Milford chronicle., 1960-09-02
State Schools Still
Need 40 Teachers
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| The school districts IN which
| these vacancies exist are Newark,
art; Cunning Bedford, business ed
ucation, mathematics-scienc COM
bination: Conrad. business educa-
ton: Marshallton, mathematics:
Oak Grove, mathematics; Rose
Hill -Minquadale, librarian; Middle
town No. so, 2 elementary; Town
send No. 81, elementary: Dover,
mathematics, general science, Eng
| lish. business education, foreign
| languages, elementary; Caesar
Rodney, mathematics, elementary;
FELTON,, mathematics. home econom-
| les; William Henry, music, social
| studies, mathematics; Houston No.
125. elementary; Little Greek. ele-
mentary; Georgetown, biology
general science combination:
Greenwood, elementary; Laurel,
music; Lewes, mathematics, home
economics; Rehoboth, foreign lam
Fguages: John M. Clayton, foreign
languages; Delmar No. 163. art;
Lord Baltimore, mathematics; Mil
ton No. s, Observation-Disclosures
combination; Jason, business edu-
cation: Lincoln No. 1874, elemen-
tary;; Frankford No. 206; elemen-
tary; Delmar No. 212Hk, elemen-
! tary.
The General Assembly passed
SS1 for SB 1874, as amended, and
the Governor signed the bill on
July 16, 1860. While the law grant
ed $50 raise to teachers in SER
vice, it seriously. hindered the re-
cruitment of new teachers into the
state" asserts DR.. Miller.
SS1 for SB 1874, as amended, re-
duced the amount of out-of-state
experience creditable on the sal
ary schedule to ! year for each
years, not to exceed total of
years of credit for out-of-state ex-
perience. Previous salary laws,
recognizing the Importance of ex-
| perience for quality teaching, gave
credit year for year for Out7Of-state
experience up to the maximum of
IA years.
Delaware must recruit out OF
every teachers from other states.
While teachers from other states
may come to Delaware for any
number of reasons, salary is the
primary lure,' says DR.. Miller.
What does this experience re-
striction do?" continues DR.. Miller,
| Under the present salary law. a
teacher with a bachelors degree
and IA or more years of experience
coming from out-of-state can re-
ceive a salary of only $4,000 as
compared with salary of $3.50
she could have been offered without
| the experience limitation. AS mat
ter of fact, If the new salary sched-
ule had not been adopted, this same
new teacher could have commanded
a salary of $500. Instead, the nsw
salary schedule significantly re-
duced salary potential and curtail-
ed the states teacher recruitment
plans.
THE General Assembly has ham
pered teacher recruitment to an
extent that is proving disastrous
| to education in Delaware this year
and for the future" states DR.. Mill
| er.
| NO less than IL fully-quaIlfled
teachers who had negotiated for
positions in Delaware withdrew
after the General Assembly failed
to return to correct the one-for-two
years experience provision impos-
ed by this law.
'The effects of the experience
limitation imposed by SS1 for SB
1874, as amended, with it's reduc-
tion of salary potential, has more
seriously impaired teacher recruit
| ment in Delaware than anticipa-
ted" continues DR.. George r. Mill
er, Jr., State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction.
ITO alleviate the seriousness of
the situation and to bring educa-
tion opportunity within the reach
LOT every boy and girl in the State, .
concludes DR.. Miller, "the General
Assembly must take immediate
steps to reconvene to undo the
damage imposed by the limitation
on the out-of-state experience in
cluded in the recently enacted
teacher salary law. We cannot OPP
crate effectively under this law
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