For grades 4 to 12, _forty-six_ teachers would be employed: For English,
4; for mathematics, 2; for Latin, 1; for German, 1; for French, 1; for
Spanish, 1; for history, 1; for fourth-and fifth-grade English,
mathematics, history, and geography (either departmentalized or
undepartmentalized), 8; for chemistry, 2; for botany, 2; for physics, 2;
for zoölogy, 2; for freehand drawing, 2; for architectural drawing, 2;
for mechanical drawing, 1; for music, 2; for expression, 2; for cooking,
1; for sewing, 1; for manual training (not including the industrial
shops), 2; for physical training, 6. Four teachers would be employed in
the kindergarten department. A unit plant of this size would require one
executive building principal, and one supervisor of instruction. Two
school nurses and a school physician would also be employed.
Such a distribution of the teaching force would be considered the ideal
for a unit school plant of all grades, accommodating between fourteen
hundred and twenty-two hundred and fifty children in two duplicate
schools. It will be observed that this most careful specialization of
teaching does not increase the number of teachers required. At least
fifty-six teachers, with a number of special teachers, would be required
in any school of fifty-six classes, run on an undepartmentalized plan.
The Gary plan, therefore, without increasing the number of teachers,
provides for a much higher expertness of service. Indeed, Superintendent
Wirt has worked out a form by which a school of thirty-two classes would
only require thirty-two teachers, including the special teachers, and
with most of the work departmentalized.
Programs may be arranged for schools with any number of classes. The
number of classrooms and teachers required will be approximately as
follows, including supervisors, special teachers, librarians and
playground instructors:—
A 12-class school requires 8 classrooms and 12 teachers.
A 24-class school requires 15 classrooms and 23 teachers.
A 36-class school requires 22 classrooms and 33 teachers.
A 48-class school requires 29 classrooms and 43 teachers.
A 60-class school requires 36 classrooms and 54 teachers.
A 72-class school requires 43 classrooms and 64 teachers.
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