The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-20
|BALLOU URGES NEW SALARY
SCALE FOR TEACHERS HERE
Declares District Must Grant Increases II
Maintain Standard of Other Cities.

der the present law, the report
states.
The session room pay is now pro-
vided by law for teaching princi.
pals with additional compensation
for serving as principals of ele.
mentary schools. This pay, Is $50
per year for each session room. The
present method of paying principals
by giving them salaries of teachers
and this session room pay should be
replaced by an appropriate salary
schedule for teaching and admins
trative principals. DR.. Ballou re.
ports. The new salary should also
be higher than their present COM
pensation, and session room pay
should be abandoned. he says.
New salary Schedule Needed.
Another illustration is that teach
ers in the elementary schools are
now grouped in classes from No. /
| to and originally the minimum
and maximum salaries for the.va
rious classes differed. Since the
| basic salary has now been made
the same for each class the con
tinued existence OF these 1--WE
classes is no longer necessary or
| desirable, he states.
The report states that in addi-
ton to the necessity for legalizins
the salaries Of employees and for q
new salary schedule to provide for
the past and future developments
and extensions of the present sys-
tenn, new salary schedule is nec-
essary in order to correct certain
injustices which now exist due to
| past salary adjustments. Moreover
| Increased compensation for en-
ployes Is necessary IL Washington
is to compete successfully with
other cities in obtaining ,efficient
teachers and officers.
According to the BELIEF of Mr..
Ballou, the Board of Education
should endeavor to secure the
funds necessary to make 1t possibl
for them to discharge their respon-
sibinties in law for providing an
efficient system Of education for the
children OF the District. In asking
for the establishment of a new
salary scale for teachers the board
has been guided by the followins
principles:
Scale of Salaries.
l. The minimum salary of q
teacher in any position should bs
sufficiently high to prompt compe'
tent persons to At themselves BY
study and training to fill such a
position. It should be high enough
to provide a decent living for tesch.
ers.
teacher should be high enough tc
bring contentment OF mind and a
reasonable satisfaction to those who
receive II. II should be sufficiently
high to compete successfully with
wages in commerce, industry and
other professions in bidding for the
services of those we'll qualified tc
take up teaching as a life work. II
should be sufficiently high to make
il possible for a teacher to live a.
the profession and the public expect
her to live.
g. The annual automatic increase
in salary longevity pay) for sue
cessful service should be large
enough to provide annually q rea.
sonable reward for increased COM
potency.
should Recognise Superiority.
4. A well-regulated salary sched.
ule should provide a higher maxi
mum for those teachers who have
demonstrated their individual su.
periority. Such a maximum should
be obtainable by those teachers who
have by study, training and teach
ing efficiency, and other evidence:
OF professional interest and growth
clearly demonstrated their leader.
ship among teachers.
5. The salaries Of school oficer,
and teachers in one community
must be regulated in relation to the
Salaries of officers and teachers II
other communities of similar size
and resources. II the salaries o.
one community are lower than the
salaries of another the flow Of OFF
GERS and teachers will always be tC
the community with the higher sal.
aries. 1t has been urged that tn,
salaries of teachers and officers
in the District should be established
in accordance with the salaries IL
| other communities of similar siz,
and resources. Competition among
!
ficient teachers and officers is I
fact that cannot be overlooked. Ac.
tual competition now exists. Teach,
ers are constantly seeking higher
compensation and better conditions
of work. Such competition result:
advantageously to the community
with the higher compensation, anC
| disadvantageously to the commu
nifty where low salaries are paid.
If Washington is to compete sue
cessfully with other communities il
securing and retaining efficient
teachers and officers, salaries mus
be at least as high as the salarie:
in other communities. Unless sal
aries in Washington are sufficient
to attract teachers here from other
| communities, the District must b,
content with relatively lower edu
cational achievements than are Sc
cured elsewhere.
Mr.. Ballou believes that the COM
pensation of clerical employees in
the school department should be
adjusted in relation to the salaries
of other empIoyes in the municipal
government or in the national gov
eminent doing similar work.
| Continuing. the report states
that the compensation of the jani-
tcrial force of the school depart
nent should be established in &C
cordance with the compensation OF