Cochran Rural School Observation Center
In 1898, in a means to accommodate the needs of student teachers needing rural experience, Oregon State Normal School entered into an agreement with Cochran School in Dallas for student teachers to visit a rural classroom. There is conflicting information on the precise location the school, but it was somewhere north of Monmouth. The school was used as an observation classroom from 1899 until 1912, when the student teachers began to rotate teaching in several rural schools with a critic teacher on site. Cochran was a forerunner in developing the Rural Training School Program.
- Rural Training Schools: Overview
- Cochran Rural School Observation Center
- Elkins Rural Center
- Oak Point Rural Center
- Greenwood Rural Center
- Eola Rural Center
- Mountain View Rural Center
- Rickreall Rural Center
- The Children's Farm Home
- Valsetz Rural Center
- Falls City Rural Center
- Fairplay Rural Center
- Rural Training Schools: Sources and Acknowledgements