June 25.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(v) The instruction and training of the junior assistants:
(vi) The arrangements for playground supervision, for keeping
grounds tidy and attractive, and for physical instruction, organized
games, and the like.

(b) The head teacher’s management of the school with respect to his
direction of the work of his staff, and the extent and manner
in which he makes his influence felt throughout the school, parti-
cularly in the development of a good tone, of corporate life, and
of the patriotic sentiment; his relations with his staff and with
the parents of his pupils; and the discretion he displays in the
determination of the promotion of pupils from class to class.

(c) The efficiency of each assistant teacher with respect to his development
of the scheme of work outlined by the head teacher, his
method and power of imparting instruction, his influence over
his pupils as shown by his ability to secure their co-operation
in the work of instruction, in class government, in keeping their
class-room tidy and attractive, and in organizing playground
activities.

(d) Any other matter the Inspector may see fit to comment on.

It shall be the duty of the head teacher to show his assistants and
allow them to copy those portions of the notes that relate to their work,
and such notes shall be the personal property of the teacher; but, so long
as the teacher remains in the same school, the notes shall always be available
for the Inspector. A copy of the report and notes shall be filed by the
Inspectors along with the copy of the inspection report that is retained for
the use of the Department.

(4) At each of his visits the Inspector should make such notes on the
quality of the teaching, discipline, environment, tone, and organization as
will enable him to grade the teacher with confidence. The work of the
Inspector is not, however, to be subordinated to the grading of the teachers:
his chief duty is to endeavour to raise the efficiency of the schools in his
charge. If the Inspector is satisfied that the teacher’s work is in any
respect ineffective he shall recommend and, where practicable, demonstrate
improved methods which it shall be the duty of the teacher to put into
operation.

(5) The Inspector’s investigation should be made on the broadest lines
possible, and he should guard against estimating the efficiency of a school
or a teacher solely in accordance with measurable results, irrespective both
of the manner in which these results have been produced and the effect
the production of such results may have had on the mental and spiritual
development of the pupil as evidenced by his intelligence, his spontaneity,
his interest in his work, and his general alacrity. He should pay particular
attention to the manner in which the teacher is training and developing
the character of his pupils. Every encouragement should be given to
teachers to investigate and experiment with new methods of education,
provided the pupils’ general progress is not impeded thereby. It shall be
the Inspector’s duty to see that the pupils are being trained to be careful
and accurate in their work, and, where either care or accuracy is wanting,
to show the teacher how it may be secured. Inspectors will be expected
to reduce the formal examination of the pupils to a minimum. As a rule
an investigation of this kind should be made only when the efficiency of
a teacher is in doubt. At both visits of inspection the Inspector should
see the teacher at work and should, by example as well as by precept,
endeavour to remedy any faults that may appear. He should, as a rule,
allow the lessons to be taken in the order and manner prepared by the
teacher; but he may, where necessary, arrange differently, taking lessons
himself or directing the teacher to substitute lessons in other subjects.

(6) After consultation with the head teacher the Inspector may, where
he thinks fit, modify the organization of a school, the schemes of work,
and the classification of the pupils, and such modification shall remain in
operation for whatever period the Inspector deems to be necessary.

(7) Any neglect of rooms or premises, or any want of tidiness in the
school rooms and grounds, should be brought under the notice of those
concerned, and reported to the Director, while special commendation should
be given to teachers who so affect the environment of the children as to
cultivate their taste for order and beauty and to create pride in their
school.

(8) One copy of the inspection report shall be filed for the use of the
Department, and one sent by the Director to the head teacher, by whom
it shall be placed among the school records.

(9) No portion of an inspection report shall be published.

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