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They would have general super
vision of all levels of schools under
them.
The present setup has each
level of schools assigned to differ
ent associate superintendent who
are under two first assistant su-
perintendents. The present job
of first assistant superintendent
parallels roughly the deputy
superindendents recommended by
DR.. Strayer.
Five Assistants Proposed.
Five assistant superintents
would work under DR.. Corning,
each in charge of one phase of
the school setup. These would be
Cd personnel 90 instruction and
curriculum 90 business and f.
nance a. building and grounds
(5) research.
At present there are nine comp
arabic jobs with the duties scat
tered. No one person is in charge
of personnel matters now, each
associate superintendent handling
the staff in his jurisdiction. DR..
Strayer gave the business and
finance Office credit for doing a
good job at present and had only
few minor suggestions for that
branch.
Teachers colleges should be di-
rectly under the superintendent
rather than under an assistant,
Dr.. Strayer said.
The present positions of divi-
sional directors "a teacher who
has supervisory charge of a geo.
graphical group of buildings,
ranking above a school principaD
should be abolished, the report
said.
These divisional directors should
be pulled into the central Office.
under the assistant superintend-
ent in charge of the proposed cur
Ericulum and instruction depart
Gment. he recommended. The pres
eIit heads of departments zone
person heads English department.
for instance) also should be
brought into the central Office un-
der the curriculum section.
More Teachers Needed.
At present there are two Offices
doing educational research, one
for colored and one for white
schools. DR.. Strayer advocated
abolishing one since it is an "ob-
vious duplication" Of duties that
can be avoided.
Discussing the crowded class
rooms of the District schools, DR..
Strayer said:
There is a great need for more
teachers. No first-class program
of education can be carried on
with teachers as overloaded as
here-especially in the colored
schools"
He set a standard of 80 pupils a
class as a good working number
for one teacher. This is what the
District has, using the average
size of the classes:
The number of white elemen-
tary classes with an average of
more than IS pupils is 113, but in
the colored schools 498 classes
are In that category. Two white
classes have more than 40, while
272 colored classes have more
than 40 pupils. In addition, So
colored classes have more than As
pupils, while no white classes are
so overloaded.
Figures compiled by DR.. Strayer
on other levels are as follows:
Junior high schools-Over 35I
pupils, 625 white. 869 colored ofer
10 pupils, 168 white. 578 colored: t
over IS pupils, IA white, 169 COL
ored; over so pupils, no white and
81 colored; over SIS pupils, no white
and 2 colored.
Senior High Schools.
Senior high schools IS
pupils, 291 white. 308 colored: over
40 pupils. SIS white. 165 colored;
over As pupils. 8 white, As colored;
over 80 pupils, white. 8 colored;
over 55 pupils, no white and l COL
ored.
The present examination syS-
tenn of procuring new teachers
keeps them out DR.. Strayer de-
clared. /
He said it was far better to hire
new teachers on the basis Of Gre !
dentials from accredited institu-
tionS and place them on a three
year probation.
You don't get good teacher by
asking Who wrote Tam o'Shan-
ter?'" he declared.
$3.50 Raise Urged.
He advocated a $3.50 cost-of- !
living pay raise Immediately and
new pay scale
This recommended scale would
start teachers with a bachelor S
degree at $2,750 (present S2,500>
and raise them to S4,750 tpresent
$4,000 in 10 years by yearly in
creases of 5000. The present scale
takes Is years in 500 annual in
crements to get to the top.
Teachers with masters degrees
would start at $4,000 under his
plan and go to $4,000 $500 more
than at present..
Two new categorieS would be
created, one for a years work
above masters degree which
would start at $3,250 and end at