Evening journal., 1913-10-21
WANT
SALARY RAISE
Beneficial Association Sug-
CeStS New Classification
in the City Schools

Special business at the annual meet
ing of the Teachers Mutual Beneficial
Association was that relative to an in
crease of salary for city teachers next
year.
The Board of Education inaugurated
classification schedule six years ago
whereby teachers through their own IN
dividual initiative and merit should be
able to advance their own salaries an
nually until the maximum set for the
different grades had been reached. Each
wear the principals OF the schools, the
} superintendent and the assistant super
/ intendent. meet in May to classify the
teacher for the wear, and it lis greatly
TO the credit of the teaching profession
in this city that its members have
steadily met every requirement set
down for them and kept in the fore
front OF progressive educational
thought in spite OF the fact that the
Board of Education has been able only
once in the six years to keep its inan
cial part of the bargain.
The plan providing for the classi-
ication of teachers reads as fol-
lows:
The classification Of teachers out
lined in the resolution Of the Board
of Education, passed December 10,
1906. shall be made according TO the
following principles, adopted in joint
! session by the teachers committee
and. the principals conference, April
II, 1907 viz:
1. Eligibility for entrance to
classification in A, B, shall be un-
derstood to involve success, eXper-
ience. scholarship, personality and
professional growth.
Ranked in the order of their value
in classification these qualifications
fare as follows:
1. Success.-results achieved in
school room efficiency, that Is in
management, discipline and instruc-
ton.
2. Experience,-considering grade
taught, length and quality Of teach
ing service.
8. Scholarships shown in in
struction and teaching in regular
class work.
4. Personalities shown in her
personal relations to children. to par
ents. TO teachers and principals, and
general business qualifications.
5. Professional attitude,-as shown
in her study of professional litera-
ture, and in the growth and develop
ment of mind, heart and skilled eff
cheney.
II. In determining the success Of
a teacher the following factors should
enter into the valuation. viz:
Management. discipline, instruction
personality. professional attitude.
The attainment of a grade of A. en-.
titles the teacher to an annual increase
of fifty dollars; that of B, twenty-five
dollars. while that OF c practically
means that the work of the teacher il
unsatisfactory but it carries a years
opportunity for improvement and ad
vancement into either B OF A classes
The Board of Education has already Sc
the maximum salaries for the elemen
tary schools including those of princi
pals. Only the minimum salary ha
been set for high school teachers.
Miss Mary +. Jones of School No
presented a set of resolutions urgir
that the association request the Boar
of Education TO take such action q
may be necessary to fulfill its obligatio
to the teachers
The members generally discusse
these resolutions and It was felt tina
a move on the part of the teacher
at this time was advisable.
A motion was carried that tn
president Miss Sallie Reid Shaw
appoint a committee to confer will
the Board of Education upon the sub
ject, and the following COMMITTEES
from the elementary schools wa
named: Miss Mary E. Jones, Mis-
Amanda Palmer, Miss Mary Thiel
man. Miss Ceridwen Samuel ant
Miss Annie McCafferty.
That the faithfulness and efiicienc,
OF the officers of the Teachers Mu
tual Beneficial Association has beel
appreciated by the members wa
shown at the recent election, whei
all of the officers were unanimousl
reelected as follows: President
Miss Sallie Reid Shaw; vice-presi
dent, Mrs. Ella D. B. Semple; sec
retary. Miss Florence Ramo, an
treasurer, Miss Elizabeth d. Hopes
advisory board, Edgar Malin Hopes
DR.. p w. Tomlinson and William 7
Bancroft. Two new directors, Mis-
Lydia Semple and Miss Elizabet
Clintock, also we're elected.
The report of the treasurer. Mis-
Hopes, showed a balance in Ban
on October l of S75590. Receipt
for the year we're s2,79295, and ea
penditures $2,037.05.