A handbook for the teachers of Graham School, Los Angeles, California

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by  Karow, Martin James

A HANDBOOK FOR THE TEACHERS OF GRAHAM SCHOOL
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
A P roject
Presented to
the Faculty of the School of Education
The U niversity of Southern C alifornia
In P a rtia l F ulfillm ent
of the Requirements fo r the Degree
M aster of Science in Education
by
M artin James Karow
August 1950
UMI Number: EP46394
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION................................................................... 1
I I . THE TEACHING PROFESSION........................................... 3
A professional point of view ...................................... 3
P rofessional membership. . . . . . . . . . . 3
The educational point of view. . * .... 3
P rofessional e th ic s..................................... 3
Codes of eth ics fo r educators. ............................. 4
N ational Education A ssociation Code of
E thics fo r Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Code of P olicy of Parent-Teacher
A ssociation................................ . 5
Code of E thics fo r Members of the
C alifornia Teachers A ssociation. . . . . . 8
Code of E thics fo r Graham School * . . • . . 9
I I I . GENERAL INFORMATION...................................... 13
General inform ation of the Los Angeles C ity
Elementary School D istric t ...................................... 13
Los Angeles C ity Elementary School
D is tr ic t....................... 13
The community. ................................................ 14
The purposes of elem entary education . . . . 14
World c itiz e n s h ip ........................................... 16
Subject m atter requirem ents. . . . . . . . . 16
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Time allotm ent fo r subject m atter.. . . . . 17
Basic publications fo r elem entary
te a c h e rs .................................................................... 17
Supplementary guides ..................................................... 18
D ivisions providing in stru c tio n a l help
fo r te a c h e rs ................................................................. 21
C entral D istric t in stru c tio n a l services
to teachers. .............................................. 22
Counseling and guidance................................... 23
Curriculum .................................. . . . . . . . . 23
Teacher consultant .................................................... 23
Physical education .................................................... 23
Special a rts ....................... 23
General inform ation of personal in te re st
fo r teachers of Graham School. . . . . . . . 23
Renewal of c e rtific a te s and cred en tials. . • 23
Legal aspects of teaching................................... 24
Salary schedule........................................................... 25
In -serv ice tra in in g .................................................. 26
Point cred it . . . . . . . ...................................... 26
T en u re.............................................................................. 27
Absence of c e rtific a te d personnel. .............. 27
Return a fte r absence .................................................... 27
H ealth examination . ................................................ 27
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Formal illn e ss le a v e ................................................ . 28
IV. GRAHAM SCHOOL POLICIES............................................... . . 29
General p o lic ie s ................................................ 29
Daily tim e schedule fo r teachers . . . . . . 29
Rainy day schedule * ....................... 29
Teachers* post boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
School keys. .................................................... 29
Telephone. ......................................................... 30
V is ito r s ............................ 30
L o ite r e r s .................................................................. 30
B u lletin s. . . . . . . . . ...................................... 30
S u p p lie s...................................................................... 30
In stru ctio n al equipment.......................................... . 31
In stru ctio n al a i d s ......................................................... 32
Lost and found a rtic le s ................................................ 33
Assemblies ....................................................................... 34
Auditorium schedule. .................................. 35
F ire d r ills ............................ 35
Earthquake d r ills ................................ 36
F irst a id ............................ 37
P o licies p ertain in g to the teachers. . . . . . 37
Faculty m e e tin g s................................................... 37
Yard duty............................ 37
C afeteria and lunch pavilion duty........................ 38
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S ubstitute teach ers............................ 39
R eg isters....................... 39
Cumulative cards ................................................ 40
Committees and ch airm en ............................................ 40
P rofessional organizations ................... . . . . 40
The h o sp ita lity committee.......................................... 41
P o licies fo r classroom arrangement .................... 42
Classroom environment. ............................ 42
B u lletin boards and in te re st centers . . . . 42
L ibrary aids . . . . . ................................................ 43
Work c e n te r s ........................................................ 43
Charts ..................................... 43
Storage. . . . . . . . . . 44
Desks.......................................................................................... 44
B linds and shades.............................................................. 44
Yen t ila t io n ............................................................................ 44
P o licies p ertaining to stu d ents.................................. 44
T ransfer of pupils 44
Pupil illn e s s . ....................... 45
Student perm its................................ 45
Accidents and accident rep o rts . . . . . . * 45
Bus trip s and to u rs. ....................... 46
Special h ealth cases .......................................... 46
U nidentified persons callin g fo r students. . 46
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Pupil detention a fte r dism issal time . . . . 46
Pupil d is c ip lin e ............................ 47
Report cards and fa ilu re notices ........................ 47
R eligious education. .................................................... 47
Pupil standards. ........................................... 48
C afeteria and lunch pavilion .................................. 48
P o licies p ertain in g to student a c tiv itie s . . . 50
Student clubs............................................... 50
Club organization. ................................. . . . . . 50
Student council and court. ........................ 52
Safety organization. ............................ 55
Standards of the safety club ............................ 53
Game organization.............................................................. 58
School service m onitors. . . . . ........................ 59
Class p a rtie s ....................................................................... 60
P o licies fo r special a c tiv itie s and
programs ............................ 60
C hristm as, Public School Week, May Day,
and G rad u atio n ........................................................................60
P o licies pertaining to Graham School
employees. ............................................................. 60
School nurse ....................................................................... 60
School custodians.............................................................. 61
School clerk 61
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P o licies pertaining to public re la tio n s. . . . 61
The school and the com m unity.................... 61
The parent . . . . .................................................... 62
Channels fo r improving public re la tio n s. . * 63
SECTION I
INTRODUCTION
This handbook has been organized to provide the
personnel of Graham Sehool w ith such general and sp ecific
inform ation as may be help fu l and necessary in the carry­
ing out of the Graham School educational program. I t ...is
hoped th a t the m aterial in th is handbook w ill be equally
help fu l to the new teachers and the teachers who have
been at Graham School fo r some tim e.
Although the Los Angeles C ity School D istric ts
have an excellent handbook fo r elem entary school teachers,
the personnel of Graham School have found a d efin ite need
fo r some organized body of inform ation concerning the
sp ecific p o licies of Graham School as worked out w ithin
the general p o licies of the Los Angeles C ity Elementary
Sehool D istric t. An organized source of inform ation w ill
not only provide the personnel of Graham School w ith a
ready reference and guide, but i t w ill also provide b e tte r
d irectio n fo r the improvement of Graham Sehool p o lic ie s.
The inform ation contained in th is handbook is of
a general and sp ecific n ature. Some of the general in fo r­
mation of the Los Angeles C ity Elementary School D istric t
was taken from the Handbook of Inform ation fo r Elementary
School Teachers. Such inform ation was included in th is