19. Have they been at any time previously employed as Teachers of a National School? 20. State your opinion of the Teachers as to literary acquirements. As to character. As to method of conducting the School. 21. Have the Teachers any other occupation? State the nature and emoluments of it. 22. What is the annual amount of local Funds towards payment of the Teacher's salary and repairs of the School-house? 23. Do the Scholars pay anything? What are the rates of payment, and by whom regulated? 24. Are any, and what number of Children admitted gratu itously, and by whose authority? 25. If any Teacher die or be removed, will the Patron or Com mittee take care that such change be reported immediately to the Commissioners? 26. Is it proposed to keep a Register in the School, recording the daily attendance of the Children, and the average attendance in each week and each quarter ? 27. Will the inscription "National School" be put up conspicuously on the School-house? 28. Will the General Lesson be hung up in the School-room or, if not, will any other, and what, be substituted in its stead? 29. Will the Commissioners, by themselves or their Officers, be allowed to visit and examine the School whenever they think fit? 30. Will the School be bona fide open for Children of all religious denominations? 31. Will access be given to the public of all denominations to visit the School, with liberty to inspect the Registry, witness the mode of Teaching, and see that the regulations of the School are faithfully observed, though not to interfere with the management, or to interrupt the business of the School?" 32. State the Titles of all such Books as are intended to be used. If those published and issued by the Board, state which of them. 33. What arrangements have been made, or are proposed to be made, for the Religious Instruction of the Children, either in the School-house or elsewhere? 34. Are they such as not to interfere with or impede the secular business of the School? 35. Are they satisfactory to the Parents of the Children, and publicly notified? 36. What is the Population of the Parish, and what proportion of them are of the poorer class? State any thing you can ascertain respecting that portion of the Population. of the neighbourhood, whose Children are likely to attend a National School. 37. How many Children were present at the time of inspection? How many on the Books for the last Six Months? What was the average daily attendance for the last Six Months? Is any increase expected, and to what extent? 38. Is the School under the direction of a Committee, and by whom chosen? 39. How many days in each week, and how many hours in each day, are employed in instructing the Children in the ordinary branches of Secular Education? State particularly at what hour the School commences, and when it closes. 40. Has this application been got up by the Teacher or his Friends, or for his benefit exclusively? 41. Have you communicated with the Clergymen of the different denominations in the neighbourhood, with respect to this application; and have they made any, and what objections thereto ? 42. If this School be taken into connexion, is there a reasonable prospect that adequate local aid, in addition to what the Commis. sioners contribute, will be provided for its permanent support? 43. State any other circumstances connected with this application you may consider material for the information of the Commissioners, and the grounds upon which you recommend it to be entertained or otherwise. 44. Have you had an interview with the Patron or Correspondent of the School? State the religious denomination to which he belongs. 45. Have you communicated personally with any other individuals in the neighbourhood on the subject, and what has been the result of your interview? XIV. Queries to be answered on application to the COMMIS- 1. State the Christian and Surname of the Teacher or Teachers on whose behalf you now apply. State also the age of each. 2. Have they been educated at any, and what Model School? 3. Did they ever conduct a National School? and if so, state the name of it; during what period, and date of leaving it. 4. What testimonials can they produce of fitness for their office? 5. When did this school open for business under his or their superintendence? 6. What is the annual amount of local Funds towards payment of their salary? 7. Do the Scholars pay anything, and what? 8. How many School-rooms are there? 9. What are the dimensions of each in the clear? 10. How many Children have been present on an average each week, since the opening of the School? Males, Females. 11. Do you expect any increase, and to what extent ? Signed for and on behalf of the Applicants and Committee, and by their Authority, day of QUERIES to be answered on Application to the COMMISSIONERS of EDUCATION for Aid towards the Salary of an Assistant Teacher in Parish of 1. How many apartments are there in this house used as School-rooms? 