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Teacher Education

Item pertains to teacher education, training and certification. It includes information about students attending the University of Alberta and the Calgary Normal School as well as yearbooks from the Camrose Normal School and the Edmonton Normal School. Item is a collection of booklets combined into a kit. The information in the kit is from 1880-1981, predominantly 1910-1946. Item is an educational kit used by students at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Education.

Administrative Regulations

Item is a handbook of the regulations to be followed by teachers and principals, which would implement Board Policy. An attached memorandum explains that each staff member should be in possession of the Administrative Regulations handbook.

Board Administration

Submission on Behalf of the School District to the Conciliation Board

Item addresses the dispute between Alberta Teachers' Association and Edmonton Public School Board regarding salary agreement revisions for Edmonton Public Schools' Teachers. The first part describes previous agreements, estimated increases in grade enrolments to 1963, classrooms required, construction costs, instructional staff, teachers' salaries submission, and conditions affecting wage and salary scales. The second part of the item is a teacher list by school, apparently compiled for the submission.

Teachers' Directory

Item consists of four directories. Each one lists the Edmonton Public Schools' teachers, their home addresses and phone numbers. The directories are dated June 1915, October 1916, March 1917, and 1917-1918.

Personnel Services

List of Names of Teachers Appointed to the Various Branches of the Teaching Staff of the Board during the Year 1918

Item is a list of teachers approved for appointment to Edmonton Public Schools. The list provides the following information. The date the appointment was authorized, the class of certification held by the teacher, provisional or temporary appointment, the beginning and end dates of the appointment, the department or level of teaching to which the teacher was assigned, the salary, and whether or not the appointment was accepted.

Personnel Services

Staff 1924-1925

Item consists of handwritten lists comparing teacher staffing in 1923-1924 to 1924-1925 within Edmonton Public Schools. It includes the number of teachers per school including a break down by Public Schools, Junior High Schools, High Schools, Part-Time teachers and Supervisors, the number of students enrolled per school, and it lists the names of tentative teacher appointees.

Inspectors' Reports on Teachers 1924

Item is a list of the teachers in each school. For each teacher, it lists the grade the teacher taught, the rating the teacher received from the school inspector and the name of the inspector who evaluated the teacher.

Personnel Services

Inspectors' Reports on Teachers 1924 and 1925

Item is a list of the teachers in each school. For each teacher, it lists the grade the teacher taught, the rating the teacher received from the school inspector for both 1924 and 1925, and the name of the inspector who evaluated the teacher.

Personnel Services

Staff Promotions, Appointments and Adjustments

Item includes a list of appointed teachers with date and permanent or provisional status. It also includes a review of Temporary Teachers, a list of Public School Appointments, a list of High School Appointments, and a list of High School Appointments to be reviewed. There is a list of applicants for a position at Eastwood High School, a position at Westmount High School, a position in the Commercial Department, and a position as a Manual Instructor. Letters of application for the Manual Instructor position are on file.

Personnel Services

Relieving Teachers

Item is a document pertaining to the formula used to calculate the amount of time principals should be in the classroom and the use of relieving teachers to take over their classroom work. It lists the schools, their principals, and the amount of time that a relieving teacher would have to provide in 1927-1928 compared to 1926-1927. It appears to be written by the Superintendent of Schools.

Personnel Services

New Organization

Item is a list of schools. It includes junior-senior high schools, three-year senior high schools, intermediate schools, and elementary schools with intermediate units. The names of the staff members within each school are included. The item is the result of the district's newly organized junior and senior high classes following the new 6-3-3 grade divisions which began during the 1936-1937 school year.

Planning and Accommodation

King George Park : Farewell

Item is a programme from the ceremonies which marked the moving of King George Park School from its old building to a new one. Biographies of teachers and staff are included.

