Abstract
How to "convert" the person prepared for secondary-school teaching into a self- reliant, fairly competent elementary-school teacher in a minimum period of time is one of the major tasks facing teacher- education institutions throughout the country. At the invitation of the Califor nia State Department of Education, Mr. Kinsman, Professor of Education at Long Beach State College, Long Beach, Cali fornia, who served as coordinator of an elementary-conversion program, brought together the joint efforts of the college and the nearby elementary schools in a program which achieved significant re sults. His report shows not only careful planning but maximum utilization of a brief summer session.