Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4013

(2.) A probationer or junior teacher who has passed the Matriculation Examination will be required to present himself for the next Teachers’ Class D Examination.

(3.) Notwithstanding anything in these regulations, a Board may, if it sees fit, hold other examinations at the end of the first or second year—viz., in such subjects as methods of teaching, singing, drawing, nature-study, needlework, and other branches of handwork.

(4.) A junior teacher who has passed the examination for a teacher’s certificate shall be exempt from further examination during his term of service if he shows to the satisfaction of the Board that he is pursuing his studies.

(5.) When a probationer or junior teacher receives any exemption from examination under these regulations, the head teacher shall draw up a scheme of work with a view to the preparation of the probationer or junior teacher for higher examination, and shall draw up also a time-table showing the distribution of the work. The scheme of work and the time-table shall be submitted in duplicate to the Inspector for his approval.

14. It shall be the duty of the head teachers to cause every probationer and junior teacher attached in their schools—

(1.) To keep in convenient form a journal or log-book in which the amount and character of each day’s instruction and observation as distinct from teaching shall be briefly shown, and which at the end of each week shall be signed by the probationer or junior teacher and countersigned by the head teacher.

(2.) To keep a record for each year of “special lessons” which he has taught under the immediate direction and supervision of the head teacher or of an approved assistant. This record shall be the property of the probationer or junior teacher, and shall show for each lesson—

(a.) The class to which the lesson was given :

(b.) The title and aim of the lesson :

(c.) The time occupied in teaching the lesson :

(d.) The teacher’s criticism of the notes of the lesson and of the probationer’s or junior teacher’s handling of it :

(e.) The teacher’s signature or initials at the end of the above entries :

(f.) The date on which the lesson was taught and the record made.

(3.) The number of “special lessons” taught during each year of service as above prescribed should be considerable (one at least should be given every fortnight); and during the course of preparation for these lessons the probationers or junior teachers should be made familiar with special portions of some modern work of recognized merit on school method bearing directly on the subjects treated.

15. (1.) No probationer shall have sole charge of any class, nor shall be engaged in teaching for more than three hours per day inclusive of any time given to correcting exercises or marking registers. The remainder of the time during school hours shall be devoted to study, or to observation of teaching, or to attendance at classes approved by the Board, as the headmaster may direct.

(2.) No junior teacher shall be required permanently to teach or do school duty, other than occasional supervision of the playground, for more than four hours daily: Provided that junior teachers of the First Grade may, on the recommendation of the Senior Inspector, be employed in the work of teaching for five hours daily. No junior teacher of the Third Grade shall be placed in sole charge of a class or department.

(3.) No probationer or junior teacher shall be kept employed on one class of school-work for a longer time than one year, unless in exceptional circumstances, when the fact must be reported to the Board without delay.

16. (1.) The headmaster shall report to the Board at the end of each quarter (or oftener if occasion requires) on the conduct, diligence, and progress in the art of teaching and in studies of the probationer and junior teachers employed in his school.

(2.) The Inspectors shall report twice a year on the probationers and junior teachers attached to the school which they visit.

17. When an Inspector makes a visit of inspection to a school he shall inquire into the character of the instruction given to the probationers and junior teachers there employed, and shall examine the time-table and the statement of progress, and, if he deem it necessary, report to the Board thereon; and he shall further report on the general work of each probationer and junior teacher on the staff of the school, and also on the “special lesson” which each probationer and junior teacher shall give in his presence.