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Teacher Absence and Substitutes

Item consists of two notebooks which log teacher absences at McQueen School. Each entry includes the date, the substitute's name, the absent teacher's name and the amount of time absent. Some entries include the reason for absence.

McQueen School

Substitute Teachers

Item is a notebook containing the list of substitute teachers employed at Donald Ross School. It includes the date, the absent teacher's name, the reason for the absence, grade taught, name of substitute, and number of days employed. It also includes a memo from the Substitute Teacher Office regarding procedures for substitute teachers.

Donald Ross School

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

Punishment Book of Queen's Avenue School

Item is a notebook containing a Punishment Book, a Requisition Book, and a Library List. Each entry in the Punishment Book includes the date, the student's name, the misdemeanor, the teacher, and the punishment issued. The Requisition Book is a list of items requested by teachers. The Library List is a list of books. pages worn and loose from binding. Reference copy available for consultation. Dates for Requisition Book are 1908-1909 - 1911-1912. Date for Library List unknown.

Queen's Avenue School [old]

Punishment Record

Item consists of two notebooks recording student punishments at McQueen School. Each entry includes the date, student's name, misdemeanor, and punishment.

McQueen School

Punishment Record

Item is a notebook which lists punishments at Sherbrooke School. Each entry includes the date, the student's name, the misdemeanor, the punishment issued, and the teacher's initials or signature.

Sherbrooke School

Record of Substitutes

Item is a notebook recording substitute teachers at King Edward Elementary and Junior High School. Each entry includes the date, the name of the substitute teacher, and the name of the absent teacher.

King Edward School [1914]

Record of Substitutes

Item is a notebook used to record substitute teachers at King Edward School. Each entry includes the date, the name of the substitute teacher, the name of the absent teacher, and the length of absence. Some entries include the reason for the absence. At the back of the notebook are supply lists, a list of students and their misdemeanors, and a seating plan. Pages are brittle and loose from binding.

King Edward School [1914]

Transfer Book

Item is a notebook listing students transferring in and out of Donald Ross School. Listed are students' names, grade-levels, teachers, addresses, the school to which the student was going or from which the student came, and the date the cumulative card was sent.

Donald Ross School

Punishment Record

Item is a notebook which lists punishments at Sherbrooke School. Each entry includes the date, the student's name, grade, room, misdemeanor, punishment issued, and teacher's initials.

Sherbrooke School

Punishment Record : H. A. Gray

Item is a notebook recording punishments administered at H. A. Gray school. Each entry includes the date, student's name, age, grade, offence, punishment, and the initials of the person administering the punishment.

H.A. Gray School

Transfers

Item is a booklet of carbon copies of transfer slips. These are the slips of students who left McQueen school and each slip includes the date, the student's name, age, grade, address, attendance during the present month, and the school to which the student is going. Each slip is signed by the teacher and principal.

McQueen School

The Modern Instructor

Item is a magazine presenting ideas and exercises for teachers to use in grades I to VIII. It also contains articles by experts pertaining to teaching.

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

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

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

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

Grade Six News Wave

Item is a student newspaper written by the Grade VI students in Room 13 at Northmount School. It includes articles about school and community life and brief interviews with Mr. Bowes, Mrs. Luscombe, and Mr. Belseck.

Northmount School

Grade Six News Journal

Item is a student newspaper written by the Grade VI students in Room 13 at Northmount School. It includes articles about school and community life and contains brief interviews with Mr. Belseck, Miss Foster, Miss Meyer and Mr. Kischuk.

Northmount School

Sherbrooke Junior High School : Grade IX Awards Night

Item is a programme from the Sherbrooke Junior High School Grade IX Awards Night. It includes a list of the teaching staff, the order of ceremonies, a list of the award winners and a list of the graduates. Ribbons are attached to the program which represent the school colours.

Sherbrooke School

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

Gray's Gazette

Item is a student newspaper. Articles focus on school activities and items of interest to junior high students. Included are biographies of teachers, Mr. Quaite, Miss Bailey, Miss Jensen, and Mr. Waldron. Concert Prize Winners are listed, including the elementary winners.

H.A. Gray School

Utilizing Community Resources

Item is a coil-bound book prepared by the curriculum sub-committee of the Edmonton Public School Local Alberta Teachers’ Association in cooperation with Edmonton Public Schools. It details the reasons for using Community Resources in education and provides a directory for field trips. Within the book are photographs of a class which were taken by a Parkview School teacher.

Curricular 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

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

Junior High Timetables

Item consists of timetables for individual Junior High School teachers within Edmonton Public Schools. Each timetable lists the courses taught in each period and includes the number of periods given to each subject. The teacher’s extracurricular activities are included. The file is divided by school by not all schools are included.

Superintendent of Schools

Bursaries : Teacher Training

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

Personnel Staffing

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.

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

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. Some names are stamped Appointed, Transferred or Resigned.

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

Directory of Teachers

Item is an example of the forms filled out by the schools that required alphabetical listings of teachers, hours of school operation, and the day and month and time of staff meetings. Bonnie Doon, Eastwood, McArthur and Queen’s Avenue all include non-instructional staff.

Superintendent of Schools

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

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

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

H. A. Gray School Staff Directories

Item consists of staff directories. It lists the staff members' names, addresses and phone numbers. In addition to the teacher staff, it includes Custodial staff, Nurse, Secretary, Relieving Teacher, and the Counsellor. The school's hours of operation are noted as well.

H.A. Gray School

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