King George Park School

An Introduction to Waldorf Education

Item consists of four lectures from the fiftieth anniversary conference of the New York Rudolf Steiner School held March 23-24, 1979, at Teachers College, Columbia University. The lectures are entitled, “An Introduction to Waldorf Education”, “Education and Our Human Future”, “The Social Meaning of Education”, and “A Note on Time and Education”.

Program Information & Student Placement

Teacher Timetable and Class Load Survey Project

Item is a summary of the Edmonton Public Schools project which took input reports (Teacher Schedule, Class Load and School Specification data) and used a CPU to produce output reports (Teacher Timetable, School Timetable and Class Load Reports). Item includes information about the project and input and output documents.

Monitoring and Assessment Services

Bible Readings for Use in the Public Schools

Item is a book of Bible readings compiled in 1929-30 and used for religious instruction in Edmonton Public Schools. The readings were to be read by the teacher but not commented upon. The majority of the readings are from the Old Testament. In 1930, the Bible readings were read to students in Grades I-VIII during closing exercises. In 1943, religious instruction was offered in one period per week during the last period of the day in certain schools. By 1956, the Bible readings could also be used at the opening of school.

Superintendent of Schools

Notice to Teachers

Item is a notice to teachers from the Superintendent of Schools explaining how to use the book “Bible Readings For Use in the Public Schools” which was compiled by Edmonton Public Schools.

Superintendent of Schools

Index

Item is the list of Bible readings to be used in Grades I to VIII in Edmonton Public Schools. The index is to be used in conjunction with “Bible Readings for Use in the Public Schools”.

Superintendent of Schools

Teachers’ Resource Units for Division One : Grade 1 Units

Item is a cerlox-bound booklet prepared by the Elementary Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Edmonton Public School Local A.T.A. in co-operation with the Edmonton Public School Board. It provides information about the Enterprise Program and Units of Study. It lists authorized readers.

Curricular Services

Teachers’ Resource Units For Division One : Grade 3 Units : Tentative Edition of Units Completed in 1960

Item is a cerlox-bound booklet prepared by the Elementary Curriculum Sub-Committee of the Edmonton Public School Local A.T.A. in co-operation with Edmonton Public Schools. It contains the information needed by teachers to create Enterprise Units for Grade III and is divided into the units of study.

Curricular Services

Supplement to Classroom Aids for Teachers

Item is a catalogue that lists companies through which teachers can obtain supplies. Mailing addresses are included. Some companies list the books or resources that they provide.

Alberta Education

Swain vs. McKee et al Case

Item consists of correspondence and documents pertaining to the court case of teacher John M. Swain vs. Superintendent McKee, Cedric O. Hicks, A. E. Ottewell and A. T. Cushing.

Superintendent of Schools

Swain vs. McKee et al Notebooks

Item consists of three notebooks of Pitman Shorthand. The notebooks were used by a stenographer and possibly contain correspondence dictated by the Superintendent and later used in the Swain vs. McKee et al court case.

Superintendent of Schools

Rolland W. Jones Clippings

Item consists of copies of newspaper and bulletin clippings pertaining to Superintendent Rolland W. Jones. Correspondence about Superintendent Jones’ relationship with Teacher Associations is included.

Alberta Teachers' Association

Edmonton Public School Board Teachers’ Contract and Salary Record

Series consists of index cards listing yearly contract and salary records for teachers. Each card includes a teacher’s name, school, date of contract agreement, salary, type of teacher’s certificate, and first day of service. On verso is a record of work by month and day and of monthly payments. Data handwritten. Series is incomplete. It includes surnames from Ainsley to Scott.

Employees' Service and Salary Records

Bursaries : Teacher Training

Item consists of information about Teacher Training bursaries issued by Edmonton Public Schools. Names of applicants and recipients included.

Personnel Staffing

Bursaries : Teacher Training Recipients

Item consists of applications for Edmonton Public Schools bursaries and related correspondence. The bursaries were given to students studying Education and committed to teaching for Edmonton Public Schools. Only successful applicants are included.

