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Show EASIER TERMS FOR TEACHERS ARE COMING Tiimi)-ciisH ri.uTinrvri: han HMMJ CONHlDklU I). homo of the Carbon One Who Have Itcrcntly Sent In Tliclr llrslgnn-lions, llrslgnn-lions, A Ionic With Other tYom Hotter Ho-tter n ml llnlnli Districts, May Ilntl Thrmarltr llnrrrtl from Schools. Utnh Kehool s)stcm proposes to meet the eltuntlon tnuiied In the tench-Ing tench-Ing profession by the itrnft by resuming resum-ing regulations similar to mime which wcro dropped two or threo )ears ago, whleli make It possible for a person to inter the teaching profession on easier term ttinn have In en prevalent rrcenll) The slnto board of education educa-tion hns ndopted temporarll) what will be known ns n third-claim certificate certifi-cate nradtintra of high schools who have the equivalent of one summer m union In Hummer itihool work ma), on the Kpeclnl reiommendatlon of n district xrhool superintendent, obtain it certlflente entitling them tn tench In the Utah schools W Ith n gard to the m tunl Khortngn of trnchtrs which may occur In the Mate, l)r K O (lownns, stnte superintend! super-intend! nt nf public Instruction, declines de-clines to hazard it guess Deports to . the stale board, Itowevir, nrn that there would be i-onslrii rnbl) morn of n ihange In the teaching staffs nf the schools of Utah next sumimr than hns leen usual Ordlnnrll) nboul 20 per cent of the staff of the school s)slcni rhnngis iinnunlt) Next ear thn percentage per-centage Is txpicled to bo much targi r The mailer of tin nppolntmcnt of i state suptrvlor of agriculture, under the ttrniH nf the Hmllh-lliights nil, Is being considered b) the stall Innrd, but no action hns bein taken Snuu Cum (iniio l'p. Cases of seven teachers who had Ixcli nrctisid of totaling the terms of tin lr contracts were tnktn up last week on report of n special committee commit-tee on the subject Tw i) of these were ordired filed after nil thn pipers In the i use had been rend anil thn x-planallous x-planallous of thn tenrhers. ns will ns of the bonrds, had bei u t onidili reel In five other cases tho li aiders wVro nskul In straighten thn matter out with the bonrds they were tenvlng or hnd left heron the) should nppl) for an ixtenslnn of their ccrtirirntes This mn result In tho inneelllng of the eerlirientes or lit least somn or the flvn iinchers, then by prevetillug Hum from following their oiiupnllon In this stall The cases lonsldireil b Innrd mine from the school dlntrlets of Scvli r, Uintah and Carbon counties and Ogdm ell). It was di elded thnt In the future two things must havo been dono In foro such matlirs urn brought bifon tho stale loard In tho first place tho Iruchirs nnd tho iHiards tlumselxes must hao made ier effort tn reach some fort of mi understanding railing rail-ing In this, lha matter must have been rcfcrrul to a Incut committee of thru In net its arbitrators. Thou, In csi tin re Is still ii fnlliirn In remit n settlement, set-tlement, thn state board will take the matter up. letter In 8iierliitt ndi ills. Dr flow nils Iiiim Jolnid with the house of delegates of thn Utah Kdu-rational Kdu-rational nssoilnllon In urging that contracts for tiurlurs for thn next srhool ear bo offend throughout the slate by March 1Mb. nut. A circular circu-lar litter tn this tffirt was sunt out last Hatunln) In nil school upi rluti n-dents n-dents In the state. The liltir itlso explains ex-plains tho reri nt action of tho state board of (duration In grunting ' third-class' third-class' icrtlflciitis It sajs "Von nra nwnrn of tbu effort now being made by thn tenchurs of tho statu In their organized rnpacll) to rnlsa tho standards of qualifications of teachers. This effort should bo sustained by us all, prlmarll) bo-causa bo-causa It means boiler schools. According Ac-cording to tho records of this office there are now over four hundred persons per-sons lenchlng In the nlementar) schools of tho stato either on emergency emer-gency certificate or without certification certifi-cation at all Tho stain board of education edu-cation at Its recent meeting mndo pro-lkton pro-lkton for the Issuance of a third-class certificate to high school graduates specially recommended by their super-Intindents super-Intindents ns able nnd worthy to teach, who take n summer school courso In professional subjects and pass examination under the state board This certificate, It Is hoped, will take better care of tho group of teachers mentioned by Insisting upon a higher standard of qualifications. At the snmo time, it will make unnecessary un-necessary tho Issuing of so many emergency certificates. Ilc4)iitn incuts Set Forth. "The requirements as ou will see ure not quite up to those of tho next higher class of certificate, but ore considerably higher than many superintendents super-intendents havo been exacting The now certiri itn will make It possible for some remote districts to secure ! certificated teachers, and wll give thtm nn nttalnablo standard to work to, but each district In the stuto Is urg d strongl) not only to maintain Its pnst standards but to toIba them wherovir posslblo It will bo u re-grottabla re-grottabla thing If nny district finds It necessary to ompln) more teachers of tin ncu class than herotnforo have been Included In tho lurko group referred re-ferred to 'In kioplng with tho uotlon or tho house of dolekutcH at Itn recent melting, melt-ing, I recommend thnt contracts bo offered uniform!) throughout tho state on March 16th, and that teachers teach-ers be given thirty days within vvhloh to mako repl " Whether the latter will bo the means of provoking statewide ' rebellion" rebel-lion" among tcachors who are discontented discon-tented with, their present salaries Is i not known, but It Is understood that considerable discussion might ensue between tho tlmo thnt tho tenohers nro offered tho contracts nnd the time that they must net upon them Dissatisfaction, Dis-satisfaction, It Is admitted has existed exist-ed for n considerable period among tho teachers who nro demanding more pay Tho vnrlous district school boards nro unnblo to Increase remuneration, remun-eration, owlnr to ever) school district dis-trict fixing tho lev), salaries being paid out of the taxes In some districts dis-tricts the maximum salaries nre being paid nnd only nn nit of thn legislature can provldo for Increased remuneration remunera-tion Dr Oownns hopes thnt the teachers will stick tn their Jobs, although he realises thit prlvnto concerns pa) more for servlris, such ns clerical work, which enn bo done by the pedagogues ped-agogues lie asks thnt the effort to raise tho stnndnrds of the qualifications qualifica-tions of teachers should be sustained, primarily because It menns belter schools. |
