Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-15
SCHOOL TEACHERS PAY
Board Of Education Submits
Proposed Schedule.
TO GO TO CONGRESS
WILL BE CONSIDERED By TIE
COMMISSIONERS FIRST.
Measure Provides for Five Glasses OF
One Group Each and One Glass
of Four Groups.
TO GO TO CONGRESS

ton Of the Commit ssioners to secure. IL pos
sible, a higher scale OF salaries for police
men, fremen and Instructors In the pupnc
schools by enactments OF the present Con-
gress Ia the bill transmitted to commas
sioner Maefarland today by the board OF
education, which carries with 1t the schea-
uie of salaries believed by the District au-
thortties to be best suited to the needs OF
this Jurisdiction. The bills looking to the
same end for the fire and police depart
ments have already gone to Congress ana
been presented. After consideration py
Commissioner Macfariand the bill will be
submitted to the Board Of Commissioners
for transmission to Congress with letter
advocating Its passage at this session
Accompanying the proposed draft Of the
bill the board of education sent a memo
randa in which 1t was stated that the scale
of salaries submitted has been made after
a thorough examination OF the standards
of pay for teachers and school officers In
other cities. and of the methods OF arrang-
ing the same which prevail elsewhere. The
purpose of the plan Is to reward long ana
faithful service by the attainment, in the
course OF time, and without action or the
board OF any officer thereof. of. maximum
which will permit teacher to lay by
portion of his salary for his support Wheh
ne can no longer work efficiently. WINE,
therefore, the possible maximum pay Is
has sought to safeguard the expenditure OF
public money by providing In the bill that
teachers for the first year shall receive
only the salary next higher in the class to
that now received, and in the case OF pFiIl-
cipais and officers requiring that all snaiA
begin at the minimum pay. Thus, every
teacher is promoted, every teacher Is as
sured OF an annual increase and Substan-
tial maximum nay to be reached after
period of service, In most cases extehalhs
over a term of ten years.
Classes of Teachers.
The new scale of salaries provided by this
new measure appear In the first section.
and the teachers are divided into SIX classes,
and in class six into four groups. as fol-
lows:
Kindergarten assistants, class one.
Assistants to eighth grade principals,
classes one and two
Model teachers of first and second grades.
classes three and four.
Teachers of first and second grades. class
two.
Teachers of third and fourth grades and
kindergarten principals, class three
Teachers of fifth, sixth and seventh
grades, class four.
Teachers of eighth grades, class five.
Teachers of manual training, drawing,
physical culture, music, domestic science.
domestic art, in the graded schools, Glasses
one to five.
Assistants to directors of primary instruc-
ton. classes t0tf anu llSt
Teachers Of normal, high and manual
training schools, including teachers of
drawing, physical culture, music, domestic
science. domestic art and manual framing
prol1rsS A B and G. of class six
Heads of departments in high and manual
training schools, groups B. c and ID, of
class six.
librarian to the board of education, class
four.
Teachers not otherwise provided for,
classes enc to four.
Salaries Provided.
In class the minimum salary provided Is
S5OO with four increases OF go each 70
the ruaxirnun-SGO0. Class has as its Inin-
iml1m $780, with four increases OF 20 eacn
to O. sTOO maximum. The lowest salary In
class Is $3.50 and ten increases are pro-
yided of s25 each to the maximum OF SOU.
Glass 4 begins at $500 ana then by S30 leaps
ends at 81, 100 The lowest salary in class
| Is $3.50 per annum. with ten $40 increases
to the maximum-S1,3J0. Group A IN class
begins at $500 and ends at S1,o0o, with TOUR
intermediate promotions of 500 each. In
group b FIVE 500 promotions are provided,
with 81, 100 as the minimum. Group Is
practically continuation, with mini
mum of 81 GOO and maximum of S2,C00
There are only two positions In group ~,
one having s. 100 and the other $3.50.
| Section of the bin as drafted provides
| for carrying into active execution the sal
airy scale already stated, the board Of edu-
cation being thereby Empowered to arrange
all teachers in the classes and groups men-
toned in the schedules. 1t further pro-
vides that in the fiscal year ending June 80,
| 1907 each teacher shall receive the salary
in his class next above his present salary;
that no teachers shall receive in one year
more than one promotion within his class
or group.
Method of Making Promotions.
Arrangement is made for promotion Of a
teacher from one class to another, or from
one group with a class to another, upon
recommendation of the directors or super
vising principal, with the approval of the
Superintendent of schools. Increases of sal
aries are arranged for according to the
following rules:
Teachers OF classes one and two shall re-
ceiye an annual increase of salary of
SIS for four years; teachers of class three,
SIS annually for ten years: teachers of class
four, $50 annually for ten years; teachers
of class five. $40 annually for ten years;
teachers of class six, group A, an annual
increase of salary of $50 for four years;
in groups B and C. of Sf00 for four years.