Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-01-28

PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTION .
the appreciate amount of SUPERVISION the
authority the ultimate all school
problems therefore, fundamental Importance limited
time the prevented extensive study of the school
point of the secondary school,
the character of these bodies gained however, from inter-
views with tner ana with schoo omcers In 1uy
the declared by the school principals with the greatest
apparent sincerity that the committee good on
In schools
committee and the principals
expenditures invariably closely scruzd
complaints what considered by the schoomen
the part of the committeeman This point the system
of complete town control at which supervision would be
beneficial however, that the whole the school
mtees take the position defenders of the school, An
able principal usually than hold his
and easily become educave force the community
SUPERINTENDENT
An of the history present SUPPLEMENTARY
in Vermont and it's relations the elementary school will be found
elsewhere in this report Thus far the the superintendent
with the secondary school has been ger than with the elementary
school, but nevertheless The efforts place
the entire school system locality competent control
have towns broken down from funds To add suddenly
to budget salary than other system
solely of supervision has been great step most
association with Others Consequently secured at minimum
salary have not always proved adequate qualifications AS
be foresen where authority defined the outset friction
has occurred between these the experienced relatively we'll
paid high school principals still exists Where the
superintendent really trained administrator and the stronger
he should be-
has been divided amcab each prong from the others
gestions Undoubtedly period of transition like the each
be on its merits and no ATTEMPT be made
to push theory nevertheless beyond question that each
community school system should have it's thoroughly
trained supervising head Especially this with the gradual
emphasis social the school
longer to be the luxury of the selected who fit but
oce best tool making item of humanity broadly and
happily productive possible such enterprise be
of responsible mind capable viewing meeting the prob
lem whole Only the superintendent interpret efficient
education to the public and create public opinion that will
and better Schools the time that he develop
schools increasingly worthy of support
1t u.s. great advantage participant school
work to have leadership of this Sort the of the high school
not the least benefited almost inevitable unforu
nate tendency for ambitious and able principal his
school fine machine the first business of which smoothly
and with apparent Pupils who take to the traditional
SUBJECTS and hence do not fit in the machine make trouble
discarded with scnt regret To destroy the anct this mechanism
persuade the principal to teach chdrena chdren-nsead
feeding the machine usually the task the superintendent Fur
the in the smaller schools with rapidly changing principals
ntendent indispensable the the school, Of
the 3 oneeachr and woacher schools that have been operation
% cent had principals 191213
the first large schools the % principals nearly
third,
Thus the intelligent responsible