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I t w i l l be s e e n t h a t i n p a r a g r a p h s 9 and 10 I make c e r t a i n r e s e r v a t i o n s as t o the Committee s 1 recommendations, and t h e s e p a r a g r a p h s a r e p e r h a p s t h e mo?t m a t e r i a l . The m a t t e r i s u r g e r t a s my r e p l y h a s b e e n l o n g d e l a y e d , and I am "being p r e s s e d by t h e L o c a l A u t h o r i t i e s d e f i n e my a t t i t u d e . 22.12,20. to the -December 1 0 2 0 . Tear lord Burnhan, On t h e 1 5 t h O c t o b e r I aotoo?-ledjtred your l e t t e r t h e 1 3 t h e n o l o s i n g t h e Report of t h e 3 0 t h September of of the S t a n d i n g J o i n t Committee upon S t a n d a r d S c a l e s of S a l a r i e s T e a c h e r s i n P u b l i c E l e m e n t a r y dohool-Q,, and r e s e r v e d c o n s i d e r e d r e p l y a s t h e i m p o r t a n c e of t h e m a t t e r such a requires, I - / i l l no'" fe,sk you t o communicate t o t h e Members of t h e t h e f o l l o w i n g o b s e r v a t i o n s on t h e i r R e p o r t and on t h e . t o "duoh i t ' 7 i l l give 1, eituation Committee which i s e m p h a s i s e d by t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of t h e Education A u t h o r i t i e s in t h e i r l e t t e r to their Local constituents, i t v/as n e c e s s a r y or a t a l l e v e n t s v e r y d e s i r a b l e to proceed, beyond t h e p o i n t marked by t h e f o r m u l a t i o n of P r o v i s i o n a l Minimum S c a l e , t o w a r d s t h e " o r d e r l y and solution", Committee rise, I do n o t d i s s e n t from t h e view of t h e that for the progressive of t h e s a l a r y p r o b l e m i n P u b l i c E l e m e n t a r y S c h o o l s , Their F i r s t Report, v h i l e securing a Authorities w 1 p e r i o d of p e a c e ' for h i o h a d o p t e d t h e P r o v i s i o n a l Minimum S o a l e , left 1$ open t o t h e i n d i v i d u a l A u t h o r i t i e s t o c o n t i n u e o r a d o p t a higher scale ( t o * hloh a s i m i l a r p e r i o d of p e a c e v o u l d v by a g r e e m e n t w i t h t h e i r t e a c h e r s : t h i s l i b e r t y v a n attach) indeed i n h e r e n t i n t h e i d e a of a / p r o v i s i o n a l m i n i m u m ' . I u n d e r s t a n d that, on m e r i t s , i t *vae t h e vietv of t h e Committee t h a t J u s t R t , Hon, The V i s c o u n t Burnhara,0.21. as i n many l a r g o a r e a s s c a l e s much above t h e P r o v i s i o n a l Minimum S c a l e a l r e a d y e x i s t e d , so t h e improvement of s a l a r y a o a l a s c e r t a i n a r e a s *vaa p r o p e r and i n o v i t a b l e . in On t h e o t h e r h a n d t h e p e r i o d o f p e a c e s e c u r e d by t h e a d o p t i o n of t h e F i r s t Repor was i n acme c a a e a only a s h o r t o n e , and I g a t h e r t h a t j u s t aa Board had been imprefiued by t h e g r o a t ' d i f f e r e n c e between scale made b e f o r e t h e Committee was s e t u p , so t h e Committee w e r e i m p r e s s e d by t h o e m b a r r a s s m e n t which was l i h e l y t o a r i s e the multiplication from of h a p - h a ^ a r d and posBibly p r e c i p i t a t e s e t t l e m e n t s mads v i t h o u t r e f e r e n c e t o any a c c e p t e d w i t h o u t any g u i d a n c e from t h e ^ S t a n d i n g J o i n t standards a Committee, Tho p r e s e n t H e p o r t of t h o Committee e n d e a v o u r s afford loca to such g u i d a n c e and a t t a c h e s t o s e t t l e m e n t s e f f e c t e d t h e a p p r o v a l of t h e Committee a 1 s t A p r i l 1025* 1 p e r i o d of p o a c o 1 r/itl p r o l o n g e d tt In t h o i n t e r e s t s of e d u c a t i o n t h i s prolongatil i s a g r e a t a d v a n t a g e . Tho R e p o r t a l s o recommends t h e " a d o p t i o n cf a minimum 1 c a n y over' thr^o financial from o l d t o new s c a l e s s u r e a d over years. I o b s e r v e t h a t t h o Committee u n d e r t o n e " i t h i n six ! m o n t h s of t h e d a t e of t h e i r R e p o r t * i , o . b e f o r e 3 l s t March 1 9 2 1 , t o " s e t t l e and p u b l i s h G S c h e d u l e showing t h e "Scale which i s , in t h e i r opinion, a p p r o p r i a t e ' t o Standard e a c h Local " E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t y , due r e g a r d b e i n g had t o A g r e e m e n t s "ed a t u n d e r S e c t i o n s 16 and 17 cf t h i s Report." Those S e c t i o n s c o n t e m p l a t e t h o m a k i n g , w i t h i n m o n t h s of t h e d a t e of t h e R e p o r t , i e , t *rri before the 31st four Januar i n e a c h a r e a of p r o v i s i o n a l a g r e e m e n t s " a s t o w h i c h S t a n d a r d Si is a p p r o p r i a t e to the a r e a " , the n o t i f i c a t i o n of s u c h local a g r e e m e n t s to t h e C o m m i t t e e , and t h e provisional M a g r e e m e n t or o t h e r w i s e " c c n f i r m a t i o n of after every such full consideration t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s of t h e L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s Teachers of and concerned. W h i l e t h o a d o p t i o n of a S t a n d a r d S c a l o i s n e t t r e a t e d as o b l i g a t o r y b e f o r e t h e e x p i r a t i o n of t h e moratorium, s e c u r e d under the arrangements cf the F i r s t Report, the Authorities' p a r t l y I i m a g i n e i n o r d e r t o a v o i d an i n t e r v a l of Panel, controversy, appeal t o A u t h o r i t i e s g e n e r a l l y to a d e p t Standard S c a l e s without delay, and S t a n d a r d S c a l e s c o n f i r m e d , by t h e Committee a r c t o t a k e effect a s from a d a t e n o t l a t e r than 1st April 1921. So f a r a s t h e R e p o r t r e s t s on t h e g e n e r a l viow t h a t p r o g r e s s t o w a r d s t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of t h e t e a c h i n g p r o f e s s i o n a sound b a s i s i s most l i k e l y t o be a c h i e v e d , i s most l i k e l y command t h e s u p p o r t c f p u b l i c o p i n i o n ' ( c n which p r o g r e s s last if it resort depends), and i s l e a s t l i k e l y t o p r o v o k e i s ;i.ade *per gradual' and n o t ! p e r s a l turn , 1 t c .r.e by my own e x p e r i e n c e cf a f f a i r s difficulties it reaction, While I do n o t dispute in the disposed to look a t s e r i e s o f s c a l e s , w h i c h h a s now b e e n c o m p l e t e d by t h e of S c a l e 1 , , the formulation a s i n d i c a t i n g a s a r u l e t h e n e x t