N.Z. Educational Institute.

Thames Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 10167, 10 December 1906, Page 1

N.Z. Educational Institute.

ITHAMBSi;B(aAJs TCH.

... ..Ai special meeting of..'-thiei local Branch .of the Teadhlers' Institute was Lieldi -on/ Saturday i/affcefl'rio'oa to consider till© report; of fchei Promotion Committee ' aippoiiited at .this ■ last' annual 1' mieetinig of the' present 'body. \ . "Mr Russell, president of the local Branch, P|Coupied the chair, arid called upon I\W Neiwtoinl, oonveaiior of the committee, to expound - tihe scheme whichi ihie is to place before the-Coun-cil meetingl in CShirisfccihlurcih.: next month. Brieflyth'e oaininitteiei iadvd-1 ■ cates. two sdhiemes, thie;onle: prtepairar : • tory <tiootihß otter arid possible of early attainment'; flhle other; a purely col-!; i onial' sdhiamiei, but noti 'believed; to be ! at present witihin. 1 the range of pta^ timai poliltiasl. .V,.• . ■'■'::■.:'•■■■.; . „. \ : iS'ohiemb I. suggests aimple; legjißlation pro Tiding for th«'grouping: of tllie- ■ 'preslem* Jthii'tpeein! leid)ac!a l fcion districts ; jinto six prlomotton d'isitJriots, thie: in--1 speotors of eaich of wMoh would form a board of classifier's for their own :; district-". iScihiool and positioos are graded amd the promotion list Vooild! shloAv olearly how'tih'e olalsaies and subclasses stand in relation to one apa- - - other. " Grading wioxdd /be determi»ed bf maries obtained fat* efficiency and personality; edtucartional attainments,, ; literary- and otherwise ; amd for length ,: of senvice,, but to' prevent injustioe to a deserving teaAer whose'promotion ihais. aikeady been too long delayed 1, • classetfication would not depend" ott preseint) position. . . ' ,■ Sbhemje 18-, explained by Mr Nlew-' ton, inv^lvea thie oentralisaition. of Ac '; insueciforate; the creation of a Bbardl. of Classifiers for -tlh© colony as a| •wih'ole, the nremibers of thie Board to be this Inspeteibor-General, ■;'.&■ represen-.:>-taltive of the inspecitoi-a of thie dolony, . and ai Hepr^entaitive; of iihe teaidhiers. It provides for pronKjtion. within each, sitb-olass of positiions by meanfli of small -annual increments■-•, of aaJairy spread oyer a suggiested period of ten years, a probable time of 'S(eryi<Je witlht- : mi .any tab-class. . ■". '.'•'■•' .'■.'.'■. ; , . iAlthoiuigh.-the oommittee, whioh' con•sists of Messrs H. O. Couflimb,,. prinr oipal of thet'lAHicklamd Nlonm;ail Scihiool, and Nl R: Mackenzie, 'htead teacher of the- WihiaaxgaTei District ScHool, in : addition tloi Mr Newton, lays it dowir as ai fundamental prkiioiple that thai •■■■' efficiency of the service must be the\ first eomsideration, thie discussion which followed showed.'. that therei is . , a very strong feeling; ; among teachers in favour, of makinigVlength of Batisfactoiy service the detefrmining fao-; tor. in;;promiotion.: '"'/>■.■:■/ / ■. ;■ '•".;■ ;Anothier-poinit elioi-bed" was tKe difficulty of expressing! personality and ,; even, efficiency. ; in arithmetical terms. -' Conditionsvairysoin Taryingdistricts and even", in the same siohiwl thiaifc very finis diatin'cti'onsi. were: held to be in> ■ possible;-."....:• '-;■'-. . ... ■■.'■ \ ''■..-. .-' '■ air, Nenvtixol,' replying; >a<3^ttied'. flio difficultiies, but .believed 1 some ■ system, was biet.ter than no;ne, aindi that the" proposal to, aryain^ei fct;.;annual ■■'■■in-. crements-.■■^^■n<th lei;.'yaiious Erades • Would do mutihjtio allay tfe dissatis- ' faotioml and! mirefiti whiohi now permeate the fiervipei V