WOMEN TEACHERS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 80, 29 December 1920, Page 6

WOMEN TEACHERS

CONFERENCE OPENS TO-MORROW EVENING

SOME OF THE REMITS

The annual conference of the New Zealand Women Tea-.chers' Association will commence to-monow evening .in tho Education Hoard's buildings. The following furo some of tho remits to be discussed :—

That staffing similar to that of separate infant-schools be provided for tho infant departments of mixed schoolsWellington.

That provision for staffing similar to that in eojamtc infant schools should bo made for the infant department of large schools. —Manawalu. That this association reaffirms tho principle that the inspectorate should consist of both men and women—Canterbury.

.That the inspectors of girls' schools and infant departments bo women.—Manawatu.

That beginners lie admitted to the city schools only at four stated times during the year.—Otago. That in place of the present inadequate J& pant for Montessori material, the Department should manufacture such Montcssori apparatus as suits' New Zealand conditions, and supply it to all infant schools recommended by the inspectors.—Wellington. That in all new infant school buildings provision should be made'for assembly balls, separate cloak rooms, staff and lunch rooms, and windows in keeping with modern ideals for infant teaching.—Wellington. That in each educational district a woman supervisor should be appointed to direct all matters connected _ with the domestic science,manual training' classes for girls—Canterbury. That similar recognition be given in awarding grading marks for higher Froebel, infant school, or kindred certificates recognised by the Department—Wellington. That a conference be held in regard to the adoption of uniform basket-ball rules for New Zealand—Hawke's Bay. That 'as .the right education of the adolescent ifi the snrfest way to a strong and tranquil national life, tho N.Z. W.T.A. urges the Government to establish as soon as possible coritimuation classes till the ago of 18 for young people who leave school at 14 or 15.—Wellington. That mora attention be given to restricting child labour both before and after 6chool hours.—Auckland. That no child under 12 years of age be employed in street trading, and no child under 14 bo employed after 7 p.m. or before 8 a.m., and that the hours of work on school days shall ■ not exceed two hours.—Wellington. ■ That this association strongly _ disapproves of the introduction of differentiation in the' salaries of young teachers on the following grounds:—(i) That the work required of such trainees being identical, it is a premium on sex and a violation of the principle of equal pay for equal work, (ii) That the cost of living presses equally on both sexes, and that a younj;' in most cases has to face special difficulties as regards accommodation.—Wellington.

That in preference to the "teaching of sex hygiene in primary schools, the Department he urged to prepare suitablo pamphlets for distribution among parents.—'Wellington. That in the present condition of schools the introduction of sex hygione in primary schools is inadvisable.-Wellington. Thnt the Act be amended so that the compulsory retiring age of women teachers be uniform throughout the Dominion. —Otago. »■ ',« , i ' That the junior numbers of the School Journal" be improved both in Tegard to quantity; and quality of matter—Manawatu. i That women teachers with dependants be granted the married assistants' allowance of .£4o.—Wellington. That the whole matter of cleanliness and sanitation of schools calls for special investigation and , improvement—Auckland- \ That the principle of limitation of the size of classes to 40 bo strongly reaffirmed .—lTawhc's Bay. ' Nominations For Office. The following nominations have been received for next year's officers and committee:—President, Miss K. E. Coad, .M.A. (Wellington), Miss M. Mnclccnzio (Otngo)j vice-president, Miss J. J. Bayly ( Auckland); lion, secretary, Miss E. A. Chaplin, B.A. (Canterbury); hon. treasurer, Miss Mabel Smith (Canterbury); Committee, Miss Barry (Auckland), Miss Edwards and Miss Turner (Wellington). I The programme for to-morrow evening consists of a welcome to delegates, tlio president's address, and an address on "School Games for Girls" by Mr. H. E. Longworth, of the physical culture department.