WOMEN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 88, 8 January 1919, Page 2

WOMEN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EEIJ I'l,'S K)ll- AN NU-A L-M-KBTLNG. The annual meeting .of. the ',\e.iv Zealand Wompu .Teachers',. Assgoiaiioii'. .'will lie held m "Wellington on Thursday,- The ineptiug should bo au e.'jtvQnio.ly interesting one, judging by Hie. remits on the order paper. Taraiiald .-ipjlds for consideration "that each position should have a fixed salary., and in the' ense of inarrind teachers that .'.there should bo an additional allowance of JJIS. per annumlor each child under 16 years pf age.".. Canterbury sends remfls: -

"That tho gradiiij; regulations be so amended that tho first; w.uniun. assistant, in tho upper department •of Wheols of Grade V (ind upwards be eligible to obtain. 1.5 juarks.for organisation."- . . "That in all schools of. Grade V and upwards an .o.\porie.Jicpd".woman 'teacher should have'a position and status in the upper, department «'ith speciiil rospohsibiliti&s in "regard to girls." . "That student- teachers upon -the completion of their .training college, course, should not be left - unemployed, butshould bo.drafted -into, schools, until they obtain permanent employment.-'- •_■ ■•■ :" ■ Ilawko's Bay has sent 'thp-Jollpiviij-r re. mib:— ... .. ti . .: V '.'■ /..'.".' . .;.-.

"That since ■ rriiinj •tearhors- are .-fillingti'inporary.. appointments for-, the- duration nf thp war and.'lhp salai-y rpceivedin that teninorary position is the onn.oh which thpy aro paying info the superannuation' fuiwi, it is unjust that.those .who! retit* from thoir tomporary positions should hnvp. Ihpir superannuation- coimted -on thpjr .lust nerniaiipiit salary, therefore stpps should-be-vtnken to 'remedy this injustice." ,-■•-.:-. - ■•■■■• ■

I'-Thnt tIie,'N.Z. ; .W.:T.A. consider-practice nblo methods of gainiri? nnd susruinfrjjr the intprest. in./ixlurational...matters of thnindiffcrpnt and apathotif tenchers."-' WMlington sends one remit onlv:V-

"I hat early spcreijalion- of the f <>x».i and early vocational-'training'for sirls arH.undcsi.rable'." ■ . ■.'•■■ • " '

■ -The-bupiness of the'.niopHn? 'will' inoliide coneiilerntion of. Hip following- nn'l>-' I jflcts submitted to tho 'brannheA:— F.xqm'--' : inntions;-jr-imies.-'n'ml educntioTi; cliildrpn : of retarded mental development;- grading- of tf-nchers;- in size pf pla?sfs; liotnp and ai-'o'fhn'nrii). ciplw htTii-mpfl at thp-ifi'tniial'-'conferenc'e in 1fl17 ; - which -include limitrtfion.'of sizW of classes to '4fl ; imm'riveinpnt : in school environment; Inndprrrartp.n tp-foi-m part' of the ntitiflnal system of fducatioii; annointmenr of women insnectors;' woinpn f6 ii flie'nin- t ->r ■(!«- nartment of all'lnr-pp s6hor>ls; mjium to 1>"-nn_fill bmlies denlin? iri>h odiicntion.• ■ eWnti-on.. of ■• the ' domestic 'arts and' sciences. .■...-■; — .