Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-09
WOULD RA|SEPAY
Of ALL TEACHERS
AND SCHOOL HEADS
Board of Education Recon-
mends Reorganization of
System to RecIassifiers.
FAV0RS IN GENERAL WAY
PLAN OF u. S. BUREAU
Supt. Thurston in Separate Brief
Declares Board of Examiners
Should Be Continued.

The board of education today sub
mitted to the classification commits
sion brief asking for Increases in pay
for all teachers and officials and also
recommending, with slight changes the
plan suggested by the United States
bureau of education for sweeping re-
organization of the school system.
Important Changes Suggested.
The important changes i'm the pres
ent organization of the system recon-
mended are:
Six assistant superintendents instead
of two. The board would have two of
| these six called associate superinten-
dents with $500 more in pay than the
remaining four assistants. OF the two
white and one colored OF the remain
ing four assistants three would be
white and one colored
The two normal schools with two
year courses would be transformed into
normal colleges with four-year courses
ana the principals would be called presi-
dents at salary of 5000. Head teachers
OF the departments in the normal col
ieges would be professors at "A basic
salary of $4,000 with longevity of 500
per year for five years.
Creation of boards of examiners for
the white and colored systems of
three members each. One member OF
each board would be chief at $4,000
ana the other members at $4,000. At
present these boards consist of two
neads OF departments in each system
with the superintendent, of schools
Inc br1ef states that these officials
are heavily overburdened under the
existing arrangement
Would Abolish Supervising Princfpals
The board recommends that the no.
sltlons of supervising principals be
aooilshed, their administrative duties
TO be taken over by the assistant SUI
perintendents and their educational
duties by group or building principals.
AT present we estimate" the board
continues. that the supervising prin-
cipals spend so per cent of their time
on administrative and clerical mat
tiers. The principals in each building
are eighth grade teachers, who have
to do classroom work and attend to
the administration of the build
ing at the same time This involves
hardship to them and great loss for
the children committed to their care
See Need Of Fifty Groups.
We estimate that approximately
nifty groups should be made to cover
me-. .ns entire District Group principals
1T - the opinion of the board that
the offices of the heads of depart
ments for high schools should be
abolished and the duties of these Of
ficers performed by the head teachers
in each subject in the different high
schools meeting under the direction
OF the assistant superintendent in
charge"
The board suggests in the brief
that these directors be retained: Di-
rector of intermediate instruction; of
primary instruction, with super
vision over kindergartens: the super
visor of manual training, with
change of title to director of voca-
tional work: director of physical cui-
ture, who also is given a new title
and charge over the correction OF
speech. and also over the atypical
schools: the directors of domestic
science and domestic art: director
of research and results; a director OF
music and one of drawing. The sal
airy should be $4.50C.
At present these directors in the coll
ored schools have the title of assistant
directors. which title the board asks l.,
abolished.
Refers to Salary Schedule.
Referring to the new salary schedui :
made a part of the brief. the board
states:
I'VE have, in this schedule eliminai-
ed the five classes of teachers now
designated by law. Nothing in our
educational system is more archaic
and productive of harm than our s.s-
TEN Of appointing teachers to the low
X
leave the lower grades in order TO
obtain a promotion in salary. Some
beginning teachers are by character
and training best fitted to start in the
higher grades. Some possess the
rarer qualifications which would make
them ideal primary or kinderga rten
teachers throughout their entire
career Each kind of teacher should
be encouraged to remain in the work
for which she is best fitted. and should
receive increases of salary in that
work.
I'VE also recognize the fact that
81 per cent of the children of the
public schools never reach high
school. BY making the salary for
grade school teachers and high school
teachers equal. and insisting upon
qualifications which are similar.
shall encourage a finer type of ability
to remain in grade school work"
For AmericanizatiOn Director.
The brief states that the salary Of
the director of AmericaniZation work
should be $4,000, and that this direc-
tor should have an adequate force OF,
assistants.
1t also recommends that the at
tendance and child labor Offices be
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