WOMEN TEACHERS

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 92, 18 April 1916, Page 2

WOMEN TEACHERS

ASSOCIATION'S REPORT.

The annual report of the New Zealand Women Teachers' Association,'whjich is to be presented at a meeting on Thursday next, states that the present time is not favourable for aggressive or pioneer work, and that attention has been chiefly devoted to patriotic objects. A "constitution has been . drafted and sent to various Women Teachers' Associations, but no report on tho question can be furnished yet. The importance of a, uniform constitution is emphasised. "This year," continues.the report, "our associations have specialised on two or three things, and as a result motions dealing with the following matters appear on the order paper of the New Zealand Educational Institute :—(1) Various remits dealing with the status and po3i<iiqn of women in the profession generally. These are to be found in certain J remits dealing with the lower grades, where most of our women teachers art ! congregated. (2) Some remits concerning the classification and. promotion of teachers. (3) Some remits dealing with cases of transfer—providing that women teachers shall not suffer loss of salary or 6tatus when a school rises in attendance." A pleasing feature, it is noted, from the women's point of view is the election of a woman teacher (Miss Birss, of Southland) to the executive. All associations have been notified of the importance of securing women representatives to the N Z.E.I. This year 12 or 13 women representatives have been elected. "Little by little," it is stated, "women teachers are taking more interest in the affairs of their institutes, and lare ready to raise their voices there when occasion demands."