Btep which s h o u l d b e t a k e n i n t h e s e v e r a l a r e a s , where any c h a n g e i s It in t h e i s commanded t h e n e c e s s i t y of a c U i t t i n g - soj-'-e m e a s u r e of e l a s t i c i t y I m to and knowledge of t h e of t h e p r e s e n t s i t u a t i o n . m e t h o d s cf a p p l y i n g t h o S c a l e s , on is obvious, necessary. a s you p o i n t o u t , t h a t t h i s R e p o r t ' l e a v e s t i e Committee " a c o n s i d e r a b l e p a r t t o p l a y i n t h e of g i v i n g e f f o c t process t o t h e R e p o r t a n d a c o n s i d e r a b l e s h a r e of r e s p o n s i b i l i t y for i t s accomplishment", and you e x p r e s s own o p i n i o n , w h i c h i s e n t i t l e d t o g r e a t r e s p e c t , Ccr^ittee is, still t h r o u g h i t s c o n s t i t u t i o n and tire which i t h a s developed, that your the equalities w e l l s u i t e d to perform t h e t a s k which -3 i t s t i l l has to 1 face. I a c c e p t t h i s v i e w , h o t h as r e g a r d s t h e q u a l i t y of the c a p a c i t y by a c o n t i n u a n c e of i t s work t o COiiunittee and i t s c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e c o n s o l i d a t i o n of t h e p u b l i c s y s t e m of education. I r e g a r d t h e e s t a b l i s h m e n t of a C04Bs.ittee o r CoiKLittees of t h i s k i n d a s a n a t u r a l d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e e s t a b l i s h e d by t h e Act of 1 9 0 2 , system! and a s h e l p i n g t o c l o s e up thl gap b e t w e e n t h e numerous L o c a l A u t h o r i t i e s and t h e Central Authority, I t h e r e f o r e a& s i n c e r e l y a n x i o u s t h a t t h e C o m i . i t t e e c o n t i n u e i n e x i s t e n c e and s h o u l d c o n t i n u e t o o p e r a t e : I feel i t my d u t y t o q u a l i f y a c c e p t a n c e of t h e R e p o r t , should! a n d thol i n s e v e r a l r e s p e c t s ir$r g e n e r a l I should g r e a t l y r e g r e t i f I were d e p r i v e d of t h e C o m m i t t e e ' s a s s i s t a n c e i n t h e s o l u t i o n of an extremely d i f f i c u l t problem. The Committee and i t s c o n s t i t u e n t s w i l l r e c o g n i z e t h a i b o t h p r e s s a t c o n d i t i o n s and f u t u r e p r o s p e c t s a f f o r d g r o u n d s foa g r a v e a n x i e t y a s t o t h e f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n of t h e C o u n t r y , at all e v e n t s for g r e a t c a u t i o n i n t h e a c c e p t a n c e of t h e e x t e n t of w h i c h i s n o t a s c e r t a i n a b l e . system of g r a n t s was r e s p o n s i b l e , Under t h e i n a i d of E l e m e n t a r y E d u c a t i o n , the contributions or ccurdtmenl present for which 1 of t h e S t a t e a r c r e l a t e d tl a n d d e t e r m i n e d by t h e e x p e n d i t u r e of t h e L o c a l E d u c a t i o n Authoi ies. T h e r e i s now a f i n a n c i a l p a r t n e r s h i p b e t w e e n t h e S t a t e ai the Local A u t h o r i t i e s of q u i t e a d i f f e r e n t n a t u r e from t h a t wfc e x i o t e d when t h e e x p a n s i o n of l o c a l e x p e n d i t u r e d i d n o t w i t h i t an e x p a n s i o n of carry grants. I f t h e R e p o r t of t h e C o A a i t t e e i s a c t o d u p o n , it will b e p o s s i b l e f o r anyone t o e s t i m a t e f o r some t i m e t o come, provisionally, the cost to a l l t h e Local. A u t h o r i t i e s a g g r e g a t e of t h e a d o p t i o n of S t a n d a r d S c a l e s , not even in t h e nor t h e c o s t to O the Exchequer. 7. If effect i s to he given to the f i n a n c i a l relations b e t w e e n t h e B o a r d and t h e L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s p l a t e d by t h e A c t o^ 1 9 1 8 , i t i s fiss^fttial contem­ t h a t arrangements to m e e t i n c r e a s e d e x p e n d i t u r e s h o u l d bo c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e p r o s e n ­ t a t l c n of p r o p e r and r e l i a b l e e s t i m a t e s t o P a r l i a m e n t , It is n o t p o s s i b l e t o c o n t e m p l a t e t h e c o n t i n u a n c e of a s i t u a t i o n whioh imposes' upon t h e B o a r d t h e o h o i c o b e t w e e n e s t i m a t e s w h i c h may prove i n s u f f i c i e n t subsequent t h r o u g h n o t a l l o w i n g for t h e independent and a c t i o n of Looal E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s , s p e c u l a t i v e e s t i m a t e s allowing for the p o s s i b i l i t y action,' and of 3uch A p a r t from, t h e i s s u e s r a i s e d by t h i s R e p o r t , I have bean convinced t h a t d i f f e r e n t arrangements for t h e s u b m i s s i o n of e s t i m a t e s by t h e L o c a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s a r e n e o e s s a r y , t h a t I may n o t h a v e t o a s k t h e C h a n c e l l o r of t h e E x c h e q u e r i n c l u d e i n t h e B o a r d s e s t i m a t e s a sum d e s i g n e d t o 1 so to cover u n a s c e r t a i n e d and u n a s c e r t a i n a b l e i n o r e a s e i n t h e e x p e n d i t u r e Local A u t h o r i t i e s , b* A p a r t from t h e q u e s t i o n of e s t i m a t e s , I m u s t c o n f e s s that t h e " t i m e - t a b l e " embodied i n t h e R e p o r t a p p e a r s t o me much too h u r r i e d . If t h e Committee a r e , a s I a s s u m e i s intended, t o c o n s i d e r t h e l o o a l p r o v i s i o n a l a g r e e m e n t s a s components of a n a t i o n a l s y s t e m and. n o t m e r e l y t o r e g i s t e r th&m, and a r e c o n s t r u c t an a p p r o p r i a t e S c h e d u l e c o v e r i n g e v e r y a r e a i n " ' Country, -function I do n o t s e e how t h e y can p o s s i b l y p e r f o r m of a p p r o v i n g " o r o t h e r w i s e " p r o p o s e d s c a l e s - \ a s s i g n i n g s c a l e s where none a r e proposed, p r e h e n s i v e r e v i e w of a l l the the and e x c e p t on a com­ t h e m a t e r i a l and of t h e representa­ t i o n s of L o $ a l E d u c a t i o n A u t h o r i t i e s and l o c a l b o d i e s B. to of of T e a c h e r s . A p i e c e m e a l c o n s t r u c t i o n of a S c h e d u l e seems t o me i n c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e a i m s of t h e Committee. Greater care in assigning a p p r o p r i a t e Scales i s required as I I I and IV. a r e a p p r o a c h e d , s i g n i n g S c a l e s I and I I . Scales and t h o u g h t h e p r o c e s s o f a s ­ to the a r e a s i n