Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-18

deliberation, and I trust it will, in
large measure at least, receive the
/ boards approval.
The outline of the proposed plan,
together with suggested salaries.
follows:
1 sperintendent, $3,50O.
l supervisor of advanced grades,
(S1, 500 to $1,000 $3.50.
supervisor of primary grades,
supervisor of special activities, 1 su-
pervisor of music, ] supervisor Of
drawing, l supervisor of manual
training, / supervisor of physical
education, $1,000 to $1,S0O. $3.50.
assistants in music and draw
ing, $4,000.
to $4,000, $5.4O0.
intermediate principals ($2, 900
to $4,000.
10 elementary principals (s1,2OO
to $1,700) $4,000.
26 head teachers, $4,000.
Extra for head teachers in order
not to reduce salary, $4,000.
Total cost of new plan. s41,SO0;
| total cost of present plan, $33, 3,120.
American naval officers.
For Future Development
"It should be understood that the
plan proposed has been evolved with
a view to future development. 1t is
not expected that the board will feel
inclined to employ all of these spe-
| cial supervisors at present. The
boards approVal~of the general plan
would not necessarily carry with it
immediate employment in all cases.
Such approval would mean the es-
tablishment of definite aim in or
ganization to be attained to as re-
quirements demand and resources
| permit. For example, we shall not
| be ready for a supervisor of man.
ual training until after the inter-
mediate schools shall have been es-
tablished. 1t may be that it will
be thought that the time is not yet
ripe for the establishment of a su-
pervisor of special activities. or of
physical education. or eV.n of ad-
vanced grades. If these four Off
cials were temporarily omitted from
| the list, the Immediate cost of oper-
alton of the new plan over and
above that of the present plan
would be reduced to less than ST.
500, on the basis of the salaries sug-
gested.
| No Conflicting Duties
'As brief discussion of the duties
OF various officials under the new
plan itself, ! shall now devote a few
minutes to this phase of the ques-
tion, taking up each official in or
der:
Superintendent general du-
tiee of the superintendent have al
ready bee noutlined, and it is not
necessary to go into further detail
here.
Supervisor of Advanced Grades
This official would be the general
director of the work in grades 4, 5
and 6. There need be no conflict of
! duties between such a supervisor
and the supervisory principals, since
the work of the former would be
general in character and apply to
the entire city. He would concern
himself with the textbooks and
course of study in these grades. uni
flying the work in various sections
of the city, submitting uniform
tests, aiding the principals in the
solution of their more difficult prob
lens, etc. He would be an advisor
both to principals and the superin-
tendent
at is through this official also
that the superintendent might be
relieved of some of the executive
details to which we have referred.
Such an official couSd, for example.
take entire charge of the assignment
of substitute teachers and visiting
teachers. He might also take over
the work of transferring of pupils,
which duty alone consumes two or
three weeks of time and is work
purely mechanical in character. He
could be the superintendent Office
assistant, taking charge of the office
when the superintendent is away on
school business or on vacation.
"I wish to assure the board that
I do not intend to press unduly this
particular provision of the proposed
plan. / simply express here that /
believe that such an official would
be of great service to the schools.
The decision of the board in this
case will doubtless be determined
largely by its views as to what con-
stitutes the most economical dispo-
sition of the time of the superintend-
ent. In this connection it should be
stated that during the next few years
considerable amount of the super
intendent's time will have to be de-
voted to our new building project,
which will mean that unless corre-
spending relief comes from some
source a portion of the superintend-
ent's customary duties must of nee
essity receive less than the usual de-
gree of attention.
Primary Supervisors
Supervisor of Primary Grades
The supervisor of primary grades
would be the general director of the
work of the lower primary grades.
Such an official is particularly need
ed in grade /. but would be of great
value in grades and also. This
position should be occupied by a
thoroughly trained woman. Her
duties would include teacher train
ing, instruction in primary methods, /
the giving of model lessons unifying
the work lin the various schools of
the city, and advising as to text |
books. course of study and other
matters of importance. l am hope !
full that the time will soon come |
when he shall be able to establish |
work in Harrisburg. |
recomm ended in my annual report. |
as long ago as 1907, that kinder
gartens be maintained at least in the |
poorer sections of the city. A pri-
mary supervisor would help to or
ganize these schools and her super
visory duties would be extended to |
include them. I regard this official |
as of particular Importance in the
plan.
Special Supervisor
Supervisor of Special Activities
The duties of this official would in /
clude the organization, development !
and supervision of evening schools |
the organization, development and /
supervision of social center activi- /
ties including parent-teacher meet ,
ings, and the supervision of open-air
schools, schools for the backward, .
the continuation schools. detention |
schools are other special schools. |
These are all special problems and i
reed sOcciui qflI1V and diranfion i,v !