Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-24

wise the teacher IN charge Of the depart
ment shall be designated Head teacher"
Provided. That heads of departments as
such have only an advisory capacity IN
shall be inferior In authority to the prtn-.
cipal of each particular school: Provided
further That no class shall be formed In
except In the NJ Street High School In
case of subjects not offered as well in the
Armstrong Manual Training School. but
this limitation shall not apply to pupils
who have alrady entered upon a continuous
course of two or more years.
The board of education shall arrange all
teachers in the ella sses and groups as
stated except as otherwise specified
For the year ending June 80, 1907, each
head OF department and teacher Is to re-
ceive the salary in his class next above
his present salary, and no teacher or
principal shall in any event receive less
than his or her present salary. II pro-
NOTED to higher class he shall receive
the salary in that class next above his
present salary, and after June 80, 1901,
X his work Is satisfactory, he shall re-
ceive an annual increase within his class
or group, as herein provided, without ac-
ton Of the board of education: but no
teacher shall in any one year receive
more than one promotion within his class
or group: Provided, That, IL the salary
In his class next above his present salary
shall be less than $25 in excess o. his
present salary he shall receive the next
higher salary, so that no teacher shall re-
ceive for the first year an increase of less
than $25
teacher shall not be promoted from
one class to another, except by the board
Of education, upon the recommendation
of the officer having direct supervision OF
said teacher and in the case of colored
teachers upon the additional recommen-
dalton of the colored assistant superin-
tendent. Such recommendations in each
case are to be made through and with
the approval of the superintendent OF
schools.
Promotion for Superior Work.
Teachers shall be promoted for superior
work from group A to group B Of class six
only after oral and written examinations by
the boards of examiners upon recommended
ton as follows:
All High and Normal School tea chers and
eachers of the Manual Training schools
upon the recommendation OF their respective
principals.
Such recommendations shall in each case
be made thu ouKh and with the approval Of
the superintendent Of schools, and with the
additional recommendation of the colored
assistant Superintendent for the colored
teachers
No teacher. head of department, principal
or supervising principal shall be appointed
to any position in the graded schools high
schools manual training schools or normal
schools. and director. assistant director
or teacher Of special studies shall be ap-
pointed until he shall have passed an ex-
animation presented by the boards of ex-
amlnerS. No person without a degree from
an accredited college a graduation GER
tficate from an accredited normal school,
such normal school graduate to have had at
least five years of experience as a teacher
in a high school. shall hereafter be ap-
pointed to teach any academic or scientific
subject in the normal. high and manual
training schools This provision for ex
animation shall not apply to teachers COM
ing from the normal schools or teachers
being advanced from the different classes IN
the grade schools. Provided, that no
teacher or officer In the service of the pub
lie schools of the District of Columbia at
the time of the passage Of this act shall
by the operation of this act be required to
take any examination, either mental or
physical. to be continued in service.
Boards of Examiners.
The boards of examiners for carrvinp
out the foregoing provisions with refer
ence TO examinations shall consist of the
superintendent and two heads OF depart
ments of the white schools for the white
teachers and of the superintendent and
two heads of departments OF the colored
schools for colored teachers the desis-
nation of such heads of departments for
membership On these boards to be made
by the board of education annually
Every new teacher must be assigned to
a class or group by the board upon the
recommendation of the superintendent and
teachers in every class with the exception
Of a probationary year in group A. class
six, are to receive an annual increase I'M
til the maximum of the class is reached.
model teacher is defined as a first or
second grade teacher Kindergarten
teacher whose special aptitude for prt-
mary work makes 1t desirable to retain
him in said grades with the pay of high
er grade.
Principals of grade buildings in addi-
ton to their grade salary, are to receive
building. session room" Is so desig-
nated when regular work by not less
than twenty-five people is carried on in
class room.
Principals Of normal, high and manual
training schools shall receive salary of
$4,000 per annum, together with an annual
increase of 500 for five years. All such
principals shall be appointed at the mini
mum salary. and each shall have entire
control of his school, both executive and
educational subject only in authority to
the superintendent of schools for the white
schools and TO the colored assistant super
intendent for the colored schools to whom
in each case he shall be directly respons-
ibe
Salaries of the Directors.
The salaries of the directors shall be as
follows: Directors OF drawing physical cul-
ture, music, 81 500 with an unusual increase
of 500 for five years; domestic science. do
mestlc art and kindergartens shall receive
a salary of 81 800 per annum, with an an
nual Increase of $50 per year for five years;
the assistant directors of drawing, physical
culture. music, domestic science, domestic
art, and kindergartens, in charge of colored
schools, shall receive a salary of 81, 800 per
annum for five years: the directors of pri-
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