Show I a I A nr 1 II R a I 1 S h M f p If u Nm m l t l i w 1 M X i N Jt V ir R Bai 4 I J fi i j A Slat lt 4 s j f fW s r W I f H r i t St GARY cES P S f yS S Sv v s tt w s i- i iw w T yA I i s 's it tf x t Iw j 4 Cl DNa a H P a Y 7 i k U ad V I IF Sli A At t WV 11 OUR oua TEACHING CRISIS s s V K 4 lil il wet mr A A group ot of rw k rn U tors tor met lh mW I b t d 1 cu cuss s the teacher shortage which b I has hu forced schoolrooms i this One to remain closed year remarked lOur Out Our reports Show I that since teacher have bave i 4 lef left left-i fr i th profession slon sion for other work Texas alone Is teachers tea short this year Minnesota opened I ra its 1 schools school with few fe f ew teachers than It had six years ear ago Nationally 2000 schools have Wh Where rh hav these ere kC IIO i a tabla at at a a hotel said Saidi Iwas I 1 was once af a school teacher sq was the one fat at atthe the cash register register- I make exactly exact twice as much money here bere as I could get et in Ita the school system m No m matter a what y occupation atlon teachers have ha gone Ione into the ex ex- ex teachers are earning at least twice as as ae as their old teaching Jobs sobs had given them The American classroom crisis is no Joke joke oke With the average an an- annual nual salary of teachers teacher i and principals now 2000 2 lower than that of the unskilled labor labor- laborer laborer her er our classrooms are losing their most devoted leaders As Ae a result two million ilU n child ren rea between he be ages of six and 19 15 did snot t attend a atte cI any school I last fast year ear never neve be teer than 1 33 II pu p according to t the tb e National Natio Educe Association sometimes ex- ex ex eat tl One ut eight eights tOday has been hU hired jonan lion an emergency f terU which r disregards the teaches teacher ii qualifications qualification ob Job as as compared With one out 01 1100 years Ini Georgia Ge ria woman rA 1 teaching te th the 4 seventh grade gradet admitted t that he b th fourth grade IIo It lr Suppose Sup s turn we w turn to to t t ers colleges as the tb logical places pl cel celin In which to look for toro young well well- qualified Substitutes to take tb the places placer of 01 i r the discouraged andA an women who I have bave left I i I the e t Considering the stam pede P de that is finIn filling out campuses this uric year year ff B you would presume that the t teachers acherl colleges are areal all al crowded too but instead the e teachers colleges c colle es have plenty of ot vacancies I to today ay tot for i anybody who may even even wish Y to apply many aro even Offering irea tee fee scholarships In A 1920 these then teachers teacher's colleges oUe enrolled o two ty-two percent of ell all college coUtee stu du atu- atu dents today they are getting lust just seven seven- percent percent Only Onty one third as many men men- and women women are re preparing lot for fop teaching career a as in 9 k Y M t If 1 The Vet Veterans Veteran's fan reports that tha o t 01 vet yet veter f erans er who are attending institutions only 1 t 1369 1 ate are teacher tr tr lining institutes mel h J r teachers teacher salary salary is adjusted w Will wW- o 0 down farther and father on thi escale e escale scale of pf ability ab ty In teachers Go td t any laree sity today and YO yoila W ll seethe see i inevitable in results Men who once were teachers pare are back study study- Ing trig studyIng under the 0 t 1 X Bill BID will say With what I learned about radar in the army I could get geta et eta a Job lob at a three times time what's what my principal pa al got in the school where I taught taught Poor gay pty 1 is the th main reason why more than hall half a million working million teachers s are working at t occupations other than the I one they they the nave been professionally trained trained to do and enjoy In Utah since inee 1941 2000 Utah school teach teach- era ers hays have left their profession many teachers teacher's who have had ad a teachers teacher certificate have been Induced to join loin the teaching teachings staff but even then then Utah lacks Jacu 1500 certified teachers teach rs J b cause college graduates can elm earn more money at almost an skill other than teaching With In- In In tn Industry dus Y paying double Uble that of i teaching the Inducement to get geta a teaching position is if rather prep pre carious In 1939 Utah spent about 53 percent of her income for f schools yet with our increased income in 1946 1949 only 23 percent was paid for schools No place in Utah are teachers hit so 10 hard hardas hardas as in the Uintah Count County Here we have an oil boom town where the prices we have to pay are based on these boom wages- wages wages that are more than double the teachers salaries We feel leel that nothing short of a sal salt ary cry that will guarantee a decent standard of living and the pro pro- professional professional status we are seeking should hould be offered to the e teach teach- ers era rs of 01 this county and state This ig a a problem to be tackled In every evel svery community in our state tate It t cant can't be settled by anyone ex- ex ex except ept the barents parents and neighbors of if the children themselves Respectfully submitted to the tax ax payer pay er by HARVEY HULLINGER HuttINGER Pre Pres Pres- Pres Ident of Uintah County Teach Teach- Teachers each each- era ers Association |