, 1923-06-14

omy to pay good salaries and get
highly trained and w%ell-qualiGed
teachers. Conversely, poor teachers
are expensive at any price. Rawlins
had adopted a three year salary
schedule which places a premium
upon teaching in Rawlins more than
one year. New teachers are start
ed in at a certain salary; teachers
who have taught here one year are
given an increase over the beginn-
ing teachers; Those who have taught
here two years or more receive the
maximum salary according to the
present schedule. This is as it should
be. We need a longer tenure for
teachers. A teacher can rarely do
her best work the first year. it takes
her some time to get acquainted
with the children. the parents. the
community. and to fit into the school
organization. Heretofore, we seem
to have been the halfway stopping
point for teachers enroute to the
coast states. and we were therefore
subject to a constantly shifting pro-
cession of teachers. Such a condition
is apt to be detrimental to the best
interests Of the school. However,
this condition is greatly improving,
due no doubt in a large measure, to
a good salary schedule.
Our schools are growing rapidly,
as a glance at the enrolment figures
for the last few years will show. and
to keep pace with the growth of the
schools and increase in enrolment
1t is probable that we shall need al
ditional teachers for next year "a
follows:
n A p~enmanship supervisor who
can supervise all the penmanship
work In the grades and high school.
and also relieve the commercial
teacher of one class as she has too
heavy a schedule.
b. Another teacher is needed in
the eth and Sth Grade Department.
There are four teachers to nearly
120 pupils n II is necessary to re-
lieve these teachers by an extra
teacher who can take whatever sub
1ects are necessary to relieve each
teacher in the department some
what. and give the principal a little
time for supervision of Central
Building.
c. There are now three teachers
at the South Ward School. Pres.
ent indications are that there Will
have to be another teacher Cthird
grade) at the South Ward School
making this school the same size ms
the East and West Ward School,
respectively. The extra room has
already been built but Is not used
at present but will be needed next
year.
d. As soon as the financial condI-
tion of the district will permit. and
as soon as suitable class room space
can be secured, 1t would be very de-
sirable to have n Special Teacher
for the "ungraded' group Of child
rem. This will he discussed more In
detail later.
4. The Curriculum.
The school curriculum Is very i'm
portant as IT Is the group of sub
jects taught in the schools. The
first eight, ten or twelve years OF
the life OF the average child "a spent
mostly In the schools. The work
that he does there and the subjects
that he pursues should be selected
with the greatest care. He should
during that time become somewhat
acquainted with that body OF in
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into possession OF through centur-
ies OF toll and painful experience; he
should gain knowledge OF certain
fundamental experience: which will
help him do his life-work and which
VIII make him a useful member of
society and n good citizen. more
over. he should gain an apprecia-
ton OF the things that have cultural
mud nINtlnfNa ala. L. Al-. a..
he may make better use of his lei
sure hours.
Two or three generations ago tho
matter NJ what should he Included
In the curriculum was much simpler
than II Ia today. Modern life has
become very complex. New noedr
nave arisen which the schools have
attempted 10 meet and ms n result,
We have added much to the currl-
eulum whll0 taking vrrv little nway
from II. with the result that tho cur
ricuIum ls today In danger OF bccom-
ing To crowded. Great care must
be exercised In changing the curri.
culum In order that new subjects
which are necessary are added. and
that subjects which have become OBJ
soletc are discarded. This requires
much thought and study. and the
fact that modern educators are By
no means agreed ns to what tho cur
riculum should include. Indicates
that curriculum-mnking Ia still nm
involved problem.
The school should be made to NJ
the student. not tho student tn.
SCHOOL, says superintendent Frank
Baliou. Of the Washington. y. c.
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