The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-19

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at $1,000 while in senior high school
the minimum set is $1,260 and the
maximum attainable is $1,700. Special
! supervisors, men teachers, receive
from $500 to $1,000 and women who
| are special supervisors receive $l,-
2G0 TO S1.700. Women who are heads
of department receive from $1,000 to
| $1,000 and men who are heads of de-
partments receive 500 more than
men teachers of the same rank.
Explaining the schedule Superin-
tendent Selle reported as "two years
| OF teaching experience are required
| in order to receive the minimum salary
indicated except in the case of the
men teachers. The training required
Is that specified by, the state depart
ment of education. II it becomes
necessary to employ women teachers
without experience, they will receive
$50 month less than the minimum.
Women with one years experience
"All teachers entering the system
will be given the rating Of for their
first year. Teachers with less than
five years of experience will be given
the salary indicated ror the first year.
Teachers with five or n ore years OF
experience. if they clearly have had
rating equivalent to B or hi her in
the school where they last Siu: ut, viii
receive as their initial salary that
indicated for the second year under
will receive $40 a month less than
The minimum.
rating. Average teachers will con-
tinue to be rated G., and will ad
vance to the maximum salary under
that rating.
"a teacher who Is below average
but who may improve, will he given
rating OF ID and will be reelected
without an increase i'm salary. Unless
her rating is higher the following
year, she will be dropped.
"a rating of d may be secured in
either one of two ways: One. BY
demonstrating superior teaching
ability, or. two, by proving of unusual
value to the school in matters of or
ganization, leadership, community in
terest and stimulation, and so forth.
eff a teacher has unusual merit in
both Of the directions mentioned in
the foregoing paragraph. she will
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attain rating of A until the end of
two years of service IN the Mankato
schools.
"A teacher can advance OILY one
rating at time.
"A teacher having attained any
particular rating may for any year be
given lower rating, and the salary
will be that indicated for the proper
year of service on the lower rating. A
teacher having reached the maximum
salary under any rating, and then re-
ceiving "a lower rating, will receive
the maximum salary for the work to
which she is assigned; except that if
she is receiving the maximum in class
c a.lower rating will mean that she
will receive the next lower salary un-
der rank c.
"1n order to qualify for. an increase
in salary under this schedule, teach.
er must have attended a six week
summer session of some normal
school or college Or university with
i'm three years of the time the in
crease Is granted, and must present a
certified report of credit earned
equivalent to major in the sum-
mer quarter of the University of
Chicago. The credit earned must be
in some subject or subjects bearing
| definite relationship to the work
being done by the teacher in the
Mankato schools, such courses must
! be approved and taken in colleges ac-
ceptable to the board of education,
and must be taken in residence.
"a teacher having reached the
maximum salary must comply with
the foregoing provisions as to sum
mer school attendance in order to
continue to receive the maximum
| salary.
''The board of education reserves
| the right to require attendance at
summer school without salary in
! crease in cases where the best in
terests of the schools demand it,
1.-THE board reserved the right to
| transfer any teacher from one build
ing to another, or from one grade or
department to another, when the best
| interests of the schools demand such
| transfer 49, .-l..F
"All teachers below the seventh
grade will be required to measure up
to standard in penmanship approx
| mately equivalent to that required for
securing a Palmer penmanship diplo-
ma. Teachers now employed will DO
required to reach a standard OF eighty
on the Ayres penmanship scale be-
| fore any salary increase will be
granted for 1929 and must attain
the Palmer diploma standard by
March /, 1922.
"A junior high school teacher hold
ing a bachelors degree will be on
! the salary schedule of the senior
high school teachers" -'~
Recommendation Is Accepted.
| On motion of W. ID. Willardathe rec
! concentration of superintendent Selle,
regarding reorganization of tho
schools was adopted also. This rec
ommendatiOn was that Miss Emma G..
lO'Donnell, now assistant superintcnd-
cnt of the senior high school, be
made assistant supintendent of the
junior and senior high school and that
Mrs. A. Nostahl. now assistant princi-
pal of the junior high school be APP
/ pointed dean of the junior senior
school
Superintendent Selle also recon-
| mended that Miss Marie Burmiester
be transferred from grade work to the
position of grade assistant Miss
Burmiester's work will be in an adj
visory capacity in all grades below
tho seventh. She will assist the
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