VPRS 13974 Teacher Inventory by School

These records were created to provide a summary of the teaching positions held in government schools from 1893 - 1913. Although the bulk of information given concerns primary schools, positions in high schools (except for unit 8 where this type of school is not included), technical, cookery, woodwork, special, trade, migrant education, correspondence and agricultural high schools are also listed. Some of these types of schools, however, appear as categories in only one or two volumes. Relieving, exchange and specialised positions (such as speech pathologists, librarians, teacher education and physical education staff) are also listed, again at different points throughout the series.Information provided may include:School roll numberSchool nameName of teacher employed at school (clearly distinguished as either 'permanent' or 'temporary' positions in later volumes)Registration number of teacher (that can be used to gain further information from VPRS 13579 Teacher Record Books)Position of teacher (often only the head teacher -'HT' - is identified)Classification of teacherRoll number of the school that the teacher moved to during the date range of the volume (usually written in red pen, with any outdated information neatly ruled out in red pen)Duration of appointment (this additional information is only provided in Unit 8).RemarksThe remarks column may include some brief information about an individual's career. Further information can be found in the Teacher Record Books (VPRS 13579).Points of interest to researchers may also lie in appended newspaper clippings on school anniversaries, information about staff salaries and the classification of staff by designated numbers (see Unit 3 for a listing titled 'Regulations - Classification of Professional Division' taken from guidelines set out in 1902), and the different naming of school and position types. Unit 7 of the series also includes a list of Victorian teachers employed in the Pacific Islands (in Nauru, Papua, Tonga and Fiji).This series was transferred to PROV from the Education History Unit of the Department of Education and Training.