Evening journal., 1921-01-10
SUPERVISION
HELPS TEACHER
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Z stands to reason that a good super
sisor is indispensable to the success
Ind efficiency Of the rural schools. os-
heclally when many OF the teachers
are beginners and a large number arc
Without any training Whatever, the
majority. never having had but a few
weeks OF training at summer school
@ny teacher who objects 10 super
|, vision shows her incompelency and
hcks a spirit Of cooperation.
. After much persuasion. the Com
missioner Of Education succeeded in
nteresting Dr.. James II. billiard, pres
uent OF the Anna r. Ieanes Fund. in
beginning industrial work in tho coll
bred schools. To try this matter out
m Delaware, Doctor billiard agreed 20
bay salary OF $3.50 per year TO each
Of three supervisors. making a dOna-
zion from the Anna n. Jeanes Fund
| 10 S220O. The work proved so success
| iul that The county boards Of Kent and
J New Castle have agreed TO re-emplOy
Tlheir colored supervisors for the next
year, although they will receive but
| 300 for each supervisor from the
,-hnna T. Jeanes Fund, the remaining
bart OF the salary and the travelling
Expenses 10 be assumed by the county
boards.
There were seven white super
NisOrs over III teachers, making an
average Of about 40 teachers 60 a
Il supervisor, while the supervising
lca'here for the colored schools super
kiscd the industrial work in each
I-rounty. there being PC colored teach
Prs under the supervisor in New
Castle, % under the supervisor in
\ Kent, and % under the supervisor in
Sussex county.
1T has been claimed by some critics
[.ihat supervision adds much 10 the
| overhead expenses. The question
therefore arises. Is such a contention
Irue? The salaries Of the supervising
| teachers Of the colored schools, having
been paid by The Anna 7. leancs
| Fund, the supervision OF the indus
Trial work In The cOlOred schools en-
a-lailcd but little expense on the part
OF the county boards OF education,
for in many cases the patrons OF the
! cOlored schools either transported the
supervisor from one school 10 another
Tor a nominal charge. or at no expense
] at all TO the county. However, as the
State is under obligations 10 pay the
Salaries OF the seven white super
NlsOrs uu 20 $1,000 per annum, II will
be we'll 20 consider these expenses. In
! addition 90 the amount paid by tho
A Stale, a few OF the supervisors re-
ceiVed In addition $50 or $500 from
The county board of educatiOn There
must Doe added also 10 the salaries th'
u travelling expenses of the supervisors
which the county boards, under the
law. had 90 pay.
"All successful business enterprise
! find close and constant supervision
essential TO their success. on invesii
CATION. ID has been found that Onl
telephone operator in eleven devote
4 her fun time 90 supervising the re-
: mainins ten. The hospitals place Onl
! nurse In charge Of five 10 fourteen
, others. Department stores use on
4 supervisor 10 twenty-five salespe0ple
kyBanks have one supervisor over sii
~ fifteen persons. Admitting that on
JfchOOl system Is a very impOrtan
t5usincss proposition, these DgIre
n would indicate that we should ha'
U bl least twice as many supervisor
over our teachers, II we expect Oh
best results such an arrangemen
= Would give each supervisor .bOu
4 supervisor would have 20 visit NOR
u Than five teachers per day 10 make
NNrOssiblc 10 Inspect the work Of oacl
4 icachcr once a month. Successful su
4 pcrviSiOn means that a visit from On
Il FupcryicOr i'm many instances shOul
Il BE- dt least one-half day i'm lenCll
q and where ran inexperienced teache
d holding a provisional certificate is i
y charge the supervisor needs 10 spen
q day or TWO with such a teacher.
Il has been estimated that supervision j
4 The public schools makes the work q
81 The teacher p per cent more efllcien
q lt this Is true, then the cost of super
kA~isi0n In the State OF Delaware Is
Y mere iriile when compared with On
u beneficial results. Therefore. I recon
4 mend that the state Board Of Educa
II ton make every effort 10 increase On
n supervision or classroom instrucliO
n, IN the public schools"