| Show ea0 ' - k "P t t '- ''-- ft: - 1'f ' i 1 A? - i f 4! ' - ' t 0 1 '' - :! 1 '''' '''' ::' 4474'-'-'-- 'nil 0 '' '- :r'''1 E' t - Mr Keppel we've been hearing a Is it true lot about student dropouts that teachers too are leaving in droves? - h" "Yes all over the country Every year almost one out of twelve teachers quits the field At least half of those starting to teach this year will not be teaching five years from now" - " ' '4-- - ':'- : - ' r - ' 51 i ) "About two out of three who resign are women — for personal reasons like marriage maternity or homemaking — although most of them return to teaching later But when male teachers leave their reasons tend to touch on education as &career One is their lack of status or prestige in a community where a teacher is looked upon as citizen I know of one a second-rat- e for a job as personnel manwho quit ager in industry A month later he waz invited to join a local service clubt -- where no teacher had ever been a member!" ! - - 4 'i 7 ' '! 1 t ' t A 1 -' i 4c- - t - '' ''! - '' i:'- i'' - t : :'- t ''' I "' '' ' t 3 'i 1 ii kit'l 4 ' '' 1 ' - ' V1: ' ( - 0i ''- i r o0'' '' 4 ' - - - 1k -- 3 'I' ''' 1:1 ) ' - 4 '1 :' - : ' ' T: "'' 'd - i What about low salaries? A "To a dedicated teacher the 1 finan- Is I 714Fter'' 4 -- ' ' ' A - — 1 ) n : 4 '' J :'? 1:l : it: ' : t ii "Let's give career teachers some titles — 'Master Teacher' for instance In certain countries abroad - - SetWwww ritI -4- - "J secondary schools call their top teachers 'Professor' We should pay higher salaries for experts as in industry And when we have a brilliant chemistry teacher let's not make him a keeper of the lunchroom" ' ''' )t' ------ 44 — - How can parents help? A : 1 t f - MMI1S "If you want to criticize your schools don't do it in front of your youngsters tiro some extent In some schools the oclasses are overcrowded facilities first-ye- i! teacher-educatio- I non-teachi- ng - "I'd like to see more — thy Teachers Out Drop — ar An interview with the firmer US Commissioner of Education tell the principal school superintendThrough your PTA let your town's teachers know you respect and appreciate them Invite them to your home The teacher who is befriended in a community is much more apt to stay" (THE (ND) ent or board of education 196t-t96- Dean - of the Graduate of the General Learning Corp assd author of "The Necessary Revolution in American (Harper - & Row) Il - School of Education at Harvard Ile is now Osainnws of the Board Eihwail011" BY ' Prior So his term 6 as USConunissioner Oda-catio- n Mr Ktppd was Ms I k -- - ' -- - - - t L k TiTEODORE IRWIN THIS WEEK DA:wale - 1- A then? are Inadequate and teachers are permitted only a very brief lunch period There's the lack of advancement lack of a sense of goal the absence of that increased responsibility which usually accompanies merit and experience And in many schools teachers rebel chores like colagainst milk lecting money selling football tickets Friday night etc Sometimes too- - the school may need a math teacher is teacher say so a asked to teach math even though he took only one math course at college In 1964 455 per cent of the English teachers did not have a major in English: And new teachers resent starting with a dull class while veterans are a Can you suggest solutions? What about status? A f '''- 1 cial returns are not a deciding factor True with the low salary ceiling a family man is often forced to find ways outside teaching to boost his income Significantly however an Office ofI Education survey showed little relationship between the average salaries and the proportionof teachers who abandoned the profession A Maryland study revealed out of 241 teachers who quit only one gave inadequate salary as the chief reason" it poor working conditions k part-tim- programs which end with a paid teaching internship in a school system Prepared for realities a young teacher is less likely to drop out Local school boards should encourage experimenting with new ways of assigning teachers such as team teaching where young men and women can have stimulating contact with their peers and achance for deeper responsibilities and higher salaries We also need a massive campaign to challenge veteran teachers to carry a more difficult load so that the new teacher can face fewer problems at the start" : i r'''- - t - l' ''' -' - A " - i': "Some do yes In several cities potential teachers are now being ree cruited from slum areas to do work in these schools while going to college and they commit themselves teach in these areas later" A ': - t' i ' ' - ) i i t : 't ' ' 1 I ' ' '- -''' s: Don't many kachers suddenly quit when they have to work in slum schools? ! ' t with" given bright classes to work 1 1 A s::::' )0 -- --' t ' 1 ‘ Why? t I'jto - A : : - - '00t ' hose 11 1967 9 |
