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Thursday, October 27,1983/The Battalion/Page 5B ocal educators disagree on higher pay by Kathleen Hart Battalion Reporter legislators are pushing for better education. Teachers’ organizations are pushing for higher pay. But will higher pay improve education? HSome local education officials — like Perry Pope, the Bryan High School principal, and Dr. W. K. Summers, the Bryan In dependent School District su rf ; perimondent — say it will. ^H“In any society there is a re lationship between investment and outcome,” Pope said. ■But there are those who dis agree arid say there is no correla tion between teacher pay and [education quality. Among them is the principal of A&M Consoli dated High School in College [Station, Sandra Parker. |‘A poor teacher who is paid I moire won’t become a good teacher,” she said. “A good teacher won’t do half a job be cause she’s not paid well.” Carolyn Lampo, building representative at BHS for the Association of Texas Profession al Educators, said more money really won’t help. “It won’t make good teachers out of poor ones, but it will help keep good teachers in the pro fession longer,” she said. State Comptroller Bob Bul lock released figures which showed an average pay of $17,807 at BHS, and $18,115 at Consolidated. The state aver age, according to those figures, is $20,140. But even the maximum pay at high-paying BHS is just over that average: $25,220 for some one with a master’s degree. Summers said “pats on the back and certificates for teacher- of-the- year are great, but there needs to be some incentive for teachers to stay in the profes sion.” But how much is enough to “keep them in the profession?” Between $15,000 and $17,000 for the 10-month school year, to beginning teachers, Pope said. “We spend more on alcohol than on education in Texas,” he said. “A beginning teacher should be able to compete with a beginning insurance salesper son, a law clerk or an assistant minister in a large church,” he said. Dr. H. R. Burnett, College Station Independent School District superintendent, said the starting salary should be be tween $16,000 and $18,000 in order to entice good teachers. Although teachers work only 10 months out of a year, he said, they have five class periods and 125 students a day for 183 days. At the state base pay of $11,000 for beginning teachers, that’s 34 cents per student per hour, which is less than even a baby sitter’s $ 1 per child per hour. The state base pay is the state- required minimum starting pay for teachers. BISD pays begin ning teachers $3,110 more than that, and CS1SD pays $1,050 more. Teachers’ salaries should be commensurate with the respon sibility placed upon them, said a teachers’ association representa tive. “We’re dealing with tomor row’s future in the classroom,” Lewis Bond, with the ATPE at Consolidated says. “People en trust their children to teachers to get a basic education, but they’re not willing to pay them a decent wage.” Other teachers agree with Bond, saying higher pay would be evidence of respect from their communities, and that it would help keep teachers in the profession. “If we were paid more we would have proof that society recognizes this as a profession and not a blue-collar job, that it’s hard work,” said Molly Herrera, with the Texas State Teachers Association at BHS. But no matter how much teachers are paid, determining how well they teach is difficult. All local high school teachers are evaluated annually by their principals in an attempt to de termine how well they teach. The one-page BHS evalua tion form contains 15 items to be rated from 5-excellent to 1- needs improvement. Questions include: “Does the teacher exhibit good rapport, cooperation and communication with students, colleagues, administration and the school district community? “Is the teacher successful in exciting the students to want to learn and relating the needs for learning to later life? “Does the teacher loyally sup port the policies of the school board?” The CSISD form, on the other hand, requires a separate sheet of instructions for its 53- item, four page form. However, the evaluation pro cedures are not infallible. The current CSISD form has been revised several times, and is under fire again. Beth Waltersheid at Consoli dated questioned that school’s evaluation procedure, saying she’s taught for 15 years and has never been observed in her clas sroom. The CSISD evaluation form requires only that the prin cipal complete it and discuss it with the teacher. BHS Principal Perry Pope said he observes every teacher on his staff before evaluating them. However, some teachers there also are unhappy. Molly Herrera at BHS said she dislikes the procedure be cause there’s no proof of a lack of “favoritism,” particularly since Pope plays a major part in deciding whether or not BHS teachers receive merit pay. Fair or unfair evaluation, overpaid or underpaid teachers, superior or inferior education, the debate is likely to continue. “It’s difficult to please every- body,” said Summers, the BSISD superintendent. abyUi Supplements won’t aid in sports performance United Press International JADISON, Wis. — Taking Hi supplements won’t en- are fivebroMmaiSce your athletic perform- ans and thttlnce, a University of Wisconsin Brownpots. dietiiian says. ivho assist ihc-plNo vitamins, no bee pollen run thecmiond no protein,” said Judith laid. Them Reinke, outpatient nutritionist s superviselliit the UW Hospitals and Clinics. He big thing in the past has . .A for athletes to take protein owDOt u 2to increase their mus- a dormoittHiM p-j not e f f ec ti V e.” ! ne yellowpotl« ein k e 5^ (_j ie dj el 0 f active tHiIc should be designed to re- lian dorm, iwpoi foi r jj aC( . ca i or j es t i la t are consumed ).y the currcl "'H water that is lost during ex- ^ ^^*e. She said being active does pots also caB f .cm|j Ilcrease t p e | KK ]y’s need for tire site, f jnlein or vitamins. re junior some cases, they may y wear a greet.', ven cause problems if you get aimed in fWjHnnch,” she said. vein pot, hes®|,Reinke, who works with peo- ireisatimew,| e suffering from obesity, 1 corps metAH exiaand bulimia (abnormal rn the same pto/iungeij as well as athletes, said jsl Aggies" ictive people should eat a ba lm a redpoll diet that is high in car- jt tradition. ioh\draies. She said a minimum people undett&si, diet during training con- fire and moists of about 3,000 calories — 53 e it as muchailpfcent from carbohydrates, 17 ferceut from protein and 30 Hem from fat. H'hat means eating less meat j jian most people are accus- 1 prOOMomed to, she said. ^ . : During training for an athle- .esdessft and east lied Prfss InltflU lil | NEAPOLIH] the world’s* x to use. refrigeratt >s are a dairy * he ready-to-P] m ttihe-sliap tll l re dip closui«>| emove it 1^ ten tut alonP 1 spread the J in a.H! irecttons > baking. ■ shorter , t hat resetw nh a chew^ r.Tf^O-OUW ry product,flf of I30calon«‘ tic event, Reinke said, the only things needed in increased amounts are calories and water. She said it is preferable to in crease carbohydrate consump tion, rather than protein and fat, because carbohydrates can be stored by the muscles as gly cogen for energy needed in competition. During events lasting longer than 30 minutes, she said, fluids have to be replaced. She recom mended drinking four to eight ounces of water every 10 to 15 minutes. “Sports lasting for very long periods of time may increase re quirements for energy,” she said. “Very small amounts of carbohydrates may be taken with plenty of fluids.” Reinke said she does not “feel real comfortable” with carbohy drate loading. Loading is accom plished by eating a high protein diet for a few days to deplete muscle glycogen and then switching to a high carbohydrate diet to boost body glycogen levels above normal for an event. “There may be some place for it with people involved in competitive events,” she said. “But it’s not something you do every few weeks. 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