Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-29
APPOINTMENT OF.
SCHOOL LEADERS.
IS RECOMMENDED.
Educational Council Makes
Suggestion for Selection.
of State and County Su-
perintendentS

Recommendations for changes In
the manner of selection, payment
and tenure of office of county
school superintendents. together
with suggestions for the better
ment of rural teachers and the
service that they render to thelr
communities are embodied in the
resolutions passed yesterday by the
educational council. which is the
guiding body of the New Mexico
Educational association.
These, with other recommends
tions that may be incorporated IN
the report of the resolutions com
mittee of the association at its gen
eral session today. are expected to
comprise the program of legisla-
ton which the teachers will sub
nit for the consideration of the
law making body Of New Mexico
next year. Debatc atsthe councils
sessions indicated a determination
on the part of the teachers of New
Mexico to gain for their profession
full recognition and to elevate il
to a plane that none but the quail
fled can ever hope to reach.
The resolutions call for the ap-
pointment of state and county
boards of education. which are re-
quired to appoint state and county
superintendents. There was con-
siderable debate over the provision
to give the county boards the
power to appoint county superin-
tendents, as 1t was stated that
judges, who name the county
boards, thus would be enabled To
name the superintendents Some
Of the speakers said that the
schools had been handicapped by
the action OF county school boards
and declared that some educational
qualification should be required.
There was some objection, but
not enough to defeat it, to the
proposal to allow county boards of
education to pay salaries to first
grade teachers on the basis of their
worth. 1t was feared by some that
eXtravagant salaries might be paid
to teachers not fully qualified. ow-
ing to what was declared to be q
lack OF proper requirements for
the issuance of first grade certifi-
Gates.
Following are the resolutions as
finally amended and adopted. the
last five being those adopted by
the county superintendent section
and incorporated in the councils
resolutions by motion:
That the state and county boards
or education be appointive, and
that state and county superintend-
ents be elected by their respective
boards. And that high standards
OF qualification be required of state
ana county superintendent.
That we commend the state board
or education and the state depart-
ment of education for their efforts
towards raising the qualifications
Oh teachers by raising the require
ments for certificates to teach, and
we recommend that the granting
OF first grade certificate be de-
pendent upon at least two years of
training above high school.
Ihat we approve a plan which
provides for n state educational
auditor to advise and assist in
making educational budgets, but
we oppose the revision of educa-
tional budgets by the state tax
commission after July is of each
year. We recommend that in fill
ing the office of state educational
auditor a person be selected who
is not only a statistician but who
is also familiar with school admin
istration and educational needs.
That we support the provisions
of the Towner-Sterling Bill.
That house bill No. co, chapter
SO, laws of 1919, limiting the sal
ary of teachers in one, two and
three room schools be repealed and
that house bill No. 109, chapter S8,
laws of 1921, be amended so as to
allow the county board of educa-
tion to pay salaries to first grade
teachers, the salaries being based
on successful teaching experience
and educational preparation.
That that portion of section s,
chapter 3. laws of 1919, which
reads, Teachers shall be employ
ed by the board of school directors
with the approval of the county
board OF education" and that this
law be amended to read as follows,
THE employment of teachers shall