Classification of Teachers.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7895, 10 August 1905, Page 3

Classification of Teachers.

Auklud Inspectors' Report. (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Au K . 9. At a meeting o! the Board of Education, the Waßgajnui Board's resolution on the basts of the a pa.vment of teachers was considered. The in spectors reported that "The resolution in question n« so condensed and olrscure that the inspectors hove not been able to frain any clear idea of thr arrangements it is intended to recommend. TTwre is, however, sub styintinl agreement as to the two following points—(l) Grading or clasMftcation as at present arranged could not be made to form a satisfactory basis for fixing salaries of teachers. (2) The inspectors aj>prove of the fixing of p rninimuii. salary for t«ach grade or classification as a means of checking serious redactions in Nalary consequent on dec'Hng att4*ndnnces at particular schools. The proper remedy for the hardship that an®** from this cause would be the transfer of ih • teacher toneamod to a larger 'school. but under the above arrangement !/ s sal- ' «ry would not Ijc reduced lx>low tho minimum mi his grpde, while he awaited transfer. Grading shoul 1 bs revised at periodical intervals, lor teachers in ench grade should to maintain tHoir skill at a level shown by others plae<-d in the smm* gr«di\ Real uniformity of grading would Ijo no means easy to secure, for tk> stvartard applied in testing skill <1 teaching now varies pretty widely in different parts of the <£>lony. and (l Ukely to continue to So so."