which s a l a r i e s l o w e s t may be l e s s l a b o r i o u s , be e f f e c t e d w i t h o u t c a r e f u l a comprehensive r e v i e v are cannot s t u d y of a l l t h e m a t e r i a l cir­ cumstancea, Further, I c a n n o t f a i r l y commit t h e C h a n c e l l o r o f t h e E x c h e q u e r i n a m a t t e r of s u c h l a r g e f i n a n c i a l w i t h o u t c a r e f u l c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f t h e r e s u l t s of l a b o u r s , and i t left is therefore importance t h e Committee e s s e n t i a l t h a t time s h o u l d b e f o r t h e B o a r d to s t u d y t h e c o n c l u s i o n s of t h e Committee and t o r e v i e w them a s a w h o l e , and t o communicate t h e i r o b ­ s e r v a t i o n s t o t h e C o m m i t t e e , and i f n e c e s s a r y t o d i s c u s s thorn w i t h the Committee. I t i s q u i t e p o s s i b l e t h a t by interchange of v i e w s a t c o n v e n i e n t s t a g e s t h e r i s k of p r o n o u n c e d g e n c e of v i e w s may be m i n i m i s e d , diver­ and I s h o u l d be g l a d to sanction arrangements f o r c o - o p e r a t i o n between the B o a r d s T officers and t h e Committee, able to the i f s u c h a c o u r s e would be a g r e e ­ Committee. On c e r t a i n p o i n t s a f f e c t i n g t h e o p e r a t i o n of s c a l e s I f e e l bound to make r e s e r v a t i o n s . commit m y s e l f , w i t h o u t f u r t h e r e e l l o r of t h e E x c h e q u e r , I cannot a t consultation w i t h the to r e c o g n i z i n g for the the presen Chan­ calculation of g r a n t i n c r e a s e d s a l a r y e x p e n d i t u r e i n c u r r e d by L o c a l Edu­ cation Authorities, a s from a d a t e so e a r l y a s 1 s t A p r i l 1 9 2 1 t h r o u g h t h e o p e r a t i o n of s t a n d a r d s c a l e s c o u p l e d w i t h so s h o r t a c a r r y - o v e r a s t h e B e p o r t c o n t e m p l a t e s , and s t i l l less can I commit m y s e l f attributable expenditure t o any a c c e l e r a t i o n of t h e c a r r y - o v e r i n the R e p o r t . until, t o r e c o g n i t i o n of i n c r e a s e d specified On t h e s e p o i n t s I m u s t r e s e r v e a d e c i s i o n i n t h e r e s u l t o f my r e v i e w cf the Committee's mentioned in the preceding paragraph, a n i d e a of t h e f i n a n c i a l recommendations. i n t h e House of effect conclusions i t is possible to c f t h e a d o p t i o n of tho form Committee 8 1 I h a v e a l r e a d y i n t i m a t e d i n r e p l y to a q u e s t i o n Commons t h a t w h e r e , s i n c e t h e i s s u e of t h e R e p o r t , improved o r s t a n d a r d s c a l e s h a v e , b e e n a d o p t e d to take e f f e c t before their locally c o n f i r m a t i o n by t h e I cannot, a t a l l events u n t i l Committee, they have been considered components o f t h e c o m p r e h e n s i v e s c h e d u l e w h i c h i s as contemplated, commit t h e B o a r d to p a y g r a n t i n r e s p e c t of a n y a d d i t i o n a l penditure incurred; ex­ and m o r e o v e r t h a t I c a n n o t i n any c a s e , a n d w h a t e v e r t h e d a t e a t w h i c h an improved s c a l e w a s a d o p t e d , commit t h e Board t o t h e payment of g r a n t on t h e b a s i s o f h i g h e r e x p e n d i t u r e i n any a r e a t h a n t h a t of S c a l e involved by the IV, As r e g a r d s t h e S c a l e s t h e m s e l v e s , e x c e p t i o n to the f i g u r e s , c a n n o t commit m y s e l f the areas t i l l Schedule. talse I t o t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n of t h e S c a l e s among I have been a b l e to review the I welcome, m o r e o v e r , Committee s ! the prospect of checking The r e d u c t i o n of the the t o a r e a s o n a b l e number of S t a n d a r d S c a l e s w i l l greatly facilitate consolidation justified I do n o t though, a s I have s a i d above, b e w i l d e r i n g v a r i e t y of l o c a l s c a l e s . varieties adoption a d m i n i s t r a t i o n and conduce t o of t h e t e a c h i n g s e r v i c e . in refusing the I should not feel t o r e c o g n i s e e x i s t i n g s c a l e s on t h e g r o u n d t h a t t h e y do n o t conform t o S t a n d a r d S c a l e s , b u t w h e r e a change of a l o c a l s c a l e is necessary I think that s h o u l d be i n t h e d i r e c t i o n of the Standard S c a l e s . it conformity to one or o t h e r I will not anticipate the extent of to w h i c h f o r t h e p u r p o s e s of t h e B o a r d ' s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n I ma/ ( s u b j e c t of c o u r s e t o t h e s u i t a b l e a s s i g n m e n t of s o c l e s ireRe) i n v e s t t h e s e S c a l e s w i t h on o f f i o i a l chiraotsr, tc^ "but ray d i s p o s i t i o n i s t o m-ike $a f u l l u s e of t h e n a s i s " practicable'. I n c o n c l u s i o n - , l e t me e x p l a i n ti^iin my s e n s e of 3o:?.rd's o b l i g a t i o n t o t h e Members of t h e Committee f o r the t i m e ond t r o u b l e and l a b o u r w h i c h t h e y h a v e u n g r u d g i n g l y to the publio service in t h i s important matter. J u s been a d i f f i c u l t o n e ; i t h a s made g r e a t demands on p e r s i s t e n c e and endurance, a full Their their with They have t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n of h a v i n g i n a r e m a r k a b l e s h o r t t i m e b o t h t h e ground for given task r,nd t h e y h a v e a c t e d t h r o u , ; i o u t s e n s e of t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , the cleared t h e a t t a c k , o n t h i s p r o b l e m ?.nd made a c o n s i d e r ­ a b l e advance i n i t s s o l u t i o n . Whatever t h e u l t i m a t e i s s u e of t h e i r p i o n e e r l a b o u r s may b o , t h e i r c o n t r i b u t i o n to the d e v e l o p m e n t of t h e p u b l i c s y s t e m of e d u o a t i o n h a s b e e n substantial. .0 u t y BOARD OF EDUCATION, REPORT OF THE S T A N D I N G J O I N T C O M M I T T E E REPRESENTATIVE OF T H E COUNTY COUNCILS ASSOCIATION, T H E MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ASSOCIATION, T H E ASSOCIATION O F EDUCATION COMMITTEES AND T H E LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, AND O F T H E NATIONAL UNION O F T E A C H E R S ON S T A N D A R D O F S A L A R I E S P U B L I C PUBLISHED S C A L E S F O R T E A C H E R S E L E M E N T A R Y I N S C H O O L S . LONDON: BY H I S MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. To be purchased through any Bookseller or directly from H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE at the following addresses: - IMPERIAL HOUSE, KINGSWAY, LONDON, W.C. 2, and 28, ABINGDON STREET, LONDON, S.W. 37, PETER STREET, MANCHESTER; 1, ST. 