, 1921-05-05

Ito the system meet the following re-
~Quirements:
High School teachers must have
completed a regular four year course
in . reputable college or its equiva-
lent. and have at least eleven hours
in education, and have had three
years general or one year high school
teaching experience. (These are
partly the requirements OF the North
Central AssoctatiOn.) Grade teachers
must be Normal School graduates or
the equivalent and have had at least
two years successful teaching expert
l~ence."
One or two more teachers will
probably need to be added to the
teaching staff next year. This will
be discussed in another connection.
It should be Jul policy to get the
very best teachers that we can OBJ
tain for the salary we are able to
Ipay. Then too, a longer tenure for
the teachers would tend to improve
the character Of the school-work. 1t
is not desirable for the schools to
have many teachers who stay only
one year in a place. A teacher can
rarely do her best work the first
year-it takes her some time to get
acquainted with the children and
with the community. and fit into the
school organization. AS soon as
business conditions become more
settled 1t would be well to have a
teachers salary scredule worked out
for our schools, based upon schol-
astic training. experience in other
schools. years OF service in our own
schools, and the rating in our sys-
tenn. This would probably tend to
lengthen the tenure OF our teachers.
IV.-The Curriculum.
We have been handicapped by the
lack of a definitely worked out course
of study. However, this ear the
teaching staff has co-operated in
working out a course of study adapt
ed to our schools. This ours of
study is being given the final reVi-
sion. and it is recommended that it
be printed when completed. One or
two changes in curricular require
ments are suggested. A good deal of
complaint has been made regarding
the heavy work in the intermediate
grades and particularly in the De-
partment. In order to relieve this
Manual Training and Domestic
oClcilCc III lIAN9C Stub'S NC fi''i
elective instead of required. This
will tighten the schedule and give
more study periods to those students
who are pressed for time.
Greater rigidity in the promotion
system is necessary in order to bring
the school up to standard. 1t is a
handicap to the group and no kind
ness to the individual pupil to pro
mote him to a grade for which he is
not ready. Those students who fail
in certain subjects during the school
year, or are conditioned" in them
and desire to make up the work dur
ing the summer will be asked to
pass the admission examinations to
the grades they seek to enter before
being allowed to go on. This plan
seems necessary. in order to evaluate
fairly summer study. In order to be
admitted to the High School from the
grades, the pupil must present an
eighth grade graduation diploma.
In the High School three courses
are offered: General or Academic
College Preparatory, and CONNER
cial. T~hirty-one credits properly dis
tributed in required groups are re
quired for graduation. AS our High
School is on the accredited list oul
graduation diploma admits the bear
er without examination to all the col
leges and universities of the North
Central Association consisting Of Is
states.
In time we hope to establish a
Normal Training Course to increase
the supply Of rural teachers. and
also to prepare some Of our students
for a definite vocation.
V.-Eficiency Of instruction.
The efficiency OF instruction is no
longer a matter Of guess-work but
can now be tested scientifically. In
order to determine whether OF not
we were up to standard, and II not,
how much we were below standard.
several standardized tests were given
last November in our school togeth-
er with 33 other Wyoming schools.
under the direction of Dean Maxwell
of the University of Wyoming. The
first Of these tests was the Ayres
Spelling Test. The results OF this
test were as follows:
Standard
Grade - Our Score Score
III East Ward ----57.5 70
III West Ward ----58.3 70