2. What are the internal dimensions of each? 3. State the Number and Names of Teachers employed in each School-room. 4. State the Christian and Surname of the Assistant Teacher or Teachers on whose behalf you apply. 5. State also the age of each. 6. Did they ever conduct a National or any other School? 7. If so, state the name of such National School, and during what period. 8. State the date of appointment to the School in which they are now employed. 9. What testimonials of fitness for their office can they produce? 10. What are the internal dimensions of the School-room in which the Assistant is employed? 11. How many Children are at present on the roll? 12. What has been the average of the daily attendance for the last six months? Males, Females. 13. State the names of the other Teachers in the School-room in which the Assistant is employed. Males, Females. 14. Is the Assistant employed in teaching every day, and during the whole of the ordinary School hours? MAURICE CROSS, Secretaries JAMES KELLY, Manager or Correspondent. day of Post-town. XVI. QUERIES to be answered on Application to the COMMIS- 1. State the Christian and Surname of the Teacher on whose behalf you now apply. 2. State also her age. 3. What testimonials can she produce of fitness for her office as Work-mistress? 4. Is she to be employed exclusively in teaching Needle-work? 5. When did she commence giving instruction in Needle-work in this School? 6. Specify the different kinds of Needle-work, &c., which it is proposed she shall teach. 7. Upon what days of the week, and for how many hours each day, does she give such instruction? 8. Is instruction in Needle-work to be given in the ordinary School-room, or in a separate apartment? 9. If in the School-room, what are the dimensions of it in the clear? 10. Is there any other Female Teacher in this School, and how is she employed? 11. What is the average daily attendance of Children for the past six months? 12. What number of Female Children are receiving instruction in Needle-work? 13. Has a convenient Work table been provided? 14. Has a Press for holding work been also provided? TWELVE PRACTICAL RULES for the TEACHERS of NATIONAL SCHOOLS. 71. The Teachers of National Schools are required—To keep at least one copy of the GENERAL LESSON Suspended conspicuously in the School-room, and to inculcate the principles contained in it on the minds of their Pupils. 2. To exclude from the School, except at the hours set apart for Religious Instruction, all Catechisms and Books inculcating peculiar religious opinions. 3. To avoid fairs, markets, and meetings-but, above all, POLITICAL meetings of every kind; to abstain from controversy; and to do nothing either in or out of School which might have a tendency to confine it to any one denomination of Children. 4. To keep the Register, Report Book, and Class Lists accurately and neatly, and according to the precise form prescribed by the Board. 5. To classify the Children according to the National School Books; to study those Books themselves; and to teach according to the improved method, as pointed out in their several prefaces. 6. To observe themselves, and to impress upon the minds of their Pupils, the great rule of regularity and order—a time and a PLACE FOR EVERY THING, AND EVERY THING IN ITS PROPER TIME AND PLACE. 7. To promote, both by precept and example, CLEANLINESS, NEATNESS, and DECENCY. To effect this, the Teachers should set an example of cleanliness and neatness in their own persons, and in the state and general appearance of their Schools. They should also satisfy themselves, by personal inspection every morning, that the Children have had their hands and faces washed, their hair combed, and clothes cleaned, and, when necessary, mended. The School apartments, too, should be swept and dusted every evening; and white-washed at least once a year. 8. To pay the strictest attention to the morals and general conduct of their Pupils, and to omit no opportunity of inculcating the principles of TRUTH and HONESTY: the duties of respect to superiors, and obedience to all persons placed in authority over them. 9. To evince a regard for the improvement and general welfare of their Pupils, to treat them with kindness, combined with firmness, and to aim at governing them by their affections and reason, rather than by harshness and severity. 10. To cultivate kindly and affectionate feelings among their Pupils; to discountenance quarrelling, cruelty to animals, and every approach to vice. 11. To record in the School Report Book the amount of all grants made by the Board, and the purposes for which they were made. 12. To take strict care of the FREE STOCK of Books granted by the Board; and to endeavour to keep the School constantly supplied with National School Books and Requisites, for sale to the Children, at the reduced prices charged by the Commissioners. |