Show EMPLOY GOOD I TEACHERS AND IMPROVE SYSTEM One of the most effe effective methods of improving a school system b Ls by bythe bythe bythe the employment of good teachers If when a good teacher leaves a district it is possible for the Superintendent ent to employ another equally good or better better bet bet- ter there likely but little harm from teacher turn over If on the contrary when a t teacher acher leaves a school district it becomes necessary because of a limited amount of funds in the salary budget to fill the vacancy with an In Inexperienced inexperienced in in- experienced teacher It is obvious that the system will wUl sustain a definite n n loss Though good and sufficient warning training w is necessary no amount of It has ever been able to take the place of ence Teachers like people in hi all all oth other oth- oth er fields learn to doing and generally speaking all other things equal the teacher with experience maturity broader vision and greater ter school culture is Ls more valuable to the system than the teacher without ex ex- For por this this- reason ul salary ry schedules schedules sched sched- ules the country over have provided salary Increases for additional experience exper exper- experience and growth It is interesting to take Inventory of ol the experience of the Iron County teachers It will be surprising to many to learn that 25 per cent of the teachers teach teach- ers fer the year 30 1929 had had no nc previous experience and for the most part were girls with lIh but little maturity Eight per oer cent of the Iron County r teachers had taught one year 16 per percent percent percent cent had taught two years 3 per cent had taugh 3 years 3 per cent had taught 4 years 6 p per r cent had taught five years and 39 per cent had taught more more than 5 S years It will be noted then that 61 per cent of the teachers in this district had taught five years or less Every district should use its portion of Inexperienced teachers but when it becomes necessary to employ as many AA 1 n t I. I as z 25 per cent cen new ii v u bound to be extremely harmful to the welfare of the children in such district Mr and Mrs Frank Nordberg and Chas Probst of Los Angeles Calif after spending a week in this section looking after their real estate Interests left for tor the coast city citi Saturday Nordberg and Probst were ere well ell pleased with the prospects for crops on their property west of Cedar The alfalfa planted last year ear Is Ls doing exception exceptionally I ally well |