Milford chronicle., 1918-04-05
RIFLES GOVERNING The
TEACHERS Of DELAWARE
adopted by State Board Of Education
Matter of Pay, Holidays and
Examinations

The State Board of Education has
adoDted the following rules and regu-
Iations which have the force Of school
laws and are to be observed by all
concerned:
First-The following holidays, with
full nav to teachers, are hereby es-
tablished: Thanksgiving Day and the
dav following; Christmas holidays,
including the day before Christmas
and New Years Day; Good Friday
and Easter Monday for all teachers
whose contracts call for a school year
of nine. or ten months. Such days as
columbus Day, Lincoln's Birthday,
Washington's birthday, ArbOr and La
bor and Bird Day, Memorial Day and
Flag Day are not school holidays but
special days set apart for specihc
purpose. Teachers are urged to en-
phasize the Importance of these days
with appropriate exercises in the
schools.
Second.-In case of illness during
the school year a teacher shall be al
lowed half pay for the first week
lowed half pay for the first week, full
nav for the second and third weeks,
and half pay for the fourth week.
After four weeks no pay shall be al
lowed. During the time teacher is Ill
a substitute teacher shall be provided
for the school at the expense OF the
local school board. The salary OF
qualified substitute shall be 80 per
centum of the regular teachers salary.
Third.-Teachers shall receive tull
nav for any length Of time schools
nav he closed on account of conta-
gious or infectious diseases or for any
other reasons over which the teacher
has no control The state board has
also requested its secretary to INFORM
teachers and school officers that all
schools must remain open at least l4O
days. and all approved high schools
1SO days.
Spring examinations for teachers
have been set as follows: New Castle
county. Saturday, April 8, beginning
$40 a. m, at School No. l, sixth ana
French streets, Wilmington; Kent
county. Dover high school; Sussex
county high schools at Seaford and
Georgetown. o,
Examinations will be given as FOL
lows. Limited elementary certificate, !
reading. writing, spelling, geography |
II 8 history. arithmetic, constitutions |
Of limited States and Delaware. Linn
tied second certifcate-gramma
smelling. English and American llter-
ature, rhetoric and compositions
arithmetic, algebra, plane geometry
school management. -,
Examinations will also be helu aI
the same places as menuoneu ABOVE
on April q, with the Following SUD
jects: o.,so.,
Drawing, grammar, physiology anu
hygiene, primary schools, school man I
agement, nature study, agriculture,
Limited Secondary Certincate-
U. S. history, general history CON
stitutions, U. S. and Delaware hygiene
physics, physical geography, ZOOLOGY
or botany or chemistry.
Secondary methods of teaching
Examinations will also be held TOT
colored teachers on April 20 at the
following places-New Castle county
Howard high school, Orange street,
above Twelfth, Wilmington; Kent
county. Capital school building, Dover;
Sussex county, public school, Green
wood. The examinations for the col
ored teachers will include the limited
elementary secondary ceruncate as
taken by the white teachers on April ..
It is desired by the state commits
sioner of education, Arthur r. Spaid'
as well as the county uperintendents,
that graduates Of high schools for the
present year contemplating teaching
TO come up for the examinations set
for this month. ANY person now sub
stituting for a regular teacher must
rake the examination in April or they
will not be allowed to teach any
longer.
Married women whose household
duties will permit will be welcome
10 teach in the Delaware schools next
wear, especially those who have had
college or normal school training.
This request is made because Of the
feeling that there will be a shortage
Of teachers next year. They will, OF
course, be compelled to take the ex-
aminations and could attend the sum-
ner schools to refresh themselves on
branches in which they may have not
studied up on for several years.
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