The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-22
ALL TEACHERS ON EQUAL TIN 6, RULES SLAWSON They're Go Workers, Not Assistants, Under His Re
 cent Changes.
 NEWSUPERINTENDENT OUTLINES HIS PLANS School Board Relaxes For This Year Normal School
 Requirements.


 Changes in the structure of the school system of Bridgeport, which are expected to make an improve ment in the results obtained, hay e been instituted by Superintendent Samuel J. Slawson.
 Superintendent 'SKawson has done away with the custom of having as sistants for various instructors. Per sons who have been appointed in the music. Spanish and drawing de- partments- will mot be assistants to those already there, but will be CO., workers, of equal authority.
 A model school, which will give an opportunity for the junior students in the training school to improve on the skill attained by their predecess- ors, is now in operation. Four critics have been transferred to the Bryant now for seniors.
 Because of the extreme interest taken generally in Bridgeport in the changes, Superintendent Slawson out lined to The Farmer today some of the more important structural revis- ions. His review follows:
 tMr. Claude B. Stevens of Ansonia has been appointed an additional teacher of music for the schools of the East Side and the high school. He is not an assistant.
 Miss Mary Jackson will have the work of drawing, as heretofore. The work in the mechanical department is not organized and can't be until the new high school is opened.
 t.Concerning the normal school, pr. Deanesa and Miss Howes (norma1 school principaI) submitted three plans to the committee on schools of the board of education and to me and we chose this plan: The Bryant grammar school was taken for a practice school and the four critic teachers of the normal school were transferred to zBrya school, Miss Katherine Fitzpatrick, Miss Jane Anderson, Miss Margaret Weed and Miss Emma Fen ton are the critic teachers. They have general supervision of all prac- tice work there. There will be two senior student teachers assigned to each room. Each critic teacher has charge of three rooms. The critic teacher is responsible for the instruc- ton given by practice teachers, in the three rooms over which she has sur pervision.
 .sIn~~ the normal school, the sixth, seventh and eighth grades will De reg ular rooms.
 / Miss Jean Betzner and Mrs. Min nie C.. Kelsey are critic teachers in the normal building. It became neces- sary, to have more rooms for practice work for seniors than could be pro- vided at the Bryant school, so four rooms in the training school are de- voted to this work. Miss Betzner and Mrs. Kelsey are the critic teachers.
 'eThe remaining 10 rooms of the building constitute a model school which consists of a, kindergarten and five grades That means practically two classes for each grade
 The model school is designed to pre- sent as thigh a. class of instruction as possible for the observation of junior students. Their work is di- rectly under the supervision of Profes- sor George Shafer and Miss Margaret Miller. Miss Howes is principal of the model school, the normal school and the schools is under the direct Supervision of Miss Howes.
 Miss Florence ,Batche1der has been appointed an additional teacher Of Spanish. There are now two, Miss Margaret Keane and Miss Ba&cheIder The work is doubled and whereas one recitation was heard in Alternate weeks last year, now one recitation is heard every week. Spanish is taught in the seventh and eighth grades the city.
 Because of the fact that little warn ing was given the pupils of the senior class in the high school last year, that a mark of 80 would have to be ob- tained before admission to the normal school would be granted, the board of education has lowered the figure to 75 for this year only.
 The passing mark for the next enter ing class will be 80, according to Su- perintendent Slawson. Many would have failed to get into the normal school this year if the ruling of the board had been enforced.
 . Twenty-six entered from the high school into the junior class at the nor nal school Three failed to get in. Two from previous classes and one from another state entered with this class.