EDUCAtt.TIONAL. 40. CO re Vssurizzr TO TIU COLT 3t Roza 3I exmatieera TO A. W. sours°, xorrsoes. ovegtrisurva 001:1117T. 112111. Report of Superintendent Bullard, schoot irouser.--The number erected Or finished in the county during the . year, wan 22:. . Many, of them are decidedly - good ones compared with those they take the place ot, but Ido not consider any such a su perior kind as to require a separate, des enption. One built in Brooklyn .is two stories,;with the view of ace einodating a graded, school at some future time. • In some of thedistricts, upon the new houses are placed green window which adds much to: the. neat and -tasty appearance external, and still more to the opmfort.and couveltienCe of those who , occupy the inside: ' • Painifure.—Not any of the houses have ,been furnished with suitable or sufficient furniture, isicoPt those built during the year, and not all of them. Graded . Schools.--The only well graded 'school in the connty is in the borough of New Milford, and it has fairly earned for Itself the name of being the best school in the county under the supervision of direc tors. ' t . • have visited all'. the khools in the county once during • the year, , ,(except two or three, not open .du nng'my visitations in _ the district,) 34 twice, and 15 three times. - Owing to the large number of schools, in the county,., (266) the shortness of the term, the ex tent of territory to be traversed, I find it 'almost impossible to visit all the" schools even once during the year. To fully learn the praetidal ability of the. teacher, and the progress of the scholars , the Superiii-, -1 tendent should be able to spend full one halfday at the commencement, and the setae length of titr.e•at dr near the clode of the term. - The number of visits known, by the di 'rectors, to all the schools in the 'county' during the year; was 370, and the number of visits known, by citizens, was 1,210, a much larger number I think than usual.- -The 'district in which.thi-titizens took the lead in visiting their schools,was Jackson, where 180 visits by citizens, were report .ed for the winter term. The next high est number was made by the citizens of Brooklyn. I can say, without. the least fear of. contradiction, that where the di rectors and. citizens visit the schools the most, where,they manifest the g reatest amount:of interest in regard to houses, teachers and schools, there they have de eidely the best schools, and childree are maiming the greatest advancement. - District 'lnstitutes.—Some eight or more were organiled during the year, attended by dome 60 or 70 teachers..' The effect of . _these institutes- are always good when ftbey 'receive the attention and-enconrage ment they should from both teachers and, eitizens.• *I was greatly.. pleaied to learn that -the Legislature (in its wisdom). bad fixed, among other: things, the, teachers month, and provided also for the helding of Teacher's Institutes in each school dis trict,s—a measure calculated to do .much lasting good. . P hfode of Examining Teachers.—The oral, -.written arid .topical methods wereCoin hined, letting the oral method ' predomi nate. lam fully satisfied that liv Combin ing.the three modes,the' real - qualifications 'of ail in• a class are ranch more likely to .be found out, than by adopting either c,ne, to the exclusion of the others. I find that many times members of a class will ansWeronestions srelland satis-, . factory if they can write theni down, while others will answer eqUally as well orally,but could not correctly write them; —hence the necessity of using both,meth , ods ,in 'order that all may be treated . - fairly.. • , • . 'Teachers' Qualifications.—The average qualifications of the whole number of cab didates examined in , the year, compared with those of last - year, should think about . the.same, but as the number -refus ed certificates - thif: year was much larger than usual, I think the qualifications - of those to' whom certificates were given; much better than those of last - year, es pecially in the theory • and - practice of teaching. In marking certificates the past year, it hasheen my object to raise : the standard se as .to • conform as nearly as possible, to the Instructions of the State Department, relative to uniformity of qualifications throughout the State. " "Female Teachers.--,-The.proportion of fe male teachers employed, in comparison With last year, is much greater. The war 'mistaken from among us quite a, j number of Male teachers, and their places were supplied in many instances by females ;• and the result was generally beneficial : to. ' our ichatilsJor.acirite districts were ena, bled,tiihave longer terms of Schools . for theiente.amOunt of money, as the female teachers ~ receive les& ~ivitgei 'di* the males:, _ . - Summer, and Winfrr Sehoole.