The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-17

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Associates, September 10, 1883.
This memorandum deals with
The provisions made for supervision
Of curricula, instruction, and other
phases OF the Oducative process IN
high schools and IN elementary
schools.
High Schools;
A statement Of satisfactory and
desirable supervisory organization OF
high schools will first be presented.
This will be followed by an analysis
OF the provisions made for supervis-
ION In each high school OF water.
bury.
Supervisory Organization
A rough standard for measuring
the supervision requirements Is one
principal and one vice principal FOR
each Is 10 80 high school teachers,
with no heads Of departments or, on
the basis OF pupils, one principal
and one vice principal to each TOO to
900 pupils enrolled in q high school,
with no heads of departments,
IN many cities such supervisory
loads as these are exceeded In at
least some OF the high schools, For
example, one high school IN Worces-
ter, Massachusetts, has one princi-
pal and one assistant principle for
il6 teachers and more than 1000
pupils, or 80 teachers and more than
2,000 pupils per principal, and with
no heads Of departments. This Is, OF
course, inadequate supervision, but
II Is cited TO indicate the reason.
ableness Of such q standard as one
principal TO each Is to 80 teachers,
or each 100 10 900 pupils, without
heads of departments.
The high schools OF waterbury
are oversupervised with the pro-
vision of principals, vice principals,
and heads OF departments, The pol.
Icy Of considering each high school
rs q supervisory unit to be SUPER
vised by Its principal and vice prin-
cipal Is more economical than the
practice OF employing heads Of de-
partments. and In several respects
Is more effective. Supervision by q
principal gives the principal O bet
ter knowledge Of the work being
performed In his school, keeps the
work OF the several departments
better correlated. makes easier the
offering OF subjects that overiapS
two or more subject fields, makes II
easier TO use the services OF teach-
ers IN two or more subject fields
that they may be qualified TO teach,
or 10 shift them from one 10 another
subject field, than Is feasible under
the more decentraliEed, department
tai plan Of organization, such Is Is
used In the waterbury schools.
Crosby High School
The organization Of Crosby High
school for ieSe.ioSe 10 planned 70
be Is follows: ev,
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I Vice principal and head Of
college preparation .,,,,,,. $500
! Vice principal and head OF
English ,,.,,.,,..,,.,,,,'. S,%OO
. heads Of departments and
teachers, each paid $500
extra salary.
80 Teachers
2 Teachers Of music-part time
Cserve . high schools
Librarian
! Dletitian
I Secretary
! Assistant secretary
The net enrolment IN this school
In iosT-ie2a was i,Aee pupils.
The number OF teachers and the
number Of pupils enrolled indicate
that two full.time principals should
be adequate for this school. One vice
principal may. therefore, become O
regular teacher.
The five heads Of departments,
who also teach, should be made reg.
liiar teachers, there should be no de-
paftmental organization, and the
principal and remaining vice prin-
cipAi should serve 90 the only heads
Of the school g. an organized unit
for institution.
The annual savings In supervisory
costs would DO:
Reduction In salary from vice
principal 10 teacher .....,.,S 400
Elimination Of extra salary Of
$500 each, paid 70 8 heads
Of departments ............ 1000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Leavenw0rth High echoeI
The organization Of Leavenwofth
Nigh school for ioae.ie3e Is planned
90 follows:
Principal ..............u.Mb00
/ Vice principal ............. $500
2 Heads Of departments and
teachers, each paid 1900
extra salary
40 Teachers
Teachers Of riusic-part
time
(serve . high schoois)
I Librarian
/ Secretary
Assistant secretary
Net enrolment (iDST-1e3O 1887
The two positions Of head Of de.
paTtment may be discontinued and
the incuiiibentS made regular high
school teachers. The annual savings
would amount 10 800.
willy High School
The organization Of wildly High
gchcol for io30.ie5O u planned as
follows:
1 Principal ...,,...,......"s4 $500
Vice principal .,...,..,.,. SA0o
4 Heads Of departments and
teachers, each paid $500
extra
81 TEACHERS
2 Teachers Of II1usic-part
time
(DeFve 3 high schoob)
/ Librarian
UIetitiofs
/ HseFetary
1 Assistant secretary
THE four positions Of bead Of de.
uhftn1ent may be discontinued and
flie Incumbents made regular high
school teachers. The saving OF extra
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