Wednesday, May 4.1960 University Daily Kansan
Page 9
Kan., Calif. Want Most Teachers
(Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of articles dealing with the teacher shortage in Kansas and elsewhere over the country and the factors related to the teachers. This article shows the different cases where NU graduates go to teach.)
By Susanne Shaw
Kansas and California requested the largest number of public school teachers during the year 1958-59. a survey of calls to the KU Teachers Appointment Bureau indicates.
A total of 2,397 vacancies was reported to the bureau by Kansas and 1,248 by the state of California. Illinois and Missouri requested more than 560 teachers each.
It is noted that, in general, teachers find wide opportunities in the educational field and have considerable choice as to location and type of position. It also should be pointed out that the jobs for secondary and college teachers tend to be more favorable as one considers predicted enrollments.
Rureau Places 296
During the year 1958-53, a total of 336 registrants were placed in educational positions by the Teachers Appointment Bureau. Elementary and secondary school placements in the U.S. accounted for 355 placements, of which 255 were in Kansas schools. At the college and university level there were 41 placements.
California schools employed 21 candidates, representing the highest number of out-of-state placements, with another 17 placed in Colorado and 14 placed in Missouri. As stated in the bureau's annual report, registered candidates were placed in 30 of the 50 states.
Placements in elementary school positions numbered 105 during the year 1958-59.
As could be expected the most heavily populated counties of Kansas hired the largest number of KU graduates served by the Teachers Appointment Bureau. Douglas County employed 35, Johnson 61, Sedgwick 29, Shawnee 25 and Wyandotte 29.
Hervold Regier, director of the Teachers Appointment Bureau at KU pointed out that the people of the U.S. are on the move and that some of the out-of-state placements are for reasons other than salaries. It is also recognized that this data is incomplete since not all teachers have reported their salaries, and a number of registrants have not advised the bureau about their present employment status.
Graduates Leave Kansas
A survey made by the Daily Kansan on KU graduates and the various jobs they have held since graduation indicates that when these graduates changed jobs they received promotions.
Of the 10 cases, only three remained in Kansas.
B. G. received his Bachelor's Degree in 1952. His teaching career began in a small Kansas rural high school. After four years teaching in this school he went to a larger Kansas high school. His next job was at a high school in St. Joseph, Mo., and after two years of teaching in Missouri he went to a high school in Anaheim, Calif.
C, J. received a Masters Degree from KU in 1950. He taught in two different large Kansas high schools until last year. He then left the state of Kansas to accept a teaching position in Coronado, Calif.
R. F. started out as a classroom teacher and is now a superintendent of schools. He received his Bachelor and Masters Degree from KU. He taught in several Kansas towns before becoming a superintendent.
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E. M. received his Ph.D. from KU in 1955. His teaching career includes jobs in the states of Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi. His last job was recorded as being an administrative one in a California college.
L. R. received his degree in 1951. His first job was in Salt Lake City, Utah. His last job reported to the bureau was in connection with the U.S. Air Force teaching in London, England.
P. C. taught for several years in the high schools of Kansas and Missouri. His last job as registered with the Teachers Appointment Bureau was in Coolidge, Ariz.
J. B., 1857 KU graduate, who wanted to teach in the Lawrence vicinity, taught for two years in a small town outside Lawrence. His next job was in one of the Kansas City districts.
S. G., a 1954 graduate, taught his first year in the Topeka school system. His next job recorded in the Teachers Appointment Bureau was in Sheboygan, Wis.
R. M. received his Masters degree from KU in 1956, and desired a job as principal of an elementary or high school. He taught for three years in the Topeka school system and then became a principal in another Kansas community.
Another example of the shifting in jobs is illustrated by J. K., a 1952 graduate, who began teaching in Kansas then moved to Salem, Ore., and after this job secured a position in Albuquerque, N. M.
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This survey has pointed out that Kansas is losing teachers to other states. One of the major factors is that our salaries are not comparable to many other states. Also more young people must enter the teaching profession if our school systems are going to be prepared to meet the boom in school population.
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