The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-27

thorough training going supervision
hereafter should be expected to offer evidence of systematic study
profession report whatever subsequent to
their college This true difficult to excuse in day Of
and effective schools.
work principals schools largely
appropriate their apparent preparation
for teaching as far as that appears in their reports These show that
the subjects being taught by the principals the larger
fairly continuous attention their preliminary
training that is were studied more than two wears in college and
became therefore, speciae Seven the 80 subjects
taught without formal preparation whatever the instruction
depended taken high school, and 81 had basis
less than two college wormany of these but term
two Three principals replied amguou but received liberal benefit
Any high school conditions will understand that
these returns are fairly representative OF the whole country The
possible profession rarely troubled the
college student making his he bowe with clear
science fields and when finally he determines to teach sharp
called working up during the vacation to
the teaching not indeed frankly of the teaching itself;
shortly experienced indeed
this who have not been through this
their results When the teacher
achieves pnpashp has long learned bthey
from subject to another almost regardless of his knowledge This
is half expected the principal must needs step substituted
but seldom the sheer desire for variety the attraction
tu class induces teacher to lay utterly incompetent hands
group pupils The all this to be found the
book SYSTEM few respects the pride but the
despair American education 1t delightful having acquired
the suitable pedagogical and vocabulary to assist the textbook
running good cass Needless to teacher required to
organize present his effectively independently text
book per would be essential for him learn his lesson
recitation be doubt that
greatest secondary education thorough
reconstruction this ponhe preparation the teacher and YER
vigorously subjects
the high schools in Vermont teaching all but
being taught with formal preparation far inferior to that
which German secondary entering
versiy On of this the German puts four least
special study largely concentrated the major subject and
two minor subjects that he expects to teach Then after full wears
the strictly pedagogical side of his another full
under critical supervision he ready appoint
Naturally speaks with authority the subjects that he
allowed attempt instruction where he To
Gymnasium of somewhat than the high
school, to-day nevertheless he has long Stood
foundry significant the American high school how teacher
should be prepared
Sixteen 208 cent of the secondary principals in 9112
without previous teaching supervision One
school, woeacher and eight oneteach
schools
The conditions under which high school principals work
criterion of the level of the whole service
the state $4,000 The highest
salary paid $2400 paid principal school of
Between these limits the sal
largest schools the state with median at $500
the limited the cities and where the
schools located will be admitted that these salaries relatively
good In only cities and towns there 1000 popuon
1000 Unfortunately however the quality
personal relative matter; it be too
emphasized that which look large of 4O00
equivalent $4,000 100000 With certain
local conditions trained