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At the meeting on the 12th August, 1919, of the constituent Committee representing Associations of Local Education Authorities and the National Union of Teachers, it was resolved inter alia— That it is desirable to provide a central organisation, representative of Local Education Authorities and Teachers, to secure the orderly and progressive solution of the salary problem in Public Elementary Schools by agreement, on a national basis, and its correlation with a solution of the salary problem in Secondary Schools; That for this purpose a Standing Joint Committee of representatives of Local Education Authorities on the one side, and the National Union of Teachers on the other, in equal numbers should be constituted ; That for any resolution of the Committee the consent of both sides of the Committee should be required. 2. In their first report dated 21st November, 1919, the Standing Joint Committee presented for adoption a Provisional Minimum Scale, and later completed this in one particular by a Supplementary Report dated 24th June, 1920, upon the salaries of Teachers of Handicraft. As the next step in the orderly and progressive solution of the problem the Committee have framed three Standard Scales, II., III. and IV., above the Provisional Minimum Scale. Pending the framing of Standard Scale I. the Provisional Minimum Scale retains its position. Standard Scale I. will be framed by the Committee not later than 1st J a n u a r y 1921. The Scales, together with the conditions governing their application, are set out below. SCALES FOR CERTIFICATED TEACHERS. 3. (a) Certificated Assistant Teachers, Two Years College Trained :— MEN. SCALES SCALES.. Minimum. Provisional Minimum Scale (see") & Committee's Report of 21st )!f November, 1919) ­ -J Standard Scale II. Standard Scale III. Standard Scale IV. £ s. WOMEN. Annual Annual Maximum. Minimum. Maximum. Increment. Increment. £ £ s. s. £ s. £ s. £ s. 160 0 10 0 ' 300 0 150 0 10 0 240 0 172 10 182 10 200 0 12 10 12 10 12 10 340 0 380 0 425 0 160 0 170 0 187 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 272 0 304 0 340 0 (b) There shall be added to the Minimum—. (i) one increment for Certificated Teachers who either have a three years' continuous period of training or are graduates of University; (ii) two increments for Certificated Teachers who are graduates Universities, and have also completed a four years' continuous training. completed a British of British period of (c) For other Certificated Assistant Teachers, except as provided in Section 14 of this Report, the Minimum shall be less than that stated in (a) above by the amount of one increment in each case, the maximum remaining unaltered. (d) Married Teachers— In cases in which a husband and wife, both being Certificated Teachers, have been appointed or are appointed to posts in the same school or department, and where the requirements of the Board of Education as to starring can be met by the appointment of an Assistant Teacher who is not Certificated, the salary of the husband (if he be the Assistant Teacher) or of the wife (if she be the Assistant Teacher) shall be that attaching to the status of the Assistant Teacher required. SCALES FOR CERTIFICATED H E A D TEACHERS. 4. (a) For the purpose of Head Teachers' Salaries schools shall be graded according to average attendance thus :— GRADE GRADE I.—Not over 100 in average attendance. II.—Over 100 b u t not over 200 in average attendance. GRADE I I I . ­ 200 ,, ,, 350 ,, ,, 500 GRADE IV.­ ,, 350 GRADE V.­ ,,500 (6) An Assistant Teacher on appointment to a Head Teachership, and a Head Teacher on promotion to a higher grade, shall have his or her existing salary increased by a promotion increment per grade of School as follows :—- Scales. PROVISIONAL MINIMUM S T A N D A R D S C A L E II. SCALE Men, per grade of School, Women, per grade of School. £ £ 20* 15* 15 20 ­ ­ 20 STANDARD SCALE III. - STANDARD SCALE IV. - - - 25 20 25 (c) Annual Increments for Head TeachersProvisional Minimum Scale Other Scales - £12 10 0 £15 0 0 (d) Maxima for Head Teachers— GRADE I. GRADE II. GRADE I I I . GRADE IV. GRADE V. SCALES SCALES.. Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women. Men. Women. Provisional Minimum Scale. ' Standard Scale I I . Standard Scale I I I . Standard Scale IV. 1 33of 374 418 467-1 £ £ 264! 300 ' 335 374 360 408 456 510 £ £ 288 390 328 366 408 442 494 552l ' £ £ 312 420 356 397 442 476 532 595 . £ 336 384 428 476 £ 450 510 570 637-I - £ 360 412 459 510 * In Schools with an average attendance not exceeding 40 under the Provisional Minimum Scale the Promotion Increment is £10. f In Schools with an average attendance not exceeding 40 under the Provisional Minimum Scale the maximum is £315 for men and £252 10s. for women respectively. as (37)12536 W t 10047-1628A/263 12,000 10/20 A 2 SCALES FOR UNCERTIFICATED TEACHERS. 5. (a) Uncertificated Assistant T e a c h e r s ­ MEN. WOMEN. Maximum. SCALES. Provisional Minimum Scale. Standard Scale II. Standard Scale I I I . Standard Scale IV. - Annual Incrc- Appointed Appointed before ment. on or after ist April, 1st April, Minimum. £ Maximum. s. 100 0 103 10 109 10 120 0 1914. 1914. £ £ £ s. 6 0 150 160 180 200 7 10 7 10 7 10 Mini­ mum. Annual Incre- Appointed Appointed before ment. on or after ist April, ist April, 1914. £ 90 180 204 228 255 96 102 . 112 1914. 6 0 £ £ 140 7 10 7 10 7 10 150 160 170 150 164 182 204 £ 8. (b) Uncertificated Head Teachers— An Uncertificated Teacher on appointment as a Head Teacher shall receive a promotion increment of £10, and shall proceed by annual increments of £y 10s. to a maximum which shall in Scales II., III. and IV. exceed the maximum for Uncertificated Assistant Teachers by £20 in the case of men and £15 in the case of women. TEACHERS OF SPECIAL SUBJECTS. 