OTR EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00309A000100040033-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: September 30, 1960
• Content Type: MFR

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SUBJECT; OTR Education Committee Meeting
Dates
MEMORMDUM FOR THE RECORD
30 September 1960
1. The OTR Education Committee met bW,,*e ber at 1300
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the official representative from QTR Registraur, waboard.
2. A status report was given on the instructor handbook to the
effect that it has been generally combined with the training officers'
handbook being produced by the Registrar. The Registrar's handbook,
in addition to his outline, will now include such items that were
originally a part of the instructor's handbook; i.e., those things
having to do with procedures, administration, services to the
instructor,, and the like. The other handbook with a tentative
title "Guidelines for Effective Teaching" will include those elements
of information which should contribute toward making an instructor
more effective in the claswoom i.e., course and lesson planning,
techniques of instruction, evaluating student progress, everyday
.
problems in the classroom, bibliography.
3. A status report was given on the training report regulation.
Information was to the effect that it had been coordinated through all
the School and Staff Chiefs and would now be coordinated through the
component senior training officers. It is anticipated that this will be
produced in the form of a regulation around 12 October 1960.
4. The report was given an the control and distribution of written
trainin materials produced by OTR and the impl ties thereto. Mr.
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as asked to head a committee, including MEN
to report back at the next meeting suggested policies an
plans handling this suggestion.
5. A final course report was the last item of consideration. It
was noted that several Schools are following several procedures in
making such reports; i.e., several Schools make detailed and full
course reports following the elements outlined in a used OTR
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otioe dated 24 July 1958. Several other Schools used the media of
the weekly activity report wherein highly selected and pertinent coin-
monts were, made regarding course presentations. On c asion this
supplemented with a memorandum to INTR. was asked
it from DTR his specific desires on thia subject and whether
standardized procedure is preferred. Members Of the
committee representing Schools were asked to be prepared to indicate
their suggested guidelines for final course reporting for the various
courses conducted within their Schools.
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