INCREASE OF TEACHER'S SALARIES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 49, 14 March 1901, Page 2

INCREASE OF TEACHER'S SALARIES.

j TiRANAKI DISTAIOT REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE. The following report from tho Finance Committee was road at tha Education Board oa Wodnesday. To the Churraan and members of the EJuccition Board. Your Committee having giv.m full

• conuaeiation to ths subject of the pro- ' posad increase in the ToacharV salaries, ' after conferring with the ropresent- ! atives of tVie Teachers' Institute bavo ■ thi honor to report as follows : (\\ That we recommend the Board to accept the proposed increase in >alaie=i but regr*t that your Gommiti tee not having been informod of the basis i!pan which the schi-dulo of inc eaaos is miuln, are unable to satisfactorily explain some of the anomalies which apparently exis*. We however tbat the Dep is dealing with the matter as afl'eating th«j whola colony, while the Board is only dealing with the question so far as it affects the Taranaki iSducttiocal District. (2) Your Commit-.oe desire to p >int out thitas many changes have taken plus; l , and will continue to take place. siii'-e the schedule was f'.rmulat, d, it «-i'l he no33snary for the Boavd to oti-icform-ition from the D pirtmont nsto j what system is to be ad'p cd in n,dju«t)ii;,' the in such casvs. Wo {further recommend, thai; the atten'ioiJ jof the D-partiueot be cilled to the fav.t| Ithat since th.. .schedule was revived the] status of several tnnehers h-is beea! ( raised and tine provision fihould b.-1 niad'» accordingly, J (S) Kefen-'ni; to the telegram fi-.-r.j the Ota;;o Education .1 co'.fe once of the various Education j jt-aHs, vfur Coiiuiritti.-e r'O nut -.-oo.sVi<- '• that a eoufwuoii is ncrv-savy atpiv-<-:it, but think r.haft it may bo to hold a conference la'er when the qu stion of ,-i pwmuiieiil incieise, or a col mi.il scale of salaries id uuder discussion. (4) Your Oommifctno is geatiiiod to find that '.horn.-.in principle ad-opVd by the Department is the same as that) followed by the Board in apportioning} payment to tho touchers under i's jur's-j. diction, nimeiy, that larger inurements j p-r pupil ],ave been added in thej, suiaihrschoo's than in the larger ones, j . n Vt'e aosire to express our appreciation o! tho Department's efforts to improve j j tho condition of the teaches, and trust j j that tho iio'ion taken may b;i the pre- ( ch'kov of a permanent bchemo of aj / colonial scale of stuffing and salaries, j j We woull point out that the nutter isj ; *U urgent ono necessitating prompt at- j t Uintion. —vVo h.i.va tho honor to boL Miss Haywood a-.d Gaafclem-n, |j D. KcAllu.m, Chairman |'c B A. liir, unci:, In K, (}. AI.LSWOKI'H. jj Tho Committee in considor-ng (.hop Department's scbomr had tho benefit of j!' he (nspiccor's views on tho subjects I VI were attached to tho report i ll 'o considered thors was no doubt tuoS,.

[ attendance, anr 1 each teacher's certifi- P joafe qnalificincm for the position held. }.\ 'Pan efi'v.ct to at iv iwvij liighlv ,p (!);i, : siSeJ te.'.chei' wou'd r-jcoiv" .. j] iji'liry I,;ia'i one of ;owGr'ee:-t : .f • .I'o ::;>. <j n :r.;.'hs for fkill, ti>.t yntc. 1 kjjr-or f.':;.C( ;•■'• attuned to t!m htUv. T;il. ><.'.<\ : \ l to" apply ti the cs'; of f. '.«aoh,sr ■■- j'v was occupying a place inforio;'to that|\i which his csriificate merited. Ho con-1H sidored tho proposed s.'ale wan or I : "j parillel lines to that now in forc» ir tha Board's district. In relation to the j' no*es made by the teachers raprwent- p 1 a'ives who met the Coinmittfe, the In- v spector after remarking on each point , \ raised considered that many of the B apparent anomalies r jinted out would f in the light of the general scheme di§- H appear. He believed the general prin- ' ' ciploß was sound. As far as he could l ' see the same salary was given to male \ and female teachers up ta 20 on the f average attendance, but above that C ' miles were paid on a higher soale The £ principle adopted by the Department -j was the came ns that adopted by the I ' Bnrd, that larger increments per pupil 1 be add«d to the salaries in the smaller \ schools tlmn in the larger ones; an ad- J j ' ditional advantage being that allowance J ] is made for certificates. In fac 1 ; it was]' U their old friend the payment of bonus \ ' on certificates in another form. , Mr. Macbiy mov»d, " That the re- i '' port be received and adopted, and that the cordial thanks of the Board be ■ tendered the committee for the : thoroughness with which thoy hav« , invostigated the whole matter, sand that a copy of the same together with ' the schedule be forwarded to the Da- ; , pavtmsnt. He said it gave hira particular pleasure to move tha resolution, as he felt sure that the decision ar rived at by thn committee exactly met, tho case. The Minister bad done h s l" best towards inaugurating a colorihl pca'e and bad got the thin edge of the ■" wedge well in. Not only was the Minister, ,but Mr, Uogb?n nlso, entitled to much praise for their endeavours to solve a vory irapirtint and k and diffi silt nnttor. He was glad to ," see that the Board was about to adopt '» the propo c ed 6cheme without demur, and in doing so they would be almost ,' alone in their action amongst the Boards of the colony. Tha committee ,' had evidently spared no Übour in cara- , fully and thoroughly going through the f proposed increases, with the result that 2 they had found the Department had , almost, without exception, acted en the . same Hrm as had been adopted by th» ~ Boird for some time past. It wai>, '' therefore, very gratifying to find that '; the Board hail such an excellent comr' mittee who, after going fully into the .' matter, had arrived at such a very satisfactory result. The prsssnt com- / mittei were not, however, entitled fci ," tha whole of the credit for the pyettfrn P now in force, as it was largely owiajj 11 the ability and energy displayed b a v forawr Finance Commif'eo consisting of their lata Chairman (Mr. Bauchope), ,' Mr. Allsworth, and Mr, Faull that the | Board's present scale was on such a , sound footing. He felt hound to give expression to the feeling that the ,' cordial thanks of tho Board were due '■' to the Committee for their pains in ;' getting to the bottom of tho question ' and had never had greater pleasure in moving any resolution at the Board's table either in the interest of the teachers or the Board than that which he now submitted. !, Mr. Wado bi'iefi}', but heartily seconded the motion. Mr. Faull gave it cordial support. Tho only matter ho did not agree with was the Department stepping in and doing the business of the Board. s Mr. Kennedy spoke in very ap- \ preciative terms of the Committee's work. 3 Mr. Allsworth said that as a memb r , of the Committee he would like to ackI nowledgo the assistance received fre tn ,

