TEACHERS' GRADING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16819, 23 August 1922, Page 5

TEACHERS' GRADING.

APPEALS AGAINST GLASS!. F 1C ATI ON. J eachers who are dissatisfied with j their position ou the Dominion grading list of teachers, which now forms the basis of promotion, have the right of appeal. Appeals are heard by a board consisting of a chairman, who is not an officer of the Department., a representative elected by the teachers and a representative nominated by the Department. In the classification of the present .year 4621 teachers were graded in the nine education districts. Statistics of a varied character show that tbe standard of marking in the various districts is uniform as far as can reasonably be expected. /’ I lie small number of appeals heard is taken to indicate that the teachers are on the whole satisfied with the fairness of* the grading. It is an- j noil need that of the 4621 teachers j graded only 162 lodged protests against | their grading. Of these, two were in- j f ormal and seventy-seven were with- j drawn as the result of extensions by 1 the Department. Therefore, only 1 eighty-three appeals had to be heard by the board. This represents 1.8 per cent of the total number of teachers graded. Of the appeals heard, twentynine were allowed and the teacher’s position on the grading list was in each ease improved. The remaining fiftythree were disallowed. It is regarded as a tribute to the system and to the skill with which the inspectors carry out their duties under the system that only .6 per cent of teachers could show before the board that their gracing was incorrect. Each year the number of appeals is smaller, and the whole system is now said to lie in smooth working orderf The great majority of the teachers are reported to be well satisfied with the system of promotion on the* the grading list.