said.
Secondly, the dual advantage of a
distributive education major contributes to
a loss in teachers eventually.
We produce enough teachers to fulfill
the demands, but there . are so many
turnovers because of the unattractive salary
of teachers," he said.
Eggland explained that once the
distributive education majors begto
teaching, they often get offers to work In
the business profession because of their
training.
"CURRENTLY, THERE ARE many
students in the business college who would
like to teach, but have heard there is no
need for teachers," Eggland said.
'People interested in adding a teaching
alternative to their business degree can do
so through the Distributive Education
Program," he added. This is the same for
people in teachers college who would like
to add a business alternative to their
education.
In general, students may become
qualified to teach in a distributive
education program by taking courses in the
Distributive Education Division of the
Center for Vocational Teacher Education,
and also other departments of Teachers
College and in the College of Business
Administration.
Eggland said there are two ways in
whicn one can be certified as a teacher of
distributive education.
The student can either major' in
Teachers College or in CBA.
Students in CBA may , obtain their
teacher certification by . taking 31 to 32
hours in the Teachers College. Those
enrolled in Teachers College are required to
take 45 hours of course work in CBA in
addition to general and professional
education requirements.
For more information, students should
inquire at the Distributive Education
Department in the Teachers College,
Team policingputs officers at your doo
By Kris Hansen
: The next time a policeman knocks on your door, don't
panic-he might just be coming to visit.
Getting in touch with the community is the goal of
Lincoln's unusual method of team policing, according to
Assistant Police Chief John Miller. .
Team policing involves dividing the city into areas,
each with its own captain and team of officers, Miller said,
The officers ideally spend half their time answering calls
and the other half working with people in their area, he
said,
'The thrust of team policing is not just to answer calls
from the public, but to actually get involved so we can
identify their problems and the things they perceive the
police should be doing -and spend time solving these
problems," Miller said,
Miller said officers contact neighborhood groups to
explain their availability, to offer programs and to
discover people's concerns,
"The policeman that's able to go out into the
community, identify problems and do something about it
is more likely to have people talk with him about
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police-related problems," Miller said,
TEAM CAPT. Allen Curtis said his team has discovered
a wide variety of problems in neighborhoods and said
people have been open with them,
"There's a myriad of things we've done with them," he
said, The team has solved many problems groups have
identified and has suggested programs to avert trouble, he
said,
Team Capt, Ed Ragatz said some groups may be
apathetic or have negative reactions to the policeman .
stereotype, The solution is to mingle with people as often
as possible and do a little sleuthing to find out their
problems, he said, Ragatz added that most people in his
area have welcomed the officers,
Jack Fields, president of the Meadowland
Improvement Association, said the police have been
helpful with problems in the area, The police have
sponsored safety programs and handled parking and
vandalism problems, he said,
Joyce Holmgren of the Eden Park Association said the
police have been in touch with the group several times,
'They've made a real effort to know people," she said,
"It's inspired a lot of confidence and we're enthusiastic
about , team policing, Uniforms don't make us nervous
anymore," ,
MILLER SAID the city was carefully sectioned into
five, areas to. preserve existing neighborhood patterns,
Each area became a small police department with its own
equipment and central base, he added
Changing to five different forces created some
duplication of equipment and effort first, Miller said,
The citywas buying five sets of equipment when only one
or two would do for the city, he said,
"It. took us some time to find out which things needed
to be centrally located and which to supply to each area,"
he said,
Miller said the hew system corrected some problems
traditional police set-ups usually have, Most departments
operate with the chief in command, deploying all officers
and managing theewhole city, An officer's time is spent
answering calls and handling problems after they occur,
Miller said,
Under team policing, which former Chief George
Hansen instituted just over a year ago, authority is pushed
down to the captain's level, Miller said, The captain
deploys the men, learns to anticipate trouble and relies on
the central office only for major problems, he added,
THE CENTRAL OFFICE now serves as a support syste
system, keeping records and deploying special teams for
complex cases, Miller saidi
Another advantage over the traditional system is the
officer's ability to handle all calls, Miller said, Under the
old system , an officer would handle only one type of
problem, such as burglary, Now, officers are trained to
handle all situations, Miller said,
Ragatz said this approach, called the "generalist officer
system," is a vast improvement over the old system,
"This way, there's always a man in the area that can
handle every type of call," Ragatz said, "He can still call
in the support system if the problem is too big for him,"
Miller saidofficers learn to manage their time, work
together and become involved with people more than ever
before,
He added, however, that the men can take the team
spirit and community attention too far at times,
THE MAIN PROBLEM initially was that these teams
, became so involved in their own areas and their own self
that they forgot about the total commitment," Miller
said, The department had to stress to the officers that
they were part of a whole,
Miller added that the teams began trying to handle all
problems internally, This is good on smaller cases, he said,
but the officers had to be reminded to call in special
teams when the problems became too complex,
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