Evening star., 1923-06-17
Recommendations Based on
Capper Bill, With Objec-
tions Eliminated.
UNLIMITED PROMOTION.
NO DEMOTI0NS, ASKED
Salaries on Basis of Ability Rather
Than Grade Taught Are Also
Urged in Listing.

A new teachers salary schedule.
based on the Capper bill which failed
OF passage in the last Congress, but
stripped of the features found OBJ
1ectionable by the teachers, was sub
mitted 10 Superintendent of Schools
Frank w. Ballou yesterday by Mrs
Edith c. Paul, president of the High
School Teachers Union.
The revised schedule was drafted
by the legislative committee of the
High School, Grade School and Prin-
cipals' Unions. and was unanimously
Endorsed by these organizations Fri
day 1t is the hope of the union
teachers that DR.. Ballou will embodv
the recommendations in the salary
legislation he plans to send TO Con-
gress at the forthcoming session
Nine Recomme ndations.
Outstanding recommendations in
the new schedule are:
1. Equal pay for equal qualifica-
tions regardless of the subject or
grade taught.
2. Promotion on the basis of in
crease of professional qualifications
). Various methods of promotion
instead of the single system now in
use. A plan modelled after the Chi
cago system whereby teachers are
promoted either by examination, or
exhibiting college credits, or fo- an
original thesis. is suggested.
4. No limit to the number of teach
ers that may be promoted yearly.
Under the present system only seven
teachers are promoted annually for
superior work. The unions believe
that all teachers who qualify should
be promoted.
Demotions Opposed.
5-No demotion. At present if a
teacher gets an unsatisfactory rating
she loses her longevity pay. The new
schedule recommends that the teacher
with an unsatisfactory rating be
placed on probation and supervision
and be given professional advice and
then if her rating remains unsatis-
factory she should be dismissed from
the service.
6-Full credit for years of expert
ence for placement.
Teachers now in the junior high
! school should not be required to take
examinations for permanent appoint
ment.
S-School librarians should be
classed according to their qualifca-
tions with teachers and not restricted
to the grade teachers group. The
| unions feel that the work of libra
rian is as important in the educa-
tional field as that of the teacher, and
if a librarian has the same qualifca-
tions as a high school teacher she
should be placed in the high school
group.
Two Years Probation.
9-Two years probationary period
for new teachers instead of one, as at
present 1t is recommended that the
probationary teachers longevity pay
increase become effective at the be-
ginning of the second probationary
year.
The new schedule also carries SAL
airy increases larger than provided in
the Capper bill. For calss 1, group
A. the Capper bill contained a salary
schedule ranging from a minimum OF
s1,400 to a maximum of $4,000, while
the unions schedule provides a mini
mum of sl.500 to a maximum OF
$4,000. For group B of class l, the
Capper bill provided minimum of
S2,10O to a maximum of $4,000. while
the new schedule contains recommen-
dations for minimum of $4,000 to a
maximum of $1,000
Principals Reclassffied.
For class 2, group A, the Capper
bill provided a minimum < 81 800 to
a maximum of $4,000. The new sched
ule provides a minimum of $4,000 to
a maximum of $4,000. For group
of this class the Capper bill provid
ed a minimum of $4,000 to a maxi
mum of $4,000, while the new sched-
ule provides a minimum of $4,000 to
a maximum of $4,000.
Assistant principals of senior high
schools are classed with principals of
junior nlSn SCHOOLS III the ne" SCneQ-
ule Some of the administrative off,
GERS also have been moved up in the
unions schedule.
In presenting the recommendation
to DIR. Ballou the unions stressed
their desire to indorse and support
the efforts of the board of education
and the superintendent to secure the
much needed legislation for the
schools, and pointed out that the new
schedule is an expression of the
teachers point of view on the subject
of salaries.
Salary Schedule.
The salary schedule recommended
by the unions follow:
Glass 1. Kindergartners and teach
ers in elementary schools: Group A
A basic salary of $500 per year
with an annual increase in salary of
500 for ten years or until a maxi
mum salary of $500 per year is
reached. Group B-A basic salary OF
$500 per year. with an annual in
crease In salary of 500 for one year
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