The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-04
New Schedule of Pay for
Teachers in Schools
Meets Approval.
BASED ON NEW SYSTEM
Board of Education to Act on
New Schedule at Meet
ing Thursday Eve.


Of the schools of Kenosha providing
minimum wage of one hundred dol
| lars a month, with the understanding
that the payments will be for twelve
months in the year will be presented
! to the members of the Board of Educa-
tioa at the special meeting Thursday
evening. 1t is believed that the Board
will accept the schedule as offered
and it has already received the sane
| ton of the teachers committee of the
| board. Final action in finishing up
the new schedule was taken at a meet
| ing of the committee on yesterday
afternoon and it is believed that the
new schedule will offer to the teachers
of any school in Wisconsin or the nae
tion. 1t is schedule built along new
lines and built with the idea of max
ing merit she basis of fixing every
salary. The schedule grants an in
crease in pay to practically every
/ teacher of the schools.
Arranged On The Group System
Every element entering into the
work of determining the value of the
teacher to the school forces has been
taken into consideration in the max
ing Of this new schedule. While it
twas largely the work of Mrs. Mary D.
Bradford superintendent Of the schools
who has blazed a new trail in
schedule making, it has been worked
/ out with the most careful support
i M m how nf i
! presiding officials Of the school
board. All teachers of the city
schools are arranged into groups and
the grouping is made in keeping
with the preparation they have had
for their work, their experience in the
! particular line Of teaching assigned to
them and their general experience in
the teaching profession. The schedule
covers every teacher employed in the
school including Supervisors special
teachers and the elementary and high
school teachers. The schedule was
submitted to educational leaders at
the recent meeting Of the National Ed
vocational Association at Cleveland and
it has been given The unqualified en-
dorsement of many of the most promi-
nent educators of the state who have
asked the privilege to use the same
schedule in schools in other cities of
1 the nation,
Minimum Wage Set At 500.
It carries out the old ideal of the
City Superintendent that the minimum
wage for teachers should not be less
than one hundred dollars a month
figures on basis of twelve months pay
during the year. This means that the
| lowest paid teacher in the schools of
| Kenosha will receive the salary of
| $1,000 year. There are four general
classes of teachers considered. Teach
ers in the elementary schools will
receive pay ranging from 500 a
month for the beginners with the min
mum of preparation for work to $143.-
| so month for the highest grade of
experienced elementary teachers. In
the Junior High Schools the range viii
be from $110 a month to $I69 and in
! the high school the wages will be
from $i25 month to S194 The wages
and salaries to be paid to Supervising
principals and special teachers are
worked out on exactly the same basis
with the wage arranged to fit each
particular case.
Automatic Changes Provided For.
The schedule is so arranged as to
provide for automatic changes with
the understanding that increases or
reductions in pay Of teachers which
may come in other years will be figur
| ed out with the understanding that
every teacher will have exactly fair
treatment.
1t is believed that the schedule
which has been worked out will meet
with approval of the Committee Of
Eleven representing the teachers which
is to meet with the Board of Education
at the meeting on Thursday evening.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
there was an informal discussion of
/ the employment of teachers for the
coming year and it is expected that
very large proportion of the present
teaching force will be re-employed for
/ the new year and that the new sched-
ule of salaries will be adopted in time
/ to have it cover all contracts made for
the coming year. 1t is expected that
the proposed schedule ell be put in
to effect at once to meet the demands
OF teachers for increased pay.
May Increase Supervision Force.
Suggestion has been made to the
committee on teachers that an increase
be made in the supervising force to
the schools by the employment of an
Assistant Superintendent to have
charge of the Institutional work of the
Junior High Schools. Before the end
of the year another High School will
be added with the opening Of the
Washington Junior High. 1t is admit
| ted that with this increased work the
! superintendent will be sadly in need
| of assistance in carrying forward the
work. It is also suggested that
supervisor of elementary grade work
may be employed. These matters are
now before the teachers committee
and the decision of the committee will
| be announced when it makes its annual
report to the board at the regular
March meeting to be held on the even
ing of March 9th.