Evening star., 1925-03-01
SUBSTITUTES PAY
DECLARED TOO HIGH
Teachers Council Proposes
| Lower Scale as Solution
T of Present Problem.

Substitute teachers in public
schools would receive pay consider
ably less than the scale approved
by the board of education If the
scale unanimously approved by the
Teachers Council at a meeting II
the Franklin School last night Is put
into effect.
The scale adopted by the council
was recommended by special com
mittee appointed by the council to
study the subject and is intended as
a temporary solution of what the
teachers describe as the substitute
teachers problem and as a basis fol
action of the board of education ir
its recommendations for a permanent
qualified substitute service.
The appointment of the committee
40 draw up this scale followed gen
eral protests from teachers against
the scale approved by the board OF
education, which the teachers de-
clared provided pay for substitutes
which was too high.
The scale as adopted by the teachers
provides: For substitutes in grade
schools where the basic salary is
$1,40O, SO a day for the first 80 days
and 81 a. day for the second 80 days,
For this group of substitutes the
boards scale provides 81 for the first
80 days and 81 for the second 80 days.
For substitutes for teachers with a
basic salary of $1,000 the scale pro
vides $3.50 for the first 80 days and
$3.50 for the second 80 days. The
boards schedule Is IS and 81.
For substitutes for teachers with a
basic salary of $500 the teachers
scale provides 81 for the first 80 days
and s. for the second 80 days. The
board scale provides Sc and $3.50 for
this group.
For substitutes for teachers with a
basic salary of $4,000 the scale pro-
vides Sc for the first 80 days and 81
for the second 80 days The board )
scale is Sc and $3.50.
Report Explained.
Mrs. Florence H. Rogers. teacher
In the Normal School, chairman OF
the committee of the council which
recommended the scale adopted last
night in presenting the committee :
recommendation, called attention to
the fact that the largest cuts in the
substitutes scale were for those who
substitute for teachers receiving the
smaller basic salary.
The reasons given by this COM
mittee for the proposed scale were,
that there is an urgent need TO
bring immediate relief to all teachers
by determining upon more equitable
and just pay schedule for substitutes
That the deductions work an in
Justice TO high salaried teachers as
we'll as to low salaried teachers.
THAT the committee approves the
establishment of a fund. as suggested
by our teachers council, out of which
substitute pay could be drawn, but
sees that there exists no adequate
machinery for dispatching the busi-
ness necessary to the establishment
and maintenance of such a fund"
Besides Miss Rogers, those who
signed the committee report were
Annie Keliher. NJ Gertrude Young
Daisy Lazier, Dorothy Pelham. Elsie
Green, Archie NJ. Ray and Francis j
Gregory.
Following the reading of the re-
port, Miss Florence Mortimer. princi-
pal of the Carberry School, president
of the council, called for a general
discussion of the recommendations
before calling for vote on its adop-
tion.
BallOu and Kramer Speak.
Frank w. Ballou, Superintendent OF
Schools. and Assistant Superintendent
Stephen E. Kramer, who were pres
ent during the meeting, entered into
the discussion. Each expressed the
tutes would be obtained for the
schools by reason of the more liberal
scale adopted by the board.
Mr.. Kramer stated that the teachers
should take into consideration the fact
that the matter of a substitute is really
for the protection of the teacher. He
pointed out in this connection that the
teacher Is either present In person or
by substitute or else she goes off the
ont he
intimated that the boards scale was
adopted not only for the best interests
of the teacher, but for the general bet
terment of the system.
He made it very plain that those in
charge of the school system disapproye
of the practice of placing pupils In
charge of classes in the absence of the
teacher and when it is impossible to
obtain a substitute.
In answer TO question from Supt
Ballou as to the extent of this prac-
tice, Seldom f. Ely. supervising prin-
cipal, said such cases are now rare
compared with a decade ago. He
declared, though, that by the adop-
tion of the boards substitute teachers
pay scale, the day of the pupil sub
Stitute will soon become extinct, as
will the day of the inferior adult
substitute. For that matter, this will
Ot II ut VI lIIe SCdle proposed Dy the
teachers, he said, inasmuch as both
provide a pay, which he believes will
attract substitutes of the better kind
He said that since the boards new
scale was made public, there has
been a swarm of highly efficient ap-
plicants to be placed in the sub
Stitutes' list
The members of the council present
who took part in the discussion of the
subject. avoided anything bordering
on debate with those rejecting the
boards views regarding the sub
Stitutes pay
When asked by Superintendent
Ballou If the teachers committee ha6
conferred with any of the schoo
administration officials before drawing
ND their scale, Miss Rogers replied
that the committee had not, inasmucf
as the teachers had not been invited
to confer with those who prepared
the boards scale.
The report was adopted without {
dissenting vote, after which Mrs
Mortimer announced from the chair
that the report containing the coun
ellis proposed scale would be sub
mitted to the board for nSfderatiOli