Evening journal., 1906-09-25
LAST
EDITION.
800 p. m.
MERIT WILL WIN
FOR THE TEACHERS

Radical changes are to be Instituted by
the Board OF Education IN the method Of
increasing the salaries OF and promoting
the teachers in the public schools OF Ia
city. The old regulation. the Roster sys-
tenn has proved very unsatisfactory mas
much as II did not recognize the merit
of a teacher and the results she attained.
but graded her according 70 the class or
grade she taught and she was paid ac-
cordingly. This was considered unfair and
the Board authorized tho committee on
teachers TO devise some method to REM
edy this evil. Last night at the meeting
Of the Beard a report was submitted and
read. No action was taken but the report
was laid over for two weeks at the end
OF which time II win be adopted. The new
method will It is believed, ho satisfactory
TO all concerned especially TO the teach
ers who will have a better opportunity
under its rulings than heretofore and who
Will be given every chance to look after
their own interests and take an appeal
if they think they are not being treated
properly.
The report is as follows and fully ex-
plains In itself the new system to be
lnauBufated.
10 the Bcard Of Public Education, viii
mington, Delaware.
Gentlemen; Your Teachers Committee
would report the following plan for The
promotion OF teachers and ahe revision
Of the salary schedule.
Whereas, The grading OF the salaries
Of the teachers Of this city according to
Il
satisfactory In that IL did not recognize
merit as the basis for promotion and the
increase Of salary, thereby working in
Justice 10 many Of the teachers, and
Whereas, The worth or value Of
teacher Is in proportion TO the results
achieved In the school-roofn, measured
by the conditions under which they were
achieved, therefore be It
Resolved, That for the purpose OF es-
tabllshing an equitable and uniform sys-
tenl:
l. That hereafter salaries shall be in
creased upon the basis Of efficiency or
merit. and not upon the basis OF the
grade taught.
2 That In the primary and the grammar
grades the minimum salary shall be Ss5)
per annum and the maximum salary shall
be $3.50 per annum
o Ihat the teachers Of the city shall
be classified by a Committee on classlfl-
cation. to be composed OF the superin-
tendent Of schools, the assistant superin-
tendent Of schools and tho principal OF
each separate school into three classes TO
be known as "A class" "B class" and
&C class" the "A class" representing the
highest degree Of efficiency and the &C
class the lowest degree OF efficiency.
fhat the method Of conducting the class-
neaton shall be determined by the Teaeh-
ers' Committee.
4 That lf teacher shall be classed A
or IN her average OF Efficiency her
salary shall approach the maximum an
nually at a rate to be determined by the
Board OF Education, as available funds
shall permit, but IN no case shall the
Increase be more than $50 per annum and
~ per annum respectively; n her cassi-
heat'on is c her salary shall not be in
creased
3. That the classification Committee
shall formulate hs report during the
month Of April OF each year, and said
0f'N-N "''"A' w tH Ait ndnut OF the IcaCn-
ers Committee not later than the FIRST
day OF May In each year.
G. That each teacher shall be notified
Of her classification.
z. That a Committee on Appeals COM
posed OF three principals shall be appoint-
ed by the Teachers Committee who's e
duty 1t shall be to consider all appeals
from teachers who may feel that they
have not been correctly classified; the
method OF conducting the appeal shall
be determined by the teachers' Commit
tee.
3. That the report OF the Committee on
Appeals shall be In the hands Of the
Teachers Committee on the first day Of
June each year.
3. That II there shall at any time be a
difference in the reports Of the Commit
tee on Classification and the Committee
on Appeals, the Teachers Committee
shall have power TO determine finally all
classihcations in question.
10. That a substitute in primary school
shall receive the salary OF the class to
which she belongs regardless Of the grade
or school 10 which she may be assigned.
II. That the salary OF substitutes in
grammar school shall not be more than
az the rate Of $500 per annum.