6. (a) Domestic Science Mistresses holding a diploma or diplomas of a recognised training school covering Cookery, Laundry, and Housewifery, shall be placed on the same Scale as two years College-trained Certificated Assistant Mistresses; teachers already recognised by the Board of Education and holding a diploma of a recognised training school, but who have not qualified in the three subjects, to be placed on the same scale. (b) Other recognised Domestic Science Mistresses shall be placed on the same Scale &s other Certificated Assistant Mistresses. (c) Teachers of Domestic Subjects holding the Teacher's Certificate of the Board of Education shall be placed on the corresponding Scale for Certificated Assistant Teachers. (d) A teacher of Handicraft who holds the Elementary School Teacher's Certificate of the Board of Education and a diploma in Handicraft recognised by the Board of Education shall be graded as a Certificated Assistant Teacher, two years College-trained. (e) A teacher of Handicraft who does not hold the Elementary School Teacher's Certificate of the Board of Education but holds a diploma in Handicraft recognised by the Board of Education; (i) If appointed before ist April, 1914, shall be graded as a Certificated Assistant Teacher not College-trained. (ii) If appointed on or after ist April, 1914, but before ist January, 1921, shall, if recognised by the Board as an Uncertificated Teacher or upon obtaining such recognition, be graded as a Certificated Assistant Teacher not College-trained. (iii) If the case does not fall under either (i) or (ii) of this section shall be graded as an Uncertificated Teacher. TEACHERS IN DAY SPECIAL SCHOOLS. 7. Assistant Teachers in Day Special Schools, including Blind and Deaf Schools, shall receive one increment more than they would have received in Public Elementary Schools and shall proceed to the same maximum. Head Teachers of such Special Schools with an average attendance not exceeding 40 shall be placed on the Grade I. scale, of Schools with an average attendance over 40 but not exceeding 100 shall be placed on Grade I I . scale, and of Schools with an average attendance over 100 and not exceeding 200 shall be placed on the Grade I I I . scale, and similarly for other Grades. * GRADING AND RE-GRADING OF SCHOOLS. 8. All grading and re-grading of existing schools for the purposes of this Report, shall be determined by reference to the average attendance calculated on the average of the preceding three financial years; provided that— (1) If, owing to causes beyond the control of the existing Head Teacher such average is found to be below the minimum of the grade within which the School would otherwise be placed at the time of the first or subsequent grading under these Scales, the Head Teacher shall not be thereby prejudiced as regards grade salary, increments or maximum. (2) If such average is found to be above the maximum of the grade in which the school is so placed, the Local Education Authority may :— (i) Promote the existing Head Teacher to a higher grade; or (ii) At the request of the existing Head Teacher, continue him in his post at the same emoluments in respect of salary, increments, and maximum, as if the School had not risen in grade ; or (iii) Declare a vacancy in the post of Head Teacher and consider the existing Head Teacher in competition with other applicants for appointment to the post. CARRY-OVER. 9. All Teachers shall be brought to their correct positions on the Standard Scale adopted by the Authority in the following manner :— (a) As and from the date of the introduction of the Standard Scale any payment due under previous scales, whether by way of Carry-over or of Increment, shall cease to be due. (6) The correct position of the Teacher on the Standard Scale adopted shall be the position which that Teacher would have reached on the date of the introduction of such scale by the Authority had that scale been in force throughout his or her term of service, wherever rendered, full allowance being made for any service with the Forces of the Crown. (c) In the case of Head Teachers, the correct position on the Standard Scale adopted shall be ascertained by adding to the minimum of t h a t scale for Assistant Teachers, for each complete year of service as an Assistant Teacher, one increment on the scale applying to t h a t service, u p to the maximum of that scale, plus one scale increment for each complete year of service as Head Teacher, together with the appropriate promotion increment, provided that the maximum salary of the Grade on the scale is not exceeded. . (d) The difference between the correct Scale position and the salary, subject to (a) above, on the existing scale at the date of the introduction of the Standard Scale shall be ascertained, and the minimum " carry-over " shall be as follows :— (i) The said difference shall be divided into Three Parts, viz. : a First Part which shall be one half of the said difference, and Second and Third Parts each of which shall be one quarter of the said difference. . (ii) The First Part shall be paid as part of the salary due on and from the date of the introduction of the Standard Scale. (iii) The Second and Third Parts shall accrue on the first and second anniversaries respectively of the introduction of the Standard Scale. (dv) On the date on which annual increments normally accrue under the Authority, an increment shall, subject to any regulations of the Authority, accrue under the Standard Scale adopted, and thereafter annually until the maximum of the scale is reached. (v) The annual increment is independent increments provided for in (i), (ii) and no increase shall be granted by way increment which will bring a teacher position on the Standard Scale. of and additional to the (iii) of this Subsection, but of carry-over or of annual beyond his or her correct (e) Nothing in this Report is intended to preclude an Authority from dealing specially, for the purposes of the " Carry-over," with the case of a teacher whose service has been declared to be unsatisfactory and continues t o ' b e so regarded, provided always that no teacher shall be penalised in respect of years of satisfactory service. GENERAL Condition of CONDITIONS. Increments. 10. No increment shall be withheld in respect of any year unless the service for that year has been declared unsatisfactory by the Local Education Authority or Education Committee, but the effect of this shall be limited to one year unless the Local Education Authority or the Education Committee otherwise determine. i i . Any bonus paid during the financial year in which a Standard Scale comes into force shall be deemed a payment under the Standard Scale. Date of Application. 12. A Standard Scale adopted for any area shall come into operation on a date to be stated in the Provisional Agreement mentioned in Section 16 below, subject to the confirmation mentioned in Section 17 below, and any increments falling due on or after t h a t date shall in amount be as provided under the Standard Scale. Date of Increments, 1 13. Each Authority may follow its present procedure as regards the date of payment of annual increments. Payments in excess of the Scale. 