the Teacliors Institute, and the f ict that the teachers as a whole ssetned favour- '' ably disposed towards the proposals. Although tha Department had not sup--0 plied the derails of the basis of the «eLpme, they had giveu vory full information, and he hsd no doubt that a any representation by tho Board would Kive wftijrht with tho D<p\rtmenr. Ths Committee had ooro carefully :hrou?h the list of teachers and a list " framed on the oil and the proposed »ctl\o was attached which smarted 'it fcha lowost attendance and worked "p to the highest si tint the B 'ard could fee at a glance the ginernl <'iuicfc of the Department's proposals. It was evident that the scheme wis a iiol.jnial one and it could tot well be otherwise, as the Department had not ' the knowledge of the merits or demerits of individual toachers possessed by ; the Boards and had thfliefore laid down ' general lines. When it was found (hat those lines were k> closely allied to the ' Board's system he did not think tint ore or two anomalies should be carped at oc tho sckomo rejected on that no''count. After eulogising Mr. Faull',; ! services with »ogar<i to tee BovdV, presort Kvsf-m, Ms. AUsworth , «ed his caovictio;; that the Bo rd aou'd ni-c'y ,ind wc-1! ir. is.-'vii - to bring about a uni j jf.vtn w-n'e of piymrnt to testers • tiitrv:; ; ::ii:i: vhe cdf.ny. j 1 it/''. :-r T o% ackr.or/'elt'.-.d j t'iv j-.'/.t.eri'l'.' VVUV |r, v.-'jich tk- ;•,•?!>:•• j been recoiwd an i it woo.ul been n groat pity if, through wan' of oomproheni?i'->n of tlu aims of the D<>- i partraent tho grant should have beeu ( allowed to lapse. j The report was thea adopted untini- t mously. The Chairman thanked the Boar 1 i ifor tho way in which the rt.porfc bid. , ; iiwwi received and ac'iptfd, and snidj,, th".t on be'.mlf of the I'manco Commit-It; too ho noknowJedgi.i] ft eir ii.i!cbti«i;:«9f j, til tho IsifpCttOL" for his Vt.itlAll.l iiS-St j -,-■ anc.ii. j t | In reply to a letter fro to tho \V«-1-|]; lingtou Board, it was resolved that thb! B Secretory acknowledge the receipt of a j copy of the Evening Pout and N.Z. 0| Times forwarded by that Board, uml c that copies of the local papers, containing the Finance Committee's report on „. the Departments sc;lo of increased ;s , salaries! of teachers in this disti\cr., >r,u" ti.e Board's resolution on t!i" subjs •• f . ; be forwarded to th-> Wellington aa'j J w other Education Boards. > Tho 'allow g ttible sb.-ws the v:\\ ion-1, t -two's, a\vt;ig : > a;.t:auat,c ', te.i'hets'i tim-sent ceaclnirs' ctirtiu&'.t-j, i.aC .i&cui.i' increment:— ir>t- £ o. £ ;, fi „• <.li' u Eokcnukfr S 5:3 l.« K? «^

PUPIL TEACHKRB. Tbe schema provided far increment! C'j pupil teacher* as follows: -Third year teachers—loglewood (2), Bahota, Waitaia, and StratfoH, £5 each. Fourth year CWral (2), Frankley Read, Lepperton, Urenui, Waiengona, and Stratford (2) £lO each. Fifth year—Oauta, Toko, und Wuitara, £& each.

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