The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-30

lead into ordinary clerical work and
| building management
Under the new organization, the
building principal will receive an adj
ditional salary because of the extra
duties relative to her office. This ex-
ira salary will be in addition to the
regular teaching salary. 1t is thought
that the extra cost for the three ele-
mentary buildings will be in the
neighborhood of $500. The salary of
the supervisor of elementary grades
will be approximately $1,000. This
will make the cost of supervision of
teaching and building management of
the entire elementary system approx
| imately $1,000. Thus a saving of so
per cent will be effected under the
new plan of organization without in
any sense deteriorating the work of
the schools or lessening the oppor-
tunity for growth and development
for all children enrolled. If the
factor of efficiency is disturbed in
any way, the new organization will
raise it to a higher level.
Another factor considered in the
plan for reorganization touches the
field of educational science. Under
the present plan of organization,
whereby the building principal is the
supervisor of instruction, there will
be as many personalities affecting SUI
| provisional problems and Institutional
results as there are building princi-
pals in the system. This means that
there will always be some differen-
tiatiOn relative to teaching problems
! in the system. 1t is impossible to
secure unity of teaching and super
visional principles as long as the sys-
tenn is broken up into three distinct
al, ,fer- oh IF h nh &c
presided over by a supervisor who is
required to devote a large portion of
each day to problems of building man
agement. One can clearly see the ed
vocational advantages accruing from
! type of organization that brings one
individual to the field of supervision
and teaching. Here the supervisor
would have in mind the teaching
needs of the entire system She
would be relieved of all responsibility
of building management and clerical
work. She would not be immersed
in the day-to-day routine problems of
the building and office and would,
therefore, have the opportunity of de-
voting all her thought and skill and
energy to the one Improvement
of the results of instruction. This in
itself involves a definite and distinct
1 i've principle of education. Under
this plan of organization the SUI
pervisor of elementary grades, the
principal of the high school and the
superintendent of schools would CO.
operate with the view of determining
what ideals and aims shall unity and
vitalize instruction throughout the en-
tire system. When building princi
pals absorbed in problems of control,
management and teaching attempt to
xllfn inc rofi and
direct their execution, the result to
the system is usually a loss of unity
| and a definite degree of coordination.
Under the new type of organization,
all the teachers of given grade being
under the same supervisor, the same
standard of achievement will be re-
quired of all and the same tests APP
piled to determine the relative eff
cheney. The stimulating effect of this
cannot help but be marked. When a
school system is broken up into three
units, each of which is presided over
by a supervising principal, there can
not help but be a wide divergence of
standards by which efficiency is de-
I termined.
"The new type of organization is
distinctively advantageous, in that il
/ relieves the supervisors of instruction
of all the narrowing duties of building
management; in that it produces CO.
l ordination and continuity throughout
I the entire system; in that it clarifies
! aims and ideals relative to administra
: tive policies and hastens their reali
} cation; in that it creates uniform
standards and applies uniform meas
ures of achievements and in that i
stimulates and regards individual mi
i tiative.
! "The hoard of education has invited
Miss Elizabeth M Shotwell to accep
this new position of supervisor of ele
mentary grades. Miss Shotwell hal
been principal of the Lincoln schoo
for several years and is thorough,
Is acquainted with the educational need
relative to this community. In he
4 work as principal of the LincolI
e school she has achieved a splendid
4 success. In her work as supervisor
4 of elementary grades, the fine influ
4 ence she has given to the Lincoll
\ school would become a valuable as
I set Of the entire system. The tende
of this important position to Mis-
Shotwell is n splendid recognition o
her very efficient work. as we'll as
belief in her ability to meet all of tn
reor'reW orte involved in the position
1.-THE board has invited Miss Ethe
M. Taylor. who has been principal o
the Bickel school for the last tw,
! years, to accept a position in the de
partment of English of the higl
school. In addition to her work a
Drake university, where she receives
her Bachelors degree, Miss Taylo
has done some special work at tn
University of Chicago and the Uni
versity of Missouri. Before leavin
Drake university, Miss Taylor con
r Quoted some classes in the academi
department She has been most sue
cessful in her work at the Bicke