14. Nothing in the Standard Scales shall be held to limit the discretion of the Authority to make additional payments (a) for a period of College Training less than two years, (b) for special qualifications, (c) to Women Teachers holding posts of special responsibility in large mixed Schools, or (d) for similar reasons. EFFECT UPON THE PROVISIONAL MINIMUM SCALE. * 15. Nothing in the Standard Scales or in the conditions attaching to them shall affect the provisions of the Report of 21st November, 1919, upon the Provisional Minimum Scale, including the arrangements set out in Section 15 of that Report. ALLOCATION OF THE STANDARD SCALES TO T H E SEVERAL AREAS. 16. Every Local Education Authority is invited by the Committee to confer with the Teachers in its area with a view to a Provisional Agreement as to which Standard Scale is appropriate to the area, and on such Provisional Agreement being reached: to notify the Standing Joint Committee accordingly. Such notification should be given within four months from the date of the issue of this Report. 17. The Committee shall consider every such Provisional Agreement and confirm it or Otherwise, and for that purpose they may have before them representations from the Local Education Authority and the Teachers, and they shall not come to any decision contrary to an Agreement without having asked for and considered such representations. 18. Within six months from the date of issue of this Report the Committee shall settle and publish a Schedule showing the Standard Scale which is, in their 7 ft opinion, appropriate to each Local Education Authority, due regard, being had to Agreements arrived at under Sections 16 and 17 of this Report. , : EXISTING SCALES. 19. No Scale in operation on the date of the issue of this Report shall be reduced by reason of anything contained in this Report. CHANGE OF SCALES. 'i 20. Any Local Education Authority may, a t any time, in agreement with its Teachers, and with the consent of the Standing Joint Committee, proceed from one Standard Scale to another, provided nevertheless that no Local Education Authority outside the " London Area " as denned in Section 25 below, shall adopt Scale IV. unless such adoption is confirmed by the Standing Joint Committee.' 21. The Standing Joint Committee, and each Panel of it (i,e., the representatives of the County Councils Association, the Municipal Corporations Association, the Association of Education Committees and the London County Council, and the representatives of the National Union of Teachers respectively), shall exert their best influence to prevent the adoption or change of a Scale by any Local Education Authority contrary to the opinion or decision of the Committee, and the Committee may, if necessary, make representations to the Board of Education concerning such action by any Local Education Authority. 22. If after i s t April, 1921, the datum figure of the cost of living as certified by the Board of Trade reaches 170 per cent, over pre-war costs and remains not less than t h a t for a period of 6 months subsequent to the afore-mentioned date, it shall be open to the Chairman of the Standing Joint Committee, on the application of either Panel to call the Committee together for the purpose of adjusting the Standard Scales of Salaries to meet such abnormal economic conditions for such time as the abnormality has existed or may continue to exist, b u t any payment under such adjustment shall not be made before i s t April, 1922. 23. Any disagreement between a Local Education Authority and its Teachers on the subject of the adoption, change or interpretation of a Salary Scale shall be referred to the decision of the Standing Joint Committee at the instance either of the Authority or of the Executive of the National Union of Teachers. MINIMUM DURATION OF STANDARD SCALES. 24. The provisions of Section 15 of the Committee^ Report of the 21st November, 1919, as to the abstention from pressure by Teachers upon Local Education Authorities shall be extended until the i s t April, 1925, in the case of. Authorities which adopt Standard Scales appropriate to their respective areas to take effect as and from a date not later t h a n i s t April, 1921; except t h a t the arrangements already made with the concurrence of the Standing Joint Committee between the London County Council and the Teachers in their area shall, as agreed, hold good for three years as from the i s t April, 1920, and that, if a new scale of salaries be agreed between the Authorities in t h e " London Area," as defined below, and their Teachers, to operate on or after i s t April, 1923, it shall be subject to ratification by the Committee and shall,hold good until i s t April, 1925; provided t h a t a decision of a majority of representatives of the areas constituting the " L o n d o n Area," appointed on a basis, and following a procedure t o b e determined by the Standing Joint Committee, shall.be deemed to be the decision for all'such areas. 25. The " L o n d o n A r e a " shall b e the areas, wholly or partly within the Metropolitan Police District, of such Local Education Authorities as shall arrive at a Provisional Agreement (as defined in Section 16 of this Report) with their Teachers t h a t Standard Scale IV. is the appropriate Scale for the whole of their respective areas; provided t h a t if the Local Education Authority and the Teachers of any area fail to reach such an agreement within a period of six months from the date of issue of this Report, the Committee shall settle and publish the Scale which in their opinion is appropriate to the Local Education Authority concerned. 26. We have unanimously agreed upon this Report and accordingly now present it for adoption by all concerned. We have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servants, BURNHAM W. D. (Chairman). CECIL E. BENTLIFF BOVILL A. F. CHUBB G. H. E. R. CONWAY J. L. HOLLAND J. C HURLE P. R. JACKSON HARRY C. W. J. E. COWARD CROOK DOGHERTY FLORENCE H. GATER MELLISH DUNN T. H. MORRIS ALFRED FLAVELL C. G. WATKINS WM. FOLLAND P. F. W. GOLDSTONE E. W. JONES J. H. LUMBY EVELINE Representing the )* National Union of Teachers. PHILLIPS G. H. E. j. SAINSBURY A. A. SCORRER T. SHERRINGTON A. THOMAS JOHN J. CHAS. T. J. F. WOOD J. H. YOXALL BLAIR CYRIL S. J. ALSOP W. COBB Representing the London County Council. Representing R. B E A T T I E N I C H O L S O N the Association A. C COFFIN f of Municipal H . D. S T R U T H E R S Corporations. POWELL ARTHUR R. Representing [the County Councils Association. WILKINSON JAMES GRAHAM JAMES WALSH SPURLEY WING F. J. GEO. J. LESLIE LUNN OLDERSHAW W. E. RALEY PERCIVAL J H ^?OXM.L/" HEY J^wb Hon. Representing the Association [of Education Committees. SHARP Secretaries. 