It must also appear, from the reports of their Inspectors, APPENDIX A. that their School Accounts have been regularly and correctly VI. Rules kept, that their Schools and School premises have been pre- and Regulaserved with neatness and order, and that cleanliness in person tions as to Ap. and habits has been enforced on the children attending them. amination, and pointment, Ex. None can be appointed as Assistant Teachers whose quali- Classification of fications are not equal to those required of Probationers. Satisfactory certificates of character and conduct will be required of all Candidates.

Teachers, Monitors, &c., &c.

3. EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS,

General Regulations.

I. It is intended that a General Examination of the Teachers shall take place every Fifth Year. (The first General Examination took place in 1848 for Male Teachers, and in 1819 for Female Teachers.)

II. That a Special Examination shall be held in each of the intervening years.

III. That at these Special Examinations there will be required to attend—

1st.-All Candidates for Promotion.

2nd.-All Probationers.

3rd. Teachers who may have been absent from the
Examination to which they had been previously sum-
moned.

4th. Those whose answering at such previous Exami-
nation may have been unsatisfactory.

5th.-Those whom the District Inspector may think
proper for special reasons to summon.

IV. Trained Teachers, except at their own request, and with the sanction of the District Inspector, will not be required to attend any Examination that may be held during the three years subsequent to the date of their classification by the Professors at the expiration of the course of training.

V. National Teachers 45 years of age and upwards, who have served under the Board for a period of not less than 15 years, or Teachers who have attained 50 years of age, and served not less than 10 years, will not be required to attend any Examination, provided they have been already examined and classed by the Professors, or a Board of Inspectors.

VI, As the Commissioners have decided that Teachers must remain Two Years in a lower Class before they are eligible for promotion to a higher, the Candidates for examination with a view to promotion, must, each year, be restricted to those who come under this condition. With this restriction, however, it is to be understood, that deserving Teachers may at the second and all subsequent examinations, as well as at the first, be promoted from any division of one class to any divi

APPENDIX A. sion of a higher (except untrained Teachers, who cannot be placed in the First Class), without requiring them to pass through intermediate divisions.

VI. Rules

and Regulations as to Appointment, Examination, and

VII. Teachers who may have absented themselves, without satisfactory reason assigned, from the examinations of Classification of previous years, will be liable to be dismissed should they not present themselves when again summoned.

Teachers, Mo

nitors, &c., &c.

All Teachers also who may be specially summoned, and who shall be absent without a sufficient reason, will be liable to be fined or depressed.

VIII. The written part of the Examination for Male Teachers, which will occupy one whole day, will be held by the District Inspector, in Easter Week, at such central point in his District as he may think proper to fix upon.

IX. The period for the Oral Examination of the Male Teachers, and for the Examination of the Female Teachers, will be afterwards appointed; these Examinations to be conducted by a Head Inspector, aided by the Inspector of the District.

X. It is required that all those who may seek to become Candidates for promotion within the limits already laid down, shall intimate to the District Inspector, before the 15th March, that such is their wish, and he will inform them whether they may present themselves for Examination.

4. SALARIES AND GRATUITIES TO TEACHERS AND PAID

MONITORS.

1. The Commissioners grant salaries and gratuities to Teachers and to Paid Monitors of National Schools at the following rates, subject to the foregoing and annexed regulations:

2. The Commissioners require that a further income be secured to the Teacher, either by Local Subscription or School-fees, to such amount in each case as they may direct;

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and the Commissioners also require that the payments made APPENDIX A. by the Children shall not be diminished in consequence of VI. Rules any increase of Salary which may be awarded to the Teacher. and Regula

Agricultural Schools.

tions as to Ap

pointment, Examination, and

nitors, &c., &c.

1. Masters of Agricultural Model Schools who are com- Classification of petent to conduct both the Literary and Agricultural Depart- Teachers, Moments are, whatever may be their classification, to receive £10 per annum, in addition to the salary of the class in which they may be placed; and provided their income from the Board, with this addition, should fall short of £30 per annum, the difference will be granted to them, so that, in all cases, such Teachers shall have secured to them for their combined services a salary of £30 a-year at least.

2. Masters of National Schools, having a small portion of land annexed to their Schools, consisting of from two to three acres, for the purpose of affording Agricultural instruction, will receive £5 per annum, in addition to the salary of their class, provided they are competent to conduct both the Literary and Agricultural Departments, and that the Commissioners shall have previously approved of Agriculture. being taught in the School.

3. In cases where a sufficient number of acres of land are attached to Workhouse Schools in connexion with the National Board of Education, the Commissioners award annual gratuities, not exceeding £15 to each, to such of the Agricultural Teachers who shall be recommended as deserving of them by the Agricultural Inspector.

