Identifier: reportofsurveyof00port (find matches)
Title: Report of the survey of the public school system of School district no. 1, Multnomah County, Oregon
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Portland School District. Survey committee Montague, Richard Ward, 1862-1935 Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson, 1868-1941
Subjects: Portland Public Schools (Or.) Education
Publisher: (Portland, Or., Schwab printing company)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lservice should be placed squarely on his shoulders. He should,accordingly, be given tenure, salary, jurisdiction, and authoritycommensurate with the responsibility placed upon him. Heshould be elected for three or four-year terms, so as to givehim independence in action. The choice of his immediatesubordinates, his cabinet as it were, should rest almost entirelywith him, and those who cannot do the work he wants doneshould be relieved of their duties. So long as he can standup under such responsibility, and handle the affairs of the de-partment with wisdom and good sense, the Board should standbjr him and his recommendations; whenever the Board comesto feel that he does not come up to the position which has beencreated, or does not fill the position as it should be filled, theyshould call for his resignation and select someone else who has 22 SCHOOL SURVEY REPORT o t*. PS S* <n «• « «.£ J CI gS O nfl « • W « 1- m p rH V ft •• ^ .e u u S <* A
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CHAP. II. ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION 23 the proper personality, courage, knowledge and insight. Inour large city school systems today it is the Superintendent ofSchools who gives character and tone to the whole system. Whata school system is it is largely because of the insight, person-ality, and force of the Superintendent of Schools. To the Superintendent of Schools also should be given finalcontrol of the courses of study in the schools; the selection oftext-books and supplementary books to carry out the coursesof study; the selection, promotion, and dismissal of teachers;the assignment of teachers and principals to their duties; themaking of rules and regulations relating to the conduct of theschools; and the general control of the educational work of theschool system. In many of these matters, in nearly all of themin fact, he will act only after consultation with subordinates,particularly the assistant superintendents and the principals. Asan advisory body the assistant superint

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