ing institutes are expected to be prime movers of that particular concept within their areas of administrative responsibility at school and district levels.

Expenses for three 1971 summer institutes are as follows:

Chairman ELLENDER. Please describe your work-study program guidelines.

Dr. BENSON. We provide guidance to the military departments concerning the establishment of work-study programs in DOD overseas dependents high schools consistent with the following goals:

(1) Provision of an ongoing, educational program for high school students to help them experience and understand the world of work. (2) Development of a cooperative school-trainer relationship in the community.

(3) Establishment of competent industrial and governmental agency supervision of work-study participants in coordination with the school.

(4) Establishment of work-study opportunities for students at all levels of ability and achievement.

We define work-study as actual experience in an occupation, trade, business, or profession undertaken as part of the requirement of a school course.

Work-study programs may be established subject to the following: A. General

(1) Programs may be of three types

(a) an in-school program for students;

(b) a program using post and base facilities;

a local industries program.

(2) Programs established shall contain the following basic elements: (a) Occupations in which students are trained must be suited to their abilities and interests;

(b) The work-study program must be developmental in nature.

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(3) A representative advisory committee is recommended in each participating school to provide guidance and aid in the operation of the program.

(4) Each school will establish a written agreement with the participating organization which will include arrangements for: contract and training procedures, hours, wages, if any (wages may not be paid from appropriated funds), legal responsibilities, individual training outlines based on the needs and abilities of the individual student and the capability of the particular cooperating establishment.

(5) Each student, trainer (appointed by the cooperating organization), and work-study coordinator (appointed by the school) will receive a copy of the agreement.

(6) It is recommended that the school work-study coordinator, have a background of vocational and professional experience in order to coordinate the work-study program successfully.

(7) Field supervision of the work-experience of the students must be provided to:

(a) evaluate individual programs and progress;

assure that the work product of the student does not become a primary objective of the training assignment and that the training is not conducted in a manner that constitutes voluntary services in violation of the prohibition against gratuitous employment;

(c) assure that the student is not placed in a position which requires or permits him to supervise in any way the work of agency or company employees;

(d) assure that the student is not permitted to perform duties of a type which will entitle third person to rely upon his acts as being those of an agent of, and binding upon, the Government. (8) Release time for the work-study coordinator in each school may be authorized for the purpose of field supervision.

Chairman ELLENDER. What was the cost of establishing these guidelines?

Dr. BENSON. This cost cannot be accurately determined as the guidelines were developed jointly by personnel in my dependents education office, and curriculum personnel in the three overseas area superintendents' offices, along with other curricular responsibilities covering a period of approximately 6 months.

Chairman ELLENDER. Was this done within your system or was it contracted for?

Dr. BENSON. It was done within the DOD Overseas Dependents School System.

DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM

Chairman ELLENDER. You mention in your statement a drug abuse prevention education program, one in elementary schools and one in high schools. What has been your experience in regard to drug abuse in your schools?

Dr. BENSON. Reported incidents related to drug abuse on school property during school hours since September 1970 are 250 in the European Area, 13 in the Pacific Area, and none in the Atlantic Area. Chairman ELLENDER. Please indicate the cost of this program broken down by major elements.

Dr. BENSON. Implementation of the drug abuse prevention education program for school year 1970-71 has cost $85,472. Major elements for this program are:

Chairman ELLENDER. You speak of "teenage counselors" working with this program. How are they chosen, what do they do, and how effective do you believe them to be?

Dr. BENSON. At present two pilot programs are in operation, one in the Philippines and one in Germany. Each program consists of a high school extracurricular activity Teen Club, formed to study drug abuse problems and their prevention. The Teen Club is headed by a faculty adviser. Membership is open to the student body. Teen counselors are members of the Teen Club and have volunteered to explain and discuss drug abuse and its prevention with elementary students in their classrooms on a scheduled biweekly or monthly basis. The faculty adviser, other teachers, and the school administrators select the teen counselors from those who volunteer.

They cannot be drug abusers, must be respected by the student body, and have demonstrated an ability to communicate easily and well with high school and elementary school students. After selection they are put through a training program prior to their working with elementary-age students. The Teen Club coordinates the program between the high school and elementary schools in the high school area. A yearly program is scheduled wherein a different drug-abuse-related topic is presented to the elementary students at each visitation. The teen counselors work in pairs, and each elementary-classroom visit lasts from 30 to 60 minutes with the elementary teacher present.

These pilots are patterned after a similar program in Phoenix, Ariz., called Dope Stop. The original teen counselors, faculty advisers, and administrators, in both pilot projects were sent to Phoenix last February for training. We believe the teen counseling program to be effective based on the interest expressed and the activity in both high schools, but we are not able to state how effective the program is at the present time.

Chairman ELLENDER. You indicate that these are pilot programs. Do you intend to expand the program

Dr. BENSON. The two pilot projects have been established to determine whether the teen counselor concept works successfully in oversea dependent school/military environments. Both programs are new, being operational only since March 1971. By the end of this school year we shall determine whether the program should spread to other oversea dependents schools. If the program is expanded, the present pilot project high schools will become training centers for teen counselors from other schools.

INCREASES RELATED TO PERSONNEL SALARIES

Chairman ELLENDER. You indicate that you are requesting increases of $1.9 million in matter relating to personnel salaries. What are the increases in benefits referred to under that head?

Dr. BENSON. These include benefits related to personnel salaries such as, retirement, health, and life insurance amounting to $1.5 million; summer school and compensation for extra school activities, $84,000; living and quarters allowances amounting to $0.3 million.

Chairman ELLENDER. What are the increases related to summer schools?

Dr. BENSON. The increase for summer schools amounts to $84,000 which goes for increased teacher salaries projected for the 1971-72 school year.

Chairman ELLENDER. Please describe the compensation for extra school activities.

Dr. BENSON. In addition to the basic rates of compensation which are indicated in the teacher salary schedule, teachers who perform extra school duty assignments, are compensated an additional amount, depending upon the number of hours worked. The extra duty assignments involve after school activities such as coaching high school and junior high football, baseball, track, sponsorship of boys' intramural sports program, and service as a department head or grade level chair

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COCURRICULAR PROGRAM

Chairman ELLENDER. What is the cocurricular program for which you are requesting an increase of $400,000?

Dr. BENSON. The cocurricular program pertains to interschool athletics, music and science fair programs, and forensics. Nearly all support for these cocurricular activities comes from base welfare funds. We believe that funds for the support of these school programs should be from appropriated funds.

In nearly all U.S. public schools the interschool athletic program is funded from gate receipts collected by the schools. In the oversea dependents schools, admission fees are not charged to the dependents or serviceman to attend a sports event. The other activities, in U.S. public schools, are provided from school funds.

TEACHER SALARIES

Chairman ELLENDER. Please provide for the record a schedule of salaries for teachers and supervisory personnel for fiscal year 1970, 1971, and 1972, similar to that provided last year on pages 850-852 of the hearings.

Dr. BENSON. Yes, sir; I will be happy to.

(The information follows:)

LISTED BELOW ARE REPRESENTATIVE ANNUAL SALARIES FOR POSITIONS INDICATED:

1 Proposed salary schedule for 1971-72 school year. A copy of the final salary schedule will be made available to the committee.

PAY INCREASES

Chairman ELLENDER. Please indicate for the record the percentages of pay increases received by teaching personnel over a 5-year period. Dr. BENSON. Yes, sir; I have that information.

(The information follows:)