The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-02-05

change should come through the exer-
else oil an active charity and ~ vigorous
duty. 1t should never be done viciouslv
or with any seriish purpose, but when
the situation requires IL there should be
hesitancv IN it's accomplishment. The
teacher should first be told, very kindly,
oi hlr failures and asked To correct them.
ii he Fails to improve, he should then be
asked, just as plainly and just as kindly.
TO resign. II he. complies. YOU are rid of
him and the question rs answered. III he
reluse~, he lslw then provides how TO
handle the ease. and briefly let re say
The contract should always specify that
the bnnrd reserves to itself the right To
ht any time annul the same and dispense
with the services OF the teacher whenever
u deems said teacher incompetent to
property manage or instruct the school.
which 'ncOmpetency shonld OF course be
determined upon proper hearing.
Should the contract not include such
provision then the process would be
upon suspension OF certificate, either bv
the eN 'minIng committee of the board
or 10y ihe county examiners granting il,
hs the c'lae may be.
10 u. dnwever, presumable that cases
VIII never arise where the law have to
De Invoked. An earnest and honest can
teacher viii convince and adjust. The
board must be such that the teacher
wiil h'lIeve that IL knows good work
and the best interests Of the school, aud
IT'S requests will seldom be refused The
greatest difficulty, ia the bpinion Of the
writer, - that the board too often have
but little knowledge or interest in the
schOol ana tor that rensOn hack the
caphclly AK well ms the stamina to
sguarely meet the situation and bravely
dispense with every form OF incom-
potency. And let me here express the
hope that teachers will, more and more,
enthuse the whole districts and omen the
eyes 81 the people to the proper CON
struction OF boards.
In getting rid of an INCOMPETENT
teacher who Is hired the board must
again be judicial aud firm, and should
the leiicher be OF either 81 the classes
nave ulned as physically incompetent
ITS task Is greatly augmented IL will
again have 10 say no To the appeal Of
relationship. of poverty or OF neiphbors.
tcflainly the superintendent in the
city school, and the commissioner in
the country school will be ready To
assist both ~ the discovery and the inn
proNeillFnt or the removal OF incumpe-
tents
lnclosing permit me 20 say that
among Teachers this subject may be
chillh II not gruesome. IL has nothing
oi poetry or senlimentality. have
presumed however and | think truth
lullN, that among a class 81 people who
devote ~ much time aud study in Il
strntll Tor unity ~ intelligent thought
ami ihe enhancement 81 knowledge, |
which, Is power, nothing bat thcpminest-
speaking u desired With such teachers |
nothing oiiends ~ long as it is true;
they rather endorse it, no matter
though It argues their own deficiencies
and retrements
And as 10 the truth uf this paper | |
cnn only say that while it's pictures may |
be commonplace its sentiments ARE de- |
auctions from a ten years experience up |
on school bonrls where the right has
Deoh sought.
For the common good of our course
lnd our country, with YOU | will rain
both hands, against the incompetent |
school bonrd; and believe that with me
You VIII raise both hands against the
incompetent teacher.