| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/23/8 |
| Title | 'Uncertified Teachers' |
| Date | 1934 - 1944 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Board of Education, various Local Education Committees, NUWT members including Hilda R. Walmesley regarding concerns over the employment and training of uncertified teachers. The correspondence covers:
NUWT circular letter sent out to all Local Authority Director's of Education requesting two things:
A copy of their handbook of rules or regulations for teachers
Statistics on the number of appointments of uncertified teachers under their Authority during the past three years, how many of these are new entrants to the profession and the numbers of men and women
Replies from numerous Local Director's of Education and Local Education Committees detailing if they have appointed any uncertified teachers and enclosing copies of their handbooks
Copies of the handbooks of rules or regulations for teachers from some of the Local Education Committees
Summary reports of the findings of the NUWT enquiry in to the employment of uncertified teachers
Report of deputation from the NUWT to the Board of Education, Richard Butler, in 1943 to discuss the proposed supplementary scheme for securing supply of teachers and to discuss increases in the employment of uncertified teachers
Handwritten notes on uncertified teachers
Rural pupil teachers - NUWT concerns over the number of uncertified teachers this method of appointment leads to
Replies from Local Education Committees stating their practice with regards to rural pupil teachers
Letters of concern and enquiry from NUWT regarding appointment of uncertified teachers
Replies from the Board of Education to various requests from the NUWT that the Board receive deputations from the NUWT
NUWT circular's sent out out to Local Education Committees and the Board of Education regarding concerns over the unemployment of uncertified teachers over certified teachers, the payment of certified teachers at rates for uncertified teachers and provisions for training of uncertified teachers.
NUWT circular protesting against the inequalities in war bonus payments to men and women teachers
Special courses for uncertified teachers
Requests for copies of NUWT statements on Uncertified Teachers
Acknowledgements from Members of Parliament of receipt of NUWT statement on uncertified teachers
Poor rates of pay for uncertified teachers
NUWT statement on 'Uncertified Teachers', 1944
Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Protests and concerns over teachers salaries, the employment of uncertified teachers, and the practice of paying certified teachers at the rates for uncertified teachers
Calls for better salaries for uncertified teachers
Reports of NUWT calls for a ban on the appointments of any more uncertified teachers
'The Woman Teacher', 04/03/1932 - includes Editorial outlining the NUWT policy on uncertified teachers
'The Schoolmaster and Woman Teacher's Chronicle', 20/01/1944 - includes the National Union of Teachers (NUT) policy on Uncertified teachers
Board of Education circulars and Administrative Memorandums regarding:
'Employment of Teachers without Recognised Qualifications'
'Special Courses for Uncertified Teachers'
'Extension of school live in suitable cases and the supply of teachers'
'Staffing of Public Elementary Schools'
'Minimum age of admission for women students to training colleges'
'Teachers and the war effort'
'Second Report of Nurses Salaries Committee', Ministry of Health, 1943 |
| Extent | 4 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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