Rules and Regulations of Schoolboards

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causal relationship between personnel procedures and adequate performance. Davis found little help for the superintendent in the existing situation, but she developed a set of guiding principles which are valuable in building a program for the administration of nonteaching personnel. In a survey of the status of janitorial personnel in the school systems of the larger cities in the state of New Jersey, Kleckner (232) reported that no general policy for the selection and training of such personnel was in existence. Fifty-four percent of the janitors in service had taken no examination of any kind. Only 39 percent had taken a physical examination, and about 7 percent had taken examinations involving ventilation, heating, sanitation, mechanical ability, and educational qualifications. The median janitor had left school between the age of fourteen and fifteen, after having completed the eighth grade. Less than 2 percent had been graduated from a four-year high school. It was recommended that departments of education in the various states should set up definite requirements for school janitorial positions, and that janitorial personnel be provided with two-week summer courses built around janitorial service. Linn (233) presented late developments in the selection and retention of building service employees. Crayton (226) discussed duties and qualifications of various secretarial and clerical positions in the schools, and recommended in-service training and opportunities for advancement of such personnel. Bennett (220), using the questionnaire method, studied the problem of employment and utilization of secretarial and clerical employees by administrative and instructional officers in teachers colleges and normal schools, and pointed out areas in which conditions might be improved. His report is reviewed more extensively in Chapter IV.