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66. Student teachers shall be required to conform to such rules and by-laws of the managers as are observed by other teachers on the staff, and such additional rules as may be made for their guidance by the managers and approved by the Director, and on appointment must sign a copy of these regulations to signify their adherence thereto.

IVb. CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHERS IN TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND CLASSES.

67. The Director shall, by and through the Superintendent of Technical Education and such of the Inspectors of the Education Department as are concerned with the inspection of technical schools and manual-training classes (hereinafter referred to as the “classifying officers”), proceed annually to classify according to the regulations herein contained the teachers employed full time in any year in technical schools or classes or in manual-training classes.

(i.) Classified teachers who are not employed in such schools or classes at the time of the annual classification may be classified only on application to the Director. Any such application must reach the Director not later than the 1st day of December in any year.

(ii.) Any person appointed as a full-time instructor in such schools or classes after the classification-list is complete shall, if he is not already classified, be entitled to be provisionally classified forthwith as from the date of his appointment; but any such classification may be revised or confirmed after the work of the teacher has been inspected by a classifying officer.

(iii.) Any person who is seeking employment in such schools may, on application to the Director, be provisionally classified under these regulations, but any such classification may be revised or confirmed after the work of the teacher has been inspected by a classifying officer.

The classifying officers acting together shall, in accordance with these regulations, in the month of December of each year, classify all full-time teachers employed in such schools or classes, and shall report such classification to the Director.

68. For the purpose of classification the teachers to be classified shall in the first instance be grouped in two divisions, namely: Division I, Professional; Division II, General.

The teachers in each division shall be classified, men and women separately, into not less than six classes, numbered consecutively, of which Class I is the lowest.

69. For the purpose of classification the following qualifications shall be taken into account:—

(a.) Ability in teaching.

(b.) Academic attainments.

(c.) Professional or trade attainments.

(d.) Professional or trade service and teaching service.

70. (i.) To be classified in Division I a teacher must, inter alia, be the holder of a University degree or equivalent qualification approved for this purpose by the Director.

(ii.) Any teacher in Division II who becomes eligible under subclause (i) hereof for classification in Division I may on application to the Director be reclassified.

71. (i.) From the classification reported to the Director by the classifying officers shall be compiled annually a general classification-list of full-time teachers in technical schools, technical classes, and manual-training classes, which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette before the 31st day of December in each year.

(ii.) Every such list shall contain separate lists for men and women, showing—

(a.) The names of all teachers classified as herein provided, arranged in alphabetical order in each class under each division:

(b.) The name of the school or education district in which the teacher is employed.

72. The classification-list as published in December of any year shall, subject to any provisions herein contained, determine for the succeeding year the classification of each teacher whose name appears on such list.

IVc. APPOINTMENTS.

73. The appointment of a principal of a technical school shall be made by the board of managers, or by the controlling authority, as the case may be, having direct control of the technical school under these regulations: Provided that before making the appointment the appointing body shall in all cases consult with the Director as to the qualifications and suitability of the several applicants for appointment; provided further that all such appointments must be approved by the Minister before payment of salary may be made under these regulations.