Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-11
County Plan Offers
12-Month Teacher Paw

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A program to provide year.
around employment for about
half of Montgomery County's
teachers-with a corresponding
salary increases proposed by
School Supt. C. Taylor Whit
tier. n
Under the plan, which would
become effective in 1860, teach
ers would be allowed to sign
either a standard 10-month
contract or l2-month agree
ment and receive one-sixth
more annual salary.
Teachers retained for the
summer months would be used
in free summer school instruc-
ton and would participate in a
greatly expanded in-s e nv 1 C e
training program geared to i'm
prove their teaching ability.
DR.. Whittier presented the
proposed salary scales to the
County Board Of Education
yesterday.
Timing Raped 4
Board Member Wylie W.
Barrow complained to DR.:
Whittier about the timing OF
the new teacher contract pro-
posal.
He said a committee is study
ing merit pay plan for teach
ers.
He added that the proposal
might become a political issue
nithe approaching school board
election, and said candidates
possibly would be required To-
take a Stand on the proposal.
He also complained that the
county's next school board &C
tually would have to adopt the
budget implementing the plan.
DR.. Whittier said the contract
proposal has nothing to do with
the merit study and that he
presented it 1T this time be-
cause a delay in its approval
would conflict with planning Tor
next years operating budget.
Three Point Proposal
He said the program is de-
signed to fill three basic needs
of the MONTGOMERY school
system: s..
l. Establish a teacher salary
schedule which will attract and
retain adequate numbers OF
skilled persons.
2. Provide a proper program
of in service training Tor
teachers.
3. Offer opportunities for
large numbers of students to
obtain additional training.
Montgomery County'S pres
ent teacher pay scale ranges
from $4,000 to $4,000 over a IL
year period for holders Of bach
elor's degrees, and from $4,000
to $4,000 for those with mas
ter's degrees.
A new scale proposed for the
l959-60 school year would pro-
vide a range of $4,000 to $7,100
for teachers with bachelors de-
grees and $4,700 to $4,000 for
those with masters degrees,
with the annual increments
spread over IL years. These
scales are based on a 10-month
contract.
Half Seen as Signing
In 1960-6l. under DR.. Whit
tiers plan, teachers could sign
either the 10 or the 12-month
teaching contract. He esti-
mated about half the teachers
would be in each group.
The year-around contract
would provide a salary scale
ranging up to $3.50 for teach
ers with bachelors degrees and
up to $1,000 for those with mas
ter's degrees.
The new scales also provide
that teachers holding approved
doctors degrees would be paid
$3.50 per month above the
schedule fom holders Of mas
ter's degrees both in the 10
month and l2-month cate
gorieS.
DR.. Whittier said rs per cent
of the teachers in MONTGOMERY
County hold bachelors degrees
and would fall into that pay
scale.
Up to S26.S Million
In the 1859 school budget
teacher salaries account for
Sl6.2 million of the total S26.l
million. In the l960-6l school
year, if half the county's 2,70C
teachers sign l2-month con-
tracts. teachers salaries would
amount to $26.3 million in q
e3S.2 million total budget.
DR.. Whittier said that
"higher, longer-term salaries
are necessary" to cope with
the phenomenal growth" o.
the school system. Its student