RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION. 1. THE DEPARTMENT. (1) The department shall appoint such teachers, principals and supervisors as may be deemed necessary and consistent with the laws, rules and regulations relating to public schools, such appointments, if not made for a definite period, to continue during the pleasure of the department; or, if made for a definite period, to continue during said period, subject, however, to termination at any time for cause or upon six months' written notice, (2) The department shall provide for the examination of applicants for positions in the public schools and persons already teaching, and grant, issue and give certificates and diplomas not otherwise provided for by law. (3) The department shall: (a) Prescribe, adopt and enforce the use of a uniform series of text books in the public schools; (b) Fix dates for the opening and closing of the public schools; (c) Do any and all things necessary to the welfare of the public school system of the Territory not inconsistent with the laws of the Territory. (4) The order of business of meetings of the department shall be as follows, unless otherwise voted: (a) Roll call. (b) Reading minutes of last meeting. (c) Report of superintendent. (d) Reports of committees. (e) Unfinished business. (f) New business. 2. THE SUPERINTENDENT. The duties of the superintendent shall be: (1) To preside at all meetings when present. (2) To cast the deciding vote, in case of a tie, upon all matters requiring a vote of the commissioners. (3) To do all things between meetings of the commissioners necessary to the proper conduct of the department, subject, however, to the approval of the department. 3. SUPERVISING PRINCIPALS. It shall be the duty of each supervising principal: (1) To have general charge of all the schools in his district. (2) To see that each teacher carries out the requirements of the course of study and the rules and regulations of the department. (3) To instruct teachers, when necessary, in the methods of teaching, organization and discipline; also to direct the teachers in the work of making term outlines, lesson plans, etc., and approve them before forwarding the same to the department. (4) To see that the registers and records are properly kept. (5) To examine plan books and make comments on the same in writing, giving date of visit and time spent in room. (6) To keep a full record of his work, showing the time spent in each school, the necessary time spent in traveling and in preparing work for the schools, making reports, etc., and to send a copy of this record to the department when called for. (7) To submit to the inspector of schools all information in regard to the schools in his district; term outlines, lesson plans, written work of the pupils, records of his supervision and instruction in teaching, discipline and organization, and all other information that may be necessary for a full and complete inspection of the schools, and generally to do and perform any other duties required by the department, superintendent or inspector. 4. PRINCIPALS. It shall be the duty of the principal, or, in case there should be no principal, the vice-principal: (1) To classify the pupils of his school and to assign his assistants to the different rooms or grades in accordance with the direction of the supervising principal. (2) To outline the work of the term for his assistants in accordance with the course of study. (3) To make rules and regulations for his assistants and pupils necessary to the proper conduct of the school, to be in conformity with law and the rules and regulations of the department. (4) To admit and release pupils according to the school law and regulations of the department. (5) To assume and exercise general and frequent supervision over the teaching and discipline of the entire school. (6) To be responsible for the proper care of all school property in his charge, and to make such rules and regulations, in accordance with the school law and the regulations of the department, as are necessary for his teachers to assist him in the same. (7) To see that all registers and records of the school are properly kept, and that all reports as required by the department are correctly made and promptly transmitted to the proper authorities. (8) To make reasonable rules for the conduct of pupils in the school grounds and on their way to and from school. (9) No principal shall admit into any public school or private school any child afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease, or retain in the above named schools any child found to be afflicted with any infectious or contagious disease. (10) At the end of the summer term to make and transmit to the department an inventory of all property in his charge belonging to the department. (11) To hold himself responsible to the department, through the supervising principal, for the proper conduct of his school in all respects. (12) To be present at school every day at least twenty minutes before the opening of school. (13) To perform all other duties required by the department, the superintendent, the inspector or the supervising principal. ASSISTANT TEACHERS. It shall be the duty of the assistant teachers: (1) To prepare, with the assistance of the principal or viceprincipal, and to place on file at the beginning of the term, a daily program, an outline of the term's work, and to keep on file the daily work of the pupils. (2) To teach the subjects of the course of study as outlined by the principal. (3) To keep a correct record as indicated by the school register, and to make reports of the same as directed by the department. (4) To care for the school property and to assist in the supervision of the pupils during intermission, as indicated by the department through the principal of the school. (5) To be present at school every day at least fifteen minutes before the opening of school. (6) To hold school from 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. all school days, except on the last day of the fall and summer terms, on which days the schools may be closed at noon. (7) At the end of the summer term to make and transmit to the principal an inventory of all property in his charge belonging to the department. (8) To perform all other duties required by the department or any superior. 6. INDUSTRIAL AND REFORMATORY SCHOOLS. (1) The Department of Public Instruction shall appoint a matron for the Industrial and Reformatory School for Girls and a superintendent for the Industrial and Reformatory School for Boys. (2) The matron and the superintendent of the two above named reform schools shall keep a journal, in which shall be regularly entered the reception, discharge, release, escape or death of each inmate, together with all the particulars relating to such as shall be apprenticed, adopted or put out to work. (See Sec. 233, Revised Laws.) (3) The matron and the superintendent of the above named schools shall report weekly to the Department of Public Instruction, the form of such report to be determined by the Department of Public Instruction. 7. PROMOTION OF TEACHERS. SCHEDULE OF TEACHERS SALARIES. (1) The schedules herein contained shall not be considered in the nature of contracts between the teachers and the department. They may be altered or suspended at any time if the department deems it necessary. (2) Schools shall be classified and salaries fixed each year before the beginning of the regular school year. They shall be classified as Elementary, High, Normal and Special Schools. These special schools shall include Lahainaluna, boys' and girls' industrial schools and any other industrial or agricultural schools that may be established from time to time. (3) Assistant teachers obtaining normal diplomas will begin at $60.00 per month, and receive their maximum salary after seven years of actual service. Teachers having completed the two years collegiate course in the normal school shall begin at $65.00 per month, receiving the maximum salary after five years of actual service. (4) Teachers shall be designated as Supervising Principals, Principals, Vice-Principals, Assistants and Special Teachers. (5) The salaries of assistant teachers in the elementary schools shall be regulated according to the following schedule, based on certificates held and length of efficient service. |