Teachers sponsor student industrial arts clubs to build leadership, attitudes, and public relations¶

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Description¶

The AIASA president's address calls on AIAA members to serve as club leaders in their own schools, arguing that teacher sponsorship is the decisive factor in whether student industrial arts clubs flourish. The address states that "The club develops the leadership abilities of both the students and the sponsors, while helping to improve teacher-student relations," and that clubs provide "a good avenue for public relations" as students work to improve their school and community. The strategy asks every industrial arts teacher to organize or guide a club rather than leaving support to a few volunteers.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Teachers willing to offer their services as club leaders and provide guidance and understanding to students

Constraints¶

• The address warns that the greatest killer of high school industrial arts clubs is the teacher who fails to provide guidance

Target Learners¶

• High school students in industrial arts programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• Leadership development, improved attitudes toward industrial arts, and learning to live in a technical world

Related Strategies¶

• Student-led after-school club creation and student senate structures to expand student voice and engagement

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Stamm, Colleen P. (Ed.). (1973). Industrial Arts and the Challenge of an Urban Society. American Industrial Arts Association. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED083382