VPRS 13579 Teacher Record Books

These records were created to provide a summary of the working history of each teacher in government service in Victoria. In 1862, the Board of Education was founded after the Denominational School Board and National School Board were abolished. This series was created by the Board of Education in 1863 (and continued to be maintained after the Education Department succeeded it in 1873). In the period between 1863 and 1873, denominational schools in fact fell under the government's jurisdiction and thus their employees were government employees that were registered in the teacher record books. Upon the 1873 establishment of the Education Department, and reflecting its commitment to free, compulsory and secular education, government funding to these denominational schools was cut. Such schools were given the choice of either remaining under government control (where government teachers were now to be made public servants, in a special category) or of becoming self-funded. Not surprisingly, given the greater security provided by the public service, most teachers from denominational schools became public servants, either remaining with their schools that were to forgo their religious ties or leaving denominational schools and finding employment in their government counterparts. From the period 1872-1877, 'capitation grants' were offered to denominational schools in order for this transition to be made more easily and decisions to made on the schools' future over a more reasonable time period. The Department stopped creating teacher record books in 1959, replacing them with teacher record cards (and, most recently, computerised records). Early teacher record books, however, retrospectively recorded information about teachers' careers predating 1863 and some later books record information postdating 1959. Although the information contained within the volumes does change over the years, essentially each entry states: The name of the teacher Their date of birth (Sometimes) Place of birth Roll No. (the School Number) Classification (this is that of the teacher, based on assessment, promotions etc.) Authority (the date the teacher commenced at a particular school) and Remarks. Over the years other fields were added such as Qualifications and Assessments, capturing in abbreviated form the teacher's qualifications and in chronological order the various classifications achieved by that teacher. Classification entries indicate when teachers were promoted to new positions (and therefore to a rise in salary). This was dependent on inspectors' reports, examinations and/or additional training or education. Similarly, over time the Authority field may contain the dates a teacher was appointed and transferred to other schools. It may also record the dates a teacher's skills were examined by an inspector and the names of inspectors, or details of any training or tertiary education attended by the teacher. The Remarks field may include dates the teachers were given a certain grade (A, B, C etc or 1 to 100) according to the inspector's view on teaching standards and a last entry relating to how the individual ended their teaching career (ie. Resigned, death, transferred on to subsequent card system etc). Also noted is the teacher's length of service and pension allocated to them. As aforementioned, in the first few units of the series, notes are made about employment prior to the time of recorded registration. An entry reading "Transferred to Department Record" means that a continuation of the employee record is in VPRS 14440 Register of Professional Officers. Other potential points of interest to researchers lie in appended newspaper clippings and photographs concerning individuals' marriages, divorces, deaths, court cases and service in the armed forces, notes concerning teacher training and education and links made between child and parent registrations.

本数据集旨在汇总维多利亚州（Victoria）公职教师的从业履历。1862年，维多利亚州废除教派学校委员会（Denominational School Board）与国立学校委员会（National School Board），随后成立教育局（Board of Education）。该档案系列由教育局于1863年创建，并在1873年教育厅（Education Department）接替其权责后仍得以持续维护。1863年至1873年间，教派学校实际纳入政府管辖范畴，其教职员工亦成为公职人员，并登记于教师档案册（teacher record books）中。

1873年教育厅成立后，为践行其对免费、强制及世俗教育的承诺，政府削减了对上述教派学校的财政拨款。此类学校可二选一：要么继续接受政府管控（此时校内公职教师将被纳入特殊类别的公务员体系），要么转为自筹经费办学。鉴于公职体系提供的保障更为稳固，绝大多数教派学校教师选择转为公务员：要么留在本校，将学校剥离宗教属性；要么离开教派学校，入职对应公立院校。1872年至1877年间，政府向教派学校发放生均拨款补助金（capitation grants），以推动转型进程，并为学校在更合理的时间范围内规划未来提供缓冲。

教育厅于1959年停止编制教师档案册，转而采用教师档案卡（teacher record cards）管理模式——直至近年，已升级为电子化档案（computerised records）。但早期教师档案册会回溯记录1863年之前的教师从业经历，部分后期档案册则会收录1959年之后的相关信息。尽管档案册内的信息会随时间推移有所调整，但每条记录的核心内容基本一致：教师姓名、出生日期（部分记录）、出生地、登记号（Roll No.，又称学校编号）、职级（基于考核、晋升等评定的教师岗位等级）、任职起始日期（Authority，即教师入职特定学校的时间）及备注。

后续陆续新增了资质与考核字段，以缩写形式记录教师的从业资质，并按时间顺序罗列其获得的各级岗位职级。职级记录会标注教师晋升至新岗位（即薪资上调）的时间，该晋升流程需依据教育督学（inspectors）报告、考核结果及/或额外培训与进修经历方可推进。同理，“任职起始日期”字段后续也会补充教师的任命与校际调动日期，亦可记录督学对教师教学技能的考核日期、督学姓名，以及教师参与培训或高等教育的相关细节。

备注字段可包含督学基于教学质量评定的教师评级日期（如A、B、C等级或1至100分制），以及记录教师结束教学生涯的最终条目（例如辞职、去世、转入后续档案卡系统等）。此外，备注中还会标注教师的服务年限与核定养老金数额。如前所述，本档案系列的前若干单元会记录教师正式登记入职前的从业经历。标注为“转入厅局档案”的条目，代表该员工的后续档案收录于VPRS 14440《专业人员登记册》（VPRS 14440 Register of Professional Officers）中。

本档案可供研究者挖掘的其他价值点还包括：附加的报纸剪报与照片，内容涉及教师的婚姻、离异、去世、涉诉案件及兵役经历；有关教师培训与进修的备注；以及子女与父母的档案关联记录。