Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-11
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
MUST SHOW ABILITY
"Quid for Quo" Necessary to
Get Salary Rise, Broome
Asserts
OUTLINES REQUIREMENTS

"Quid for quo," higher quality of
service for better. pay and more i'm
portant post, are the contributions to
the public expected by Superintendent
Of Schools Broome, from principals who
seek promotion 10 better positions.
DIR. BroOme's statement in part fol-
lows:
Anxious inquiries are being made
BY principals as to the force Of the
regulations introduced into the new sal.
ary schedule In reference to the re.
quirement Of higher qualifications for
elementary principals and for the pro-
motion Of principals from Glass B to
Glass g.
II am sorry that II is impossible
to put into the form of rue all that
might be necessary In the way Of ex-
planation as to how the rule would be
applied. The regulations in question
read az follows:
The requirements. for promotion
from Glass a or Glass Is to Glass G
after September 1, 1928, shall be either
Of the following:
First. Possession of an undergrad
uate degree secured In course from an
approved college or university.
"Second. Demonstration Of superior
DTOItBN1OnHl lnItTettN HHu
by satisfactorily passing an examnn-
superintendent Of schools.
Furthermore, a resolution, adopted
by the Board. July 10, 1917, which pro-
vides that principal whose school has
been increased from a lower to a higher
class Is promoted with the school. will
not be displaced. but will continue to
operate. As to the requirements Of the
future, the date IL put four years
ahead, September. 1925. BY that time
we require that person to be eligible
to enter the examination for license
as supervising principal possess either
an undergraduate degree from an ap-
proved college, or demonstrate superior
professional interests and attainments
by passing an examination given under
the direction Of the superintendent Of
schools.
The alternative of passing an ex-
animation was purposely introduced for
the benefit of certain pople In the school
system who may not be in a position
where they can undertake college
courses, but who would be able to read
books at home, or take courses of lec-
lures given In Philadelphia, and In GER
tain other ways improve their profes-
sional equipment.
There are principals in this city
who have already satised these require
ments. A good many have already ac-
Quired a college degree, and number
OF others are we'll advanced toward It..
At most. not more than thirty or forty
persons in the school system, out Of n
personnel OF 5000, would be affected by
the now regulations, and all Of these
are people who not only would be able
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ought to welcome thus stimulus TO fur
ther professional growth.
More than that. there Is no II class
principal who would be Disseminated
against any way, as the maximum of the
Il class schedule has been increased to
$4,000. and no additional quail lfcations
nre required for promotion to the ma xi =
mum Of that schedule. Therefore. in
so far as present incumbents are con /.
cerned. those affected are only the small
proportion of present A and B class
principals who may. after September,
1923, seek promotion to G class po. q.
sition. Even they will not be affected
until September. 1925, and they have
yet four years during which they may
be promoted to G class school with
out having to meet any additional re-
Quirements.
'In conclusion, nobody's job is In
danger. Nobody's promotion on the
schedule on which he is at present To-
Gated is jeopardized. The substance OF
the new provisions Is simply that those
who are ambitious to obtain promotion
to a more important position. paying a
larger salary. are expected to give the
public quid for quo. to some extent at
any rate. by n guarantee of added fit
ness. The principle is sound one. 1t
Is in. operation in virtually all pro-
gressive cities. 1t is specifically pro-
vided for in the Finegan law, and Is
one which progressive teachers and
principals ought to welcome rather than
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