PROMOTION OF TEACHERS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 90, 16 April 1913, Page 6

PROMOTION OF TEACHERS.

THE EDUCATION BOARD'S PROPOSALS. COUNTRY SERVICE RECOGNISED. »r ______-_. lc 'J-lie Education Board this morning adopted a series of resolutions regarding ?• the appointment of teachers. The use '_ of the "graded list," from which only 15 one is to be submitted to the School s. Committee concerned, and the compul- '_ eory service in .the country/are two in1S teresting features. The Board has decided:— Applications for permanent poult ions lv the service of the Board, carrying v salary of £90 or upwards per annum, will be invited by advertisement In the public Press, and, in the case of ail positions for which E applications arc thus invited, only one name, viz., that of the teacher which appears highest on the graded list, be submitted to the school committee concerned (the graded Itst meaning the special graded list pre--15 pared by the inspectors having reference to . the particular appointment being dealt 5, with). (a) (Provided that this resolution shall not apply in cases where Hie Board deems it advisable In the interests of the service to transfer a teacher from one position to another. (b) Provided further that, on the recommendation of the Chief Inspector, the Board may appoint any suitable applicant to any position iv a school with- _ out inviting applications by ad- , vertlsemcnt; bnt it is clearly to be understood that this method of making appointments is to he followed r. on 'y in east's where special circumj. stances call for such exceptional action, .c (c) Provided also that, whenever the apE polntment Is open to both sexes, the i- name of the highest female and the .t name of the highest male on the t. graded list be submitted to the school committee concerned. , Should no suitable application be received 't lu ,„ answe r lo advertisements, the Board -, will then fill the vacancy to the best pos- £ sible advantage. No teacher appointed subsequent to August 31, 1910, to any position in a school ... ?_? er grnue tDan that ot CA (average 121-100) shall be eligible for promotion unless he or she has served for at least two years In a country school as defined In the resolution passed by the Board, and further, in making future appointments, the Board will consider only the .ipplicaTions of teachers who have been at least two years in their present positions, provided that ln any particular case. If there be exceptional 2 circumstances or hardships, fhe Board may - relax the operation of these general rules. I'or the purpose of defining what country ' service shall connote, the Board _ has decided that, for the purposes of grading and promoting, the following are to be P termed "town" schoois-—Beresford Street, Napier Street, Nelson Street, Avondale, Avondale Side, Bayfield, Birkdale, Belmont. Cambridge D.H.S., Cambridge West, De- '<■ _ o _, E(lendaI <N Ellerslie, Epsom, Glenfield, I< rank-ton, Crey Lynn. Grafton, Hamil- ; . ton East, Hamilton West, Helensvllle, Hcn- _ d-erson, Howlck, Huntly. Karangahake, Mangere Bridge. Mangere, Manurewa, ■_ Maungawhau, Meadowbank, Mount Albert, Mount Roskill, Monnt Eden, New Lynu Newmarket, Newton East, Newton West! _ Ngaruawahia, Normal, Northcote, Onehunga, Oratla, Otahuhu, Paeroa D.H.S., r Pakuranga, Panmurc. Papakura, Papatoetoe, t Parawal. Parnell, Point Chevalier, Ponsonby, ! Pukekohe D H.S.. Remuera, Richmond ~ Road, Rotorua, St. Helier's, Stanley Bay, „ T-fcapuna, Te Papapa, Ta.uranga D.H S j Tararu, Te Aroha, Te Kultl. Walhl D.H S j Waihi East, Wafhi South, Walokaiaka, _ Whangarei, Hora Hora, Taumarunui, Mor- . rlDsvllle.