TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9157, 3 August 1908, Page 5

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

MEETING OF WAIRARAPA BRANCH.

A meeting of, the Wairarapa branch of the Teachers' Institute was held in the Technical School, on Saturday afternoon. There was a large attendance of teachers, and the President (Mr R. J. Foss) occupied the chair. The Chairman stated that the meeting had been called for the purpose of discussing the proposed amendments to the Education Amendment Bill now before the House. He then read the following extracts which he had taken from the Bill:-- (1) No lowering of teachers' salaries by the new Bill, except ijy fall in attendance, and then the maximum of grade to which lowered to be paid; (2) £9O the minimum salary; (3) grades 1, 2, 3 and 4' contain most schools. Ondes 2 and 3 contain most children, these receive sympathetic consideration from the compilers of the Bill. (4) Annual increases, these obviate teachers leaving for small rises. (5) House allowance to all heads of schools with an average of eight instead of twenty. (6) Schools with attendance of 36 to 75 to receive special consideration. (7) Highest grade to the be reduced from 961 to 601. (8) First assistant goes on at 81 instead of at 91 as at present. (9) Second assistant goes o i at 116 -instead of at 151. (10) Third assistant goes on at 20183" at present. (11) Fourth assistant goes on at 301 instead of at 281. (12) Fifth assistant goes on at 351 instead of at 331. (13) Where the attendance is from 301 to 450 the head teacher and first assistant receives no increase. (14) Where the attendance is from 201 to 300 iio increases will be made. Pupil teachers may be replaced by assistants. (15) Head teachers with an average of from 76 to 80 inclusive and head teachers of largest size receive no benefit. (16) No distinction will be made between men and women teachers. (17) Literary attainments will not be considered. (18) Principle affirmed that a first assistant in a primary school should be given precedence to any other assistant. (19) The school committee's powers are curtailed, their allowances not being torched upon The following resolutions were unanimouplv carried in connection with the Bill:-That this meeting of I Wairarapa teachers views with pleasure the advantages embodied in the 1 Education Bill, and while in accordf unce generally with the principle of I the Bill 1 takes exception to the follow • |itig:— (1> Salaries of ; teachers are i still liable to reduction as a conse- ! quence of a decrease in attendance. ■ (2) That the Bill affirms that the i relative resporisibiliities of head teachers of medium sized country schools, and of assistants in the larger city school's are to the detri- [ ment of the former. \ Mr Foss was accorded a hearty vote ? of thanks for the information which he had supplied.

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