30th September, 1920. L E T T E R A D D R E S S E D TO LOCAL EDUCATION A U T H O R I T I E S BY T H E I R R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S UPON T H E STANDING J O I N T COMMITTEE. D E A R SIR, October, 1920. H E R E W I T H we send you a copy of the Report of the Standing Joint Committee on Standard Scales of Salaries for Teachers in Public Elementary Schools. On behalf of the representatives of the Local Education Authorities on the Committee we desire to draw your attention to the following considerations which influenced them in joining in the preparation ,and issue of this Report. The task remitted to the Committee by the President of the Board of Education was to secure " the orderly and progressive solution of the salary problem " by agreement, on a national basis. The issue of the Report dated 21st November, 1919, recommending a Provisional Minimum Scale was only the first step towards the fulfilment of our task. Your representatives are glad to learn that every Local Education Authority in England and Wales whose Scale was previously below the Provisional Minimum Scale has now raised its Scale to at least the level of t h a t Scale. The Panel representing your interests on the Committee is, however, con­ vinced t h a t so many Authorities have set up varying Scales above the Provisional Minimum Scale, and so many others are negotiating new Scales, all tending to foster the spirit of competition between Local Education Authorities, t h a t a series of Standard Scales is imperatively necessary, and this Report is the result of their negotiations to t h a t end with the Teachers' representatives. Your representatives, recognising the altered economic conditions now prevailing as compared with those existing in the A u t u m n of 1919 when the Provisional Minimum Scale Report was prepared, have agreed to join in preparing by the i s t January, 1921, a Standard Scale I. to take effect from a date not later than 1st April, 1921. They therefore strongly urge Local Education Authorities to adopt, in agree­ ment with their Teachers, such one of the Standard Scales as is appropriate to their respective areas, to take effect from a date not later than the i s t April, 1921. Nothing in the present Report alters the protection given to Education Authorities which have adopted the Provisional Minimum Scale or a better Scale, but the adoption of an appropriate Standard Scale, to take effect as and from the i s t April, 1921, will extend the " period of p e a c e " previously secured until i s t April, 1925. Your representatives on the Standing Joint Committee commend this Report on Standard Scales to your favourable consideration, and will be glad to give any such further assistance or advice as may be desired. Yours faithfully, GEORGE LUNN (Chairman). F R A N K J. L E S L I E (Hon. Secretary). (Local Education Authorities' Panel of the Standing Joint Committee). L E T T E R A D D R E S S E D BY T H E CHAIRMAN O F T H E STANDING J O I N T COMMITTEE TO T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E BOARD O F EDUCATION. 13, Bryanston Square, W., DEAR Mr. FISHER, 13th October, 1920. I N November last I was able to inform you that the Standing Joint Committee representing Associations of Local Education Authorities and the National Union of Teachers, which was constituted at your instance and met in September last year " to secure the orderly and progressive solution of the salary problem in public elementary schools, by agreement, on a national basis," had completed the first stage of their work by agreeing upon a Provisional Minimum Scale of Salaries for Teachers in Public Elementary Schools. The Report which they then " presented for adoption by all concerned " met with general acceptance among those Local Education Authorities whose scales of salary had not yet been adjusted to the conditions of the time. I am informed t h a t at this moment there is no Authority in whose area the rates of pay are not at least equivalent to those recommended by the Standing Joint Committee as a " provisional minimum." The Report resulted, I am sure, in much benefit to the public service of education, not only in improving the position of existing teachers and the prospects offered to candidates for the profession, but also because it marked the first approach towards a common basis for the treatment of the salary problem. It also led to the attainment of some degree of regularity in conditions of service in a large number of areas the differences of which in this respect were embarrasing and vexations and stood in the way of the consolidation of the profession. In February of this year the Committee considered whether they ought not at once to carry their work a stage further by furnishing Local Education Authorities with guidance in the construction and application of Standard Scales of salary, which might, even if finality were unattainable, secure a fair settlement for a substantial period of peace. In some areas scales of salary considerably above the " provisional minimum " had been adopted by agreement between the Authorities and their Teachers, or were contemplated. I n other areas it was recognised t h a t scales above the minimum were justifiable and appropriate, but no accepted standards, other than standards mainly competitive, were available by reference to which negotiations might be conducted, and the parties appeared to be embarrased by uncertainty and the fear t h a t they might accept less or concede more t h a n a further review by the Committee of the material circumstances from the general standpoint would justify. It was indeed, in m y own opinion, most undesirable t h a t the " orderly and progressive s o l u t i o n " of the salary problem should be prejudiced by the multiplication of haphazard local settlements. The application of a single Standard Scale to all areas, whatever their geographical position, urban or rural character and local economic conditions, was considered impracticable. The Committee accordingly addressed themselves to the t x 12536 B task of formulating Standard Scales, a task of great inherent