The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-25

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florence NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 50
Union ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. %
valencia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
II the average turnover be 33 Is
per cent, tn" estimate given To me
hN state superintendent Wagner. he
number Of new teachers needed Tot
the rural schools cdCh year upon the
present populations basis would be
approximately lS5. To provide Tor
all contingencies, let us place the
number at goo.
Town and city elementary teachers
usually serve much longer than rural
school teachers. Taking the country
hs a whole. the average term 81
service | have estimated as about
nine years. In New Mexico ia" term
Is probably shorter, iuusmuch as
about ouv-halt of The town and city
elementary teachers come from other
states and move ON" after remain
INK IN sew Mexico for a year or two.
This migrating character ot the
teaching personnel IN unfortunate lot
the Sew Mexico schools Tor u meant
that large numbers of teachers have
no vital interest in the state and It's
~ hFN NAA"H h'NN "hN w 'NA Pre- NAAN
defect Is to prepare a large number
OF Sew Mexico youns people fot thus
service. This policy, Sta.c Sup'riu-
tcndrut Wagner assured me. would
do much to stabilize the srl vice
to extend tn, average professional
NE of tn. teacher.
/ have estimated the annual turn
over IN the town and city clcm.u-
tlIy schools At Ouv ia seven. Th'
state supcItnt,ndcnt's onlc" has re-
Gently informed me mat the turnover
ga this branch Of the service last
year VAS almost exactly this-lh per
cent. IL this proportion be taken al
representing the normal turnover,
the number OF urban elementary
trach,rS II aded annually on the
present populatiun-bdsis would be IVA
the ncighborhoOu Of .Jt-lot US Say
zoo for good measure.
High school teachers tenure IS cN-
trcmcly variable in the different
at. In New Mexico. TIA" period
OF ~cryic" Is apparently Longer than
In most statcs-a turnover OF one
tenth - reported BY My. wagner.
This means hat about - new High
school teachers are needed .ach year,
There h here. however, I" need OF
a prcdlctablc iuCrvas" to bee taken into
consideration, u the number that
will b. required cach year for IN"
next decade may safely b" placed al
Az.
one can loOk forward. then, to a
maximum OF 200 rural school teach
rrs. 40 graded school teachers, ana
~ hugh school teachers needed eRch
year on the present population basis
as rccruits for the public chool
s.rN ic,-d total OF $50 IN all.
IA.. H..H.HHfaNHH n.#.H HHEEAANHH hf
COURSE. but with q thorough-going
program TOT tho more extended
preparation OF teachers there N no
reason To- believe that this number
Of recruits needed Tor the publlc
school service viii be greatly aug
! m,utrd duriug the next trw decades
tvNU.pt possibly Tor the hugh s'hoolsl
tor u rs q fairly We'll established law
that length OF s'rytU" increases VIII
length ot training hence the prop"'
lion of new teachers required each
year will actually decrease aud even
TN, numbers themselves may decrease
Az thy rcquircmouts toi admission e
the ,,rNIC, are advanced ana the aN'
,rugp tenure Of individual teach.
,r is extended. It should also be
/ suIt that The above estimates repre-
sent a mINimum rather than O
minimum OF expectancy, ana J.
should be- further said that th' 'et'
mates lvtN, out OF account the i"h'h
,rs who MAY come from other states
IL should not h.. an impossible" taHi
fur IN, normal schools uf Sow M'NI''
Co repair 100 teachers each year i"I
tu, rural school s,rNic" and $50 TO.
tn. graded school service, requiring
from each four years OF high rDh""
Tor entrance 10 IA" hlgh
~ institution and graduating o"fuii
Gated teachers uuly after - minimum
OF TWO years Of specialized prepare
tiub Tor the important strNl'" ina
they are T. enter. TINS would W'i'
an enrolment m t'ichrT-traiulnl
courses q about $50 students !
would mean entering classes OF ap
prGNmatcly 800 students and her
the CHIEF ANTIQUITY viii lie, for TIL
is moro than ia" present total nuipu
Hb9D OF tuur-y'ar high sch'ols u
Sew Mexico. Tho diuiculty, however
rs more apparent than real iUiu TN
local and county high schools are n
a posltIuu to contribute e larger mum
Der 81 entering students. the teacher
training institutions themselves Wi
be- Justified ia supporting as th'N III
row secondary tr preparatory de
partmcnts which viii attrr't ltrg'
numbers OF pupils from district
I " AHHfNA 80
now available.
The cost to the state NJ carrying
out such a program Of teacher
preparation would OF course rAcct'
what tho state N now spending 10
trachcr-traluiug but It should b'
remembered that. under as prcAoh
expenditure, II is adequately pre-
pairing only q handful OF TEACHER
The per capita cost Of instruction II
tcachor-tralning institutions of IN
type that I have IN mind viii b
about $500 annually exclusive @
whatever payments are made 10
transportation Of students 10 u r
their homes The Institutions woul
enroll in all $50 students, thus IN
annual cost OF maintenance would b
$3.50. 600. To-day the normal schoo
have "a combined annual budget abou
on.-thlrd as large AZ this but IN"
are not preparing onc-tcnth Of IN
teachers that the state needs. by 81
fcCting In them and In other state
supported institutions economies IN
nature ~ which will be tugBchtc.
later, the state, without seriously ia
~creasing as ~tIA-burdrn, could 81
forward to this new level ia tie dis
charge OF what Is clearly aud IN
dlsputhbly It's most important funo
iiou-thc preparation of teachers 10
It's public schools.
There IN another tact In this con
nrctiun that deserves larg. omphisi'
Th. nrgNruun that I huNp kupEgate &c