TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1916, Page 7

TARANAKI EDUCATION BOARD.

SPECIAL MEETING. TECHNICAL WORK REORGANISATION'. A special meeting of the Board was held yesterday, all the memebra being present. The committee (Messrs R. Masters. A. B. Chappell, and H. Trimble) appointed to inquire into the reorganisation of the technical, manual and agricultural classes submitted their report, which, after slight alterations, was adopted as follows: Director of Technical Education.— That the duties of the Director be to organise and control technical instruction throughout the district, to control the manual woodwork and cookery classes, and to arrange the itinerary of the teachers in those classes. That he be also the principal of the New Plymouth Technical College, but do not receive any further payment for any classes taken at the College. That the 'Director of Technical Education receive a salary of £450 per annum, with the annual increments'of £lO for 1017 and 1018, and his travelling expenses be borne by the Board. That the various schools be charged the following amounts to cover the (Director's salary: New Plymouth Technical College, £3K; Bawera Technical School, £'2s; Stratford Technical School, £2O; Eltham Technical School, £L">: Inglewood Technical School, £o—£l3o. That the Manual Fund 'be charged with £2O for the supervision of the woodwork and cookery elas.es. That the position of Director of Technical Education be offered to Mr. Alfred Gray. Supervision of Technical Schools.— That the appointment of local supervisors for the llawera, Eltham, Stratford and Inglewood Schools be deferred until the Director has gone fully into the matter, and that the Director be asked to report and to recommend persons for these appointments. Director of Agriculture.—That the duties of the Director of Agriculture be to organise and control the whole of the agricultural classes, both technical and manual. That the Director of Agriculture receive a salary of £SOO per annum and travelling expenses, the Board to provide a motor bicycle. That, as a certain amo.unt of the time of the 'Director of Agriculture will be taken up in supervising the manual agricultural classes, the Manual Fund contribute. £2O per annum for that supervision!. That Mr. R. 8. Browne toe offered the position of Director of Agriculture.

Assistant Agricultural Instructor.— That an Agricultural Instructor be appointed to work under the Director of Agriculture, his duties to include the instruction of the agricultural classes at the New Plymouth Technical College. That the salary for this position he £351) per annum and travelling expenses, the Board to provide a: motor bicycle. That this position be offered to Mr. 11. G. Sergei. Instructor of Manual Classes in Agriculture.—That, a second Agricultural Instructor principally for the manual classes) be appointed. The duties attached to this position shall he to assist the teachers in those schools in which elementr.ry agriculture is taught, and to endeavor to increase the num'ber of schools taking that subject, also to direct such other classes in agriculture as the Director may decide. That the salary for this position be £250 per annum and travelling expenses; and that, as the present instructor has not recently had any means of conveyance other than that of train and horse conveyances, he he provided with a motor bicycle, in order to cover the whole of the schools in the enlarged district. That this position be offered to Mr. J. G. Ellis until the end of the present year, and that the Hoard then advertise for applications for the position. Monthly Reports.—That the OirectoT of Technical Education and the Director of Agriculture submit at the October ueeting of the Board a scheme of organisation of work in their respective departments, and thereafter, at each monthly meeting of the Board, a report of the 'work done, under their control. Payment of Clerical Work.—That, as a proportion of the time of the chief clerk is taken up with manual and technical work, a charge be made on these funds. Mr. -lackson at 'Patea.—Tn reference ((■ the application of the Wangauni Education Board for the services of Mr. .lackson as woodwork instnietoi in the Patea school, we recommend that he be allowed to take the classes at the school one day in each week, at a charge of 15s per day plus travelling expenses,' this arrangement to obtain until the end of tine present year. "Manual classes at Mangatokl and Elsewhere.—That as the establishment of manual classes operates only from the beginning of each year, we recommend, in reply to the Mangatoki School Committee's application for the establishment oE stich classes, that the Director report on the. advisability of starting manual classes in woodwork and cookery in this and any other school where it is thought, they should lie. started. Mr. Slumlord's Application for In/ crease hi Salary.—That we are unable to recommend an increase in salary; but are of the opinion that he should be paid 7s (id for each Saturday class held at Stratford.