Assistant Teachers.

Salary not to exceed £15 for Males, and £13 for Females. 1. The Commissioners will not grant a higher rate of Salary than the above to an Assistant Teacher, even if classed; nor will they consider any application for a grant of Salary to an Assistant in any School in which there is not a daily average attendance of at least seventy-five Pupils; and in Schools whose average attendance does not rise considerably above this, and which are already provided with Paid Monitors, Assistants cannot be recognized by the Board.

2. When Applications for an Assistant are laid before the Commissioners, they will determine whether it will not be more advisable to appoint a Paid Monitor.

3. Assistant Teachers will not be sanctioned whose qualifications are not at least equal to those required of Proba

tioners.

Workmistresses.

Salary, £8 per annum.

1. The Commissioners will not grant Salary to Workmistresses unless there be a sufficient daily average attendance of Pupils, and the Commissioners require that at least two hours each day be devoted by them to instruction in this branch.

APPENDIX A.

VI. Rules

and Regula

2. In Schools attended by Female Children only, under the care of a Female Teacher, such Teacher must be competent not only to conduct the Literary Department, but also to give tions as to Ap- instruction in Needlework. pointment, Ex. amination, and Classification of Teachers, Monitors, &c., &c.

Schools in Connexion with Religious Bodies.

1. In Schools of this description, salary is paid according to a per centage on the daily average attendance :

Where the daily average attendance amounts to 30 above the 100, Salary for 50 will be allowed; and when it amounts to 75 above the 100, Salary will be allowed for an additional 100.

2. As the amount of Salary will in all cases depend upon the average attendance of Pupils, Managers are to be prepared for augmentation or diminution accordingly.

Industrial Schools.

1. In National Schools where embroidery and other high branches of Needlework are taught, the amount of Salary granted for giving such instruction is regulated by the nature of the work, and the number of Pupils engaged in it.

PAID MONITORS.

Qualifications of Candidates.

I. Appointment.-The selection should be made, as far as possible, from those who have shown a taste for teaching.

II. The Candidates should not be under fourteen nor over sixteen years of age. They must be of a sound and healthy constitution, and free from any physical defect likely to impair their efficiency as Teachers.

III. The School to which the Candidate belongs should exhibit a tolerable degree of efficiency, should have a sufficient average attendance to require a Paid Monitor, and the Teacher should be qualified to give instruction in the prescribed course.

IV. The Candidates will be required :

1st. Reading. To read the Third Book fluently, and to answer, with readiness, the explanatory questions arising from Lessons selected in this and the earlier Books.

2nd. Spelling. To spell correctly the words occurring in any portion of these Lesson Books.

3rd. Writing.-To write small-hand neatly and legibly.

4th. Grammar.-To refer to their respective parts of speech APPENDIX Å. the words in the Lessons selected for examination.

VI. Rules

5th. Geography.-To have a knowledge of the elements and Regulaof Geography, and to be acquainted with the outlines of the tions as to ApMap of the World.

pointment, Examination, and

6th. Arithmetic. To work with readiness and accuracy Classification of easy sums in the Simple and Compound Rules, in Reduction Teachers, Moand Proportion. nitors, &c., &c.

7th. Art of Teaching.-To teach a Junior Class to the satisfaction of the District Inspector.

8th. Needlework.-In addition to the above qualifications, females must be able to sew neatly, and to knit.

Programme of Examination and Course of Study for Paid
Monitors, in each Year of their Course.

FIRST YEAR.

At the end of the First Year they will be required :1. Reading. To read the Fourth Lesson Book with ease and correctness, and exhibit some knowledge of the subjects treated of therein.

2. Etymology. To be familiar with the prefixes, affixes, and the principal or most productive roots, and with the mode of applying them.

3. Spelling. To spell correctly, from dictation, any ordinary sentence.

4. Arithmetic. To solve questions in Compound Proportion and Fractions, and be familiar with the principles on which these and the preceding rules depend. The Girls will not be required to know Fractions.

5. Grammar.-To have a knowledge of the elementary principles of parsing.

6. Geography. To know the Geography of Ireland.

7. Art of Teaching. To teach and examine the Second Class.

8. Needlework.-Girls to be able to instruct the younger scholars in sewing and knitting.

SECOND YEAR.

At the end of the Second Year they will be required :— 1. Reading.--To have some knowledge of the principles of reading, as explained in the First Part of the Introduction to the Art of Reading, and to be prepared for examination on the subjects of the Fourth Book and on the Easy Lessons on Money Matters.

2. Spelling. To write, in a neat hand and with correct spelling, more difficult sentences from dictation, and be prepared for examination on the rules for spelling as given in the Spelling Book Superseded, and on the previous portions of the same book.

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