St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-26

q. He shall furnish teachers with
blanks for school registers and for all
reports required by the regulations of
the Board ofSchool Inspectors, and give
such instructions IN regard to the mode
OF using Them as will secure uniformity:
and he shall furnish each school room
with copy of regulations of the Board
of School Inspectors.
%. he shall submit to the Board
monthly written report of the condi-
lions OF the schools, and after such re-
port has been made to the Board, he
snail prepare for transmission TO the
Mayor such portions of it as are re-
quired to be submitted by section of
the act creating this Board, and such
other items as the Committee on Schools
or the Board of School Inspectors may
direct
20. He shall attend all sessions of the
Board and of the Committee on Schools,
and of the other committees when re-
quested.
30. The Superintendent of Schools
shall be the custodian of and shall dis
tribute to Principals, as needed, all
school blanks and supplementary read
ing matter. In conjunction with the
Secretary and the Chairman OF the
Committee on Supplies, he shall estab-
llsh fair scale for the distribution of
all supplies to the various schools, and
snail designate day on which each
Principal shall file an estimate of the
supplies which will be needed in the
schools under his charge during the en-
SUING term: and when such estimate
has been approved by the Superiptend-
ent, Secretary and Chairman of the
Committee of Supplies. the Secretary,
who shall be the custodian of all sup
plies except as to blanks and supple
mentary reading matter, shall issue the
same to the Principals respectively.
81. Nhen vacancy occurs in the
teaching force ne shall nominate to the
proper committee of the Board a suit
able person for such vacancy; and he
shall provide substitutes, when needed,
to supply the places of all teachers tenn
porarliy absent from their duties.
DUTIES OF PRINCIPALS.
81. The Principal of each school shall
exercise general supervision of all the
departments of the same, see that the
teachers are punctual in attendance.
and discharge their duties to the best of
their ability aDd with reasonable fidel-
ity; that they preserve good order in
their departments. keep their registers
properly, and attend promptly to the
ventilation Of their rooms. His sugges-
tons and commands shall be respect
fully received and carried out by the
teachers, and in case of any disagree
ment as TO the methods, the same shall
be referred to the Superintendent of
Schools
50. The Principal in each school
shall devote some portion of the dav to
visiting the other departments thereof
for the purpose of supervising the
labors of the other teachers. He shall
cause programme of the daily eXer-
nf fbn CaVnraI orr IN ha
In a conspicuous place in each school
room.
"a. He shall transmit to the Superin-
tendent of Schools at the close of each
month and year, full reports according
to the blanks furnished him. with such
additional Information as the Board of
School Inspectors may from time to
time require, or as he may think impOr-
tant to communicate.
30. He shall, at the close of the
school year. return the register of his
tendent of Schools. He shall also file
with the Secretary of the Board of
School Inspectors a schedule of the
articles used in and belonging to said
building, and turn over to him the KEYS
of the same.
Sc. The Principal in each school
building shall see that teachers are
prompt in opening and closing schools.
1t shall be his duty to see that all
clocks belonging to the building are
properly regulated each morning, ana
that all teachers conform to this stand
ard in making their records of attend
ance, both for themselves and pupils.
81. He shall see that the teachers are
properly notified and duly advised of
the rules and regulations pertaining to
the government and classification of
their schools, and that they carry out the
same in every particular. But official
communications between Principal and
teachers must not be made in the pres
ence of pupils.
IS. 1t shall be the duty of the Princi-
pal to record OH the registers of the
rooms visited visits made by him to the
several rooms under his supervision, to-
gether with statement of the number
of minutes spent in each room. He
shall also call together his assistant
teachers at stated times for the purpose
of discussing the methods of instruction
to be employed in the various branches
of study.
SO. He shall examine all pupils seek
ing admission to his school and place
them in their proper classes.
40. He shall be at his school thirty
minutes before the time of opening the
morning session. He shall within two
weeks after the commencement OF each
term furnish the Superintendent with
the programme of the daily exercises of
the different rooms in his school.
Al. The Principals shall have fire.
alarm drill once each fortnight in all
buildings.
DUTIES OF TEACHERS.
AZ. All teachers in the public schools
are required to observe and carry into
full effect all rules, regulations and di-
rectionS of the Board of School Inspect
orS and of the Superintendent of Schools
i'll relation to the instruction and diSci-
pine OF their respective schools, and to
attend all meetings of teachers called by
the Superintendent.
43. Each teacher shall be in his room
at least twenty minutes before the
morning and afternoon sessions, and
any one failing to comply with this rule
shall be adjudged tardy and shall so re-
port himself on his diary sheet, which
report shall be recorded in the monthly
report of the Principal. Two cases of
hardness in any one month shall be
counted as half days absence unless
the offender present an excuse accept \
able to the Superintendent of Schools.
and half days pay shall be deducted
from his salary.
Slldl1 luOIOuSlIN DTp-
pare themselves daily in all the studies
pursued in their several classes, and
shall exercise careful supervision over
their pupils, in the halls. grounds and
school rooms, in order to prevent i'm
proper conduct on the school premises.
10. If teacher is absent from school
for not more than five school days in any
one month, and presents physicians
certificate to the effect that such alb
seDce was due entirely to personal sick
ness, he shall suffer no loss of salary. A
teacher absent for the aforesaid reason
for more than five days, shall receive
one-half of his salary during such alb
sence for ten days in excess of the
aforementioned five. If teacher is
absent fer not more than two days at
any one time because of death in his
immediate family, he shall suffer no
loss OF pay. A teacher absent for any
other cauSQ than those ahnvQ man