GRADING TEACHERS.
— ■■■■ - »"■ •■' -■ THE NEED FOR CKIFORMITY. The conference of cliie? .inspectors of schools, which sat iu Wellington last week, terminated on Friday afternoon, and most of the inspectors left for their districts on the followiug day.. As h.as already been indicated, cue of the principal subjects l discussed was thft grading o£ teachers, the aittj being to evolve some inoro e.oinpreheiisive scheme than uoWj exists, Ai present systems of grading vary in the different districts, arid there is no method by which an education board can adequately weigh tho merits of a teacher in another district desirous of entering its service. In a number of the districts a classification scheme has been adopted) with some respect to Departmental Mr*, tificates, but embodying also a grading of schools and teachers. Certain schools aro graded for teachers with the "P" certificate, others for teachers with the "O" certificate, and so on. Teachers in these groups are graded ac-' cording to their qualifications, and it is hero that lack of uniformity obtains. If it is decided to reduce the.number of education districts from thirteen to eight or more, probably an attempt will be made to devise some uniform scheme in each district so that a teacher desirous of transferring from one district to another may do so without loss of status. Another important question considered at the conference was the necessity for a uniformity tjf interpretation In the regulations for tho inspection of Schools, and particularly in respect of the provisions for granting certificates of proficiency. There is a good deal of difference in tho standards set by inspectors for the proficiency certificate, and as the holder becomes entitled to certain privileges wherever he may be, it is desirable that the qualifications required should bo as far as possible uniform. Tho report of the conference upoii these and other questions will bo presented to the Minister of Education. " ■**—" ■.'"' ■-" ■
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 11
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315GRADING TEACHERS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 11
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