difficulty, which was certainly not lessened by the necessity of dealing expeditiously with a very difficult situation which had arisen in London. After thirteen meetings of the full Committee (since the adoption of the First Report) and numerous meetings of Sub-Committees, the Report which I now submit to you was unanimously adopted. Owing to the nature of the subject matter it is necessarily more complex than the First Report. If, as I sincerely hope will be the case, the Report is generally accepted by the Teachers and the Authorities, it still leaves to the Standing Joint Committee a considerable part to play in the process of giving effect to the Report and a considerable share Cf responsibility for its accomplishment. I do not myself regard this as a defect. I am sure that no Committee, unless it together' with its constituents were endowed with supernatural wisdom, could have devised a report on such a subject which would leave it nothing more to do nor any " loose ends " to be gathered up in the process of dealing with concrete individual cases. And, indeed, I am so much impressed by the industry, fairness, and public spirit of the Committee and its capacity for practicaj affairs, that it would in m y opinion be unfortunate if it did not remain intimately concerned with the application of the recommendations which it has made. There is, I think, general agreement that it has already succeeded in creating in the country at large a much clearer atmosphere and better temper, and has largely neutralised, in the province of public education, tendencies which at one time threatened not only to impair the efficiency of that service but to weaken its stabilising influence in the critical period of national reconstruction. But on the men and women who form, the Committee itself the constant interchange of divergent . or conflicting views and their reconciliation have naturally had a consolidating effect far greater than can be reflected in the constituencies which they represent. I have watched the development of the Committee with great interest and some knowledge of the character and methods of similar bodies. It was a good body to start with, but it is a much better body now, and I venture to think t h a t . i t has grown up into an organisation on whose public spirit and statesmanlike quality you can confidently rely and which is both willing and com­ petent to help you in that development of the public system of education to which you have set your hand and for which you are responsible. ' I am sure the members of the National Union of Teachers will not misunder­ stand me if I refer particularly to the self-sacrificing and ungrudging spirit in which the representatives of the Local Education Authorities have devoted themselves to the arduous work of the Committee. These busy people, already carrying a heavy burden of responsible public work, have come to London time after time, many from long distances, determined to " put the business through." If ever a body of representatives has laboured unremittingly and exhaustingly in the discharge of its commission it is the Local Authorities' Panel of the Joint Committee. I am afraid t h a t if similar Panels are to be formed for the consideration of the salary problem in branches of education not yet touched, they will have to include a good deal of fresh blood, as some members of the present Panel cannot fairly be asked to do more. As for the representatives of the Teachers, I will only say that whilst both in qualities of character and in ability they have worthily maintained the credit of their profession, they have shown themselves excellent men and women of business. To Sir G. Lunn as Chairman and spokesman of the Authorities' Panel, and to Sir J. Yoxall who doubled the parts of spokesman and Secretary of the Teachers' Panel, much of the credit of the Cortimittee's work is due. Their qualities of leadership and good humour and experience as men of affairs have been invaluable. Mr. Leslie, as Secretary of the Authorities' Panel and as their spokesman on the Reference Committee, has had both hands full. He has personally conducted a large, mass of correspondence and has thereby " kept the decks clear " for the Committee and enabled it to. concentrate on its main business. / I enclose herewith a copy of a letter which the Local Authorities' Panel are ' . addressing to their constituents, and I hope you will see your way to give early publicity to the. Report in such manner as you may think most convenient. : 1 1 THE RT. H. A. L. F I S H E R , M.P., Board of Education, " Whitehall, S . W . I . I am, Yours sincerely, ' BURN HAM HON. . : L E T T E R FROM T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E BOARD O F EDUCATION TO T H E CHAIRMAN O F T H E STANDING J O I N T COMMITTEE. Board of Education, Whitehall, S.W.I, DEAR LORD BURNHAM, i$th October, 1920. I H A V E received your letter of the 13th October, enclosing t h e Report of t h e Standing Joint Committee upon Standard Scales of Salaries for Teachers in Public Elementary Schools. I understand that the immediate publication of t h e Report is desired, and in order that it m a y not be delayed I will not now attempt such a considered reply as the importance of the matter requires. It would, however, be ungracious if I did not at once express m y cordial recognition of the spirit in which the Committee has worked. W h a t you say of it will be most gratifying t o all t h e friends of Education. I both know and appreciate what real sacrifices of time and, I am afraid, sometimes of health their work has entailed upon the members and on their spokesmen and Secretaries. I am very grateful to them. To yourself, as Chairman, I desire to express my warmest thanks for your services. There are many demands on your time and energy. You spend them generously on public work. I n the present case I learn from many quarters how much your good judgment, tact, and patience, together with your sincere interest in the subject matter, have furthered t h e work of the Joint Committee. I am sure your time has not been wasted in endeavouring to promote the welfare of one of the most important branches of t h e public service. Yours sincerely, H. A. L. F I S H E R . THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT BURNHAM, C.H. Printer) u n d e r t h e a u t h o r i t y of H i s MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE B y E y r e a n d Spottiswoode, L t d . , E a s t H a r d i n g Street, E . O . 4, Printers t o t h e King's most Excellent Majesty