--Every' district in the county (With' one , excep tion) has what is termed summer and winter-schools, but in some of the. dis tricts the terms ire so labort (2i. months) Chat but Tel' little benefit can be'received from she& • / fan fully satisfied that our .ssolictiols innala too rater improscl. if AO. Inaeograilha* WlONtelelgalletagPi l l4 : * - . August or September, and condense on daring the winter terra, finder the 4•amo teachers, provided they , wore found to be competent and efficient. - - • , 'hoarding ,Around.—The pfactice is still continued - in all thedistricts in. the co-lin ty except 'three, and itshas, ia usysjudgs went; aperniciotis effect on, both teachers and schools, and should at . Once. be • dis= - ,continned., The pride of teachers' board s:co in the'mity irilViverage about two dol lars per week.. t . . I Plani for- 21'ext-re4r.,-:,The measures 1 that were put into , practice during - the year for the impreveMent of the adminis, tratian of the office; have given general satisfaction as far aSI can learns and they still be continued' during.the next year.J. expect to'devOte the Whole of •iny time during the year,to the regular exaMintion of teachers inspr, sauce of their respective 'boards -of directors; the.visitatiohs of the scheols,attending institulei and preparing suitable articles for the'-educational de .partment -of our county papers. •- • 1 Public Sentiment.—A -large .portion of ' the citizens of the county regard the 'pub s ' lie school systetu with. •great fever, and the number is steadily :increasing ; but that we still have some who bittiiiily• op pose it, cannot be : denied. - The . troubles -that have existed in our opce•happy •and prosperous country, during the past year have had their effect in reference to ban oation,.but not of 843 serious - a charactAr as yet, as was_at flirt anticipated. They have had a tendency to shorten the terins of schoolS•in some districts, and to reduce the Wagc , - of teachers in nearly - all of them. To meet•these ill effects, I know of no better Way than fertile oflieers, and all the true friends of (amisen schools, to labor with renewed energy and 'zeal to sustain theth.. - Supplement to Ithe School Lalc.-ZI am much pleased-with nearly all the of the sections to the supplement to the school law, passed at the last session of the Leg iSlature, and will try- and be satisfiediiir the present ; hoping hot ever, that the day is-not fir distant when • out schools _will 'he supported by _a uniform - tax throughout the State, 'thus 'relieving the poorer e,inntie's frOm their high tax . and, short terms,and placing them on an Cqttal ity with the rich-and more able connties. 'As it is now, the burden is decidedly . - . une qual. . . , . s - Home Agencre;--.Oueacademies and-se leet schools have done and, arewill doing much -te improve our. teieltets.. Time num- her of select school• ih•- - the county during the year, was much greater than usual, 'and their influence is materially felt in our public schools for the better. . Teachers' -Associations.—" The Susque, hanna County' Teachers'-Asseciation, 'has been're.owanized, and held four very. in teresting and profitable sessions during Lthe year: The attendance wilts usually large and the exercises generally pleasing and, instructive. „ Suggestion:L*4i, font months' school term being entirely to short; I would sng gest that the law be so ambnded, as to require six months as the mininiun,instead of - fOur, as at present; believing that it would give general . satisfaction, and - that in a short - Sim° the tax payers would coin . plain less than they, d • i,,nOw-. ' I 'would also recenWnd that the minis her of directors in each board be reduked to three, their duties more definitely fixed and that they be paid. for their.services.. Future Prospects,—Ore encouraging feature as so'the futute,•is the tact, that the directors as well as the 'people, from year to. yew...seem more *lined to . give . their aid, itiflitence and support to its ben eficial aneratiOns. Another is that the teacholrs, such atleast as intend to con= tinuesTer , some :time in the, rankis of the profeession', or labor from . fight motives,- are diligently , striving •• to fit themselves better }Pr the -discharge • of their important - and arduonS duties', ,And ' , perhaps as striking a chaege , for the ' bet- , • ter-as can - be named,issite building of hew, • commodious and convenient school houses in different parts pf the comity. • On the other hand, one •se: isms obstacle in the way ef - haVing superior. schools, is the fact that - issomes. directors employ thoSes-who call themselves- teachers, be canse they will work .cheap - , without ta king fulibient• pains, to . find out .whether theyare - really teaehers or not., As it , is now, in many of ' our' schools are found teaclits . s with . certificates 'of the lowest . strade gis''en ; while those holding profes, .s.. 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