Personnel Staffing

Administration Files

Series contains files created by the Superintendent's office documenting EPS administration. The files include correspondence, memoranda, copies of board minutes, blueprints, plans, and other material reflecting daily operations. The series covers a number of subjects including matters of curriculum, schools, associations, contract negotiations, planning, government departments, enrolments, teachers, the hiring of personnel, and school construction. Integrity of original filing system maintained.

Superintendent of Schools

Secondary Education and Guidance Files

Item consists of files maintained by Directors of Secondary Education and Guidance, W.P. Wagner, G. R. Conquest, and M. J. V. Downey. Within the files are monthly reports to the Superintendent, assessments of teachers and students, and correspondence and information about both career and psychological counselling.

Consulting Services

Secondary Education and Guidance Files : Mimeographed Material

Item consists of mimeographed documents including information about juvenile delinquents and exceptional children, information about programs of study in High School and reports from Counselling Services. Examples of employers seeking Gr. XII graduates for work are also included. The files were maintained by G. R. Conquest and M. J. V. Downey.

Consulting Services

Secondary Education Files

Item consists of documents and correspondence related to career counseling, text books, curriculum, staff issues, student employment, I.Q. and achievement tests, and conferences. The file was maintained by G. R. Conquest and M. J. V. Downey.

Consulting Services

Physically Disabled Students

Item is a file of correspondence to and from the Superintendent regarding children in the district with physical disabilities. An Edmonton Public Schools teacher was assigned to teach these children in their homes.

Bureau Services

Interview with Ed McDougall

Item is a recorded interview with Ed McDougall about school life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He identifies photographs of school mates and teachers. He mentions, but does not describe, the schools he attended namely Edmonton School, McKay Avenue School, Queen's Avenue School, and Victoria School. He mentions teachers, Miss Chegwin, Miss Barker and Mr. Welbourne. He describes his homes in Edmonton. Interviewer is M. A. Kostek. On verso is an accidental recording of daily activity in Alma McKay’s office ca. 1984. Mike Kostek’s voice can be heard.

Board Administration

Interview with Ed Bell

Item is a recorded interview with Ed Bell, former teacher at Riverside School (1912-1913) and first principal of Bennett School. He discusses Cadets, Inspectors, and daily life in the schools. He mentions S.A.G. Barnes and Superintendent McCaig. He left Bennett to teach in the Peace Country and describes the move north in 1914. Interviewer is Frank Mathew.

Board Administration

Interview with Catherine McLean

Item is a recorded interview with Catherine McLean. She discusses her school experiences in Edmonton in the late 19th Century and early 20th Centuries. She describes the Edmonton School and mentions teachers Lucy Dulmage and George Welbourne. She describes College Avenue School and early Edmonton. She also briefly describes her experience working for the Legislature in McKay Avenue School. Interviewer is M. A. Kostek.

Board Administration

Directory of Pupils

Series consists of a single sheet for every class, in every school, per school year. Early years list boys and girls on separate sheets. High Schools are missing from 1964-65. Forms record school, date, teacher, students, each student’s address, birth date, grade, religion and residency status. Information was used by the finance/revenue area to calculate the annual education grant submission to Alberta Education. The lists then served as a directory of students, for the district, for the school year.

Student Information and Assessment

Teacher Applicants

Item is a list of teacher applicants to the Edmonton Public School Board. It is arranged alphabetically and includes the teachers’ names, addresses and alpha-numeric codes.

Personnel Services

Trustee Shirley E. Forbes Working Files

Item consists of working files belonging to Trustee Shirley E. Forbes. Documents relating to evaluating teachers, special education and effective schools are included. Forbes served as a trustee from Oct 1960 to Oct 1962 and from Oct 1974 to Oct 1983.

Board of Trustees

New Teacher Reception

Item contains lists of teachers, menus and invitations pertaining to the New Teacher Receptions held in 1978 and 1979. Teacher induction program mentioned. File maintained by Trustee Shirley E. Forbes.

Superintendent of Schools

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