Salient. Te Ao-Marama. Vol. 37, No. 7. September 11, 1974

After they learn to spell C-A-T Who's going to teach them how to T-H-I-N-K?

Teaching means helping students to learn for themselves.

For this task we need teachers who are well equipped academically and who are able to stimulate young minds. If you think you have the necessary qualifications, contact the Careers Advisory Officer, or local education board for further information.

Secondary Teaching

Here is a career that uses your knowledge; a career with probably more job satisfaction than any other. A career in which your academic, artistic and sporting interests can be used to the full.

Teaching offers permanent lifetime employment in a service that's vitally important to the future. It offers variety and scope for initiative. It offers freedom to develop special interests, and real opportunities for advancement and self-improvement.

Then there's the generous salary scales and the payment while you train. And the long holidays.

The Teaching Capacity

Secondary teachers usually specialise in a subject or group of subjects. English, science, maths, languages, social studies, art, music, physical education, home craft, commercial subjects, woodwork and metal work, or agriculture. Some teachers undertake special responsibilities in connection with school libraries, or as careers advisers. Others specialise in the expanding field of guidance counselling, while a few become child welfare officers, or education officers in the armed forces. There are opportunities, too, in teachers' colleges and in the secondary inspectorate.

Training & Allowances

1.	Division U: Full time university study towards a degree or diploma, followed by a year at a teachers' college.
2.	Division B: A three-year course including teacher training and university study at either Auckland or Christchurch.

If you have a university degree, there is a 1—year teacher training course. Allowances:

Graduates
3 year degree	$3,880
4 year degree	$4,433

If you have an incomplete degree, you can continue your university study whilst teacher training in Division B (training allowances are the same as for Primary) or get financial assistance to complete your degree full time, then do teacher training, with a Secondary Teacher Studentship (Division U).

Salaries

Basic Salary Scales at 1 July 1974 for a trained teacher with a Bachelor's Degree are:

First year	$5,135
Second year	$5,655
Third year	$6,087
Fourth year	$6,605
Fifth year	$6,954
Sixth year	$7,472
Seventh year	$8,079
Eighth year	$8,684

If eligible, a married allowance of $140 is paid. Higher rates are paid for positions of responsibility. In secondary schools with rolls in excess of 850 pupils, the basic salaries for Principals and Deputy Principals are:

Principal	$14,833
Deputy Principal	$11,800

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Primary Teaching

If you have a university degree, or part of one, you are eligible for primary teacher training in Division A. For graduates, the 3-year college course may be reduced to 1 year. For undergraduates with five or more units, the course may be reduced to 2 years.

Training Allowances:

Salaries

Basic Salary Scales at 1 July 1 974.

	Trained Teachers	Certificate	Diploma in Teaching Bachelor's Degree
First year	$4,424	$4,617	$4,943
Second year	$4,617	$4,804	$5,142
Third year	$4,804	$5,015	$5,464
Fourth year	$4,988	$5,257	$5,705
Fifth year	$5,277	$5,545	$5,993
Sixth year	$5,635	$5,903	$6,351
Seventh year	$5,993	$6,261	$6,710
Eighth year	$6,351	$6,618	$7,065

As you study this basic scale, keep the following in mind:

• To these figures would be added $1 40 married allowance, where applicable.
• Many thousands of positions of responsibility are on higher salaries.
• Promotion prospects at an early age have been greatly improved.

For further information see the Careers Advisory Officer, or contact the Education Board or Department of Education. Applications close 20 November, although late applications may be considered.