School inspector

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School inspector ( Latin : inspector scholae) used to be the head of the school or the school supervisory body, depending on the school regulations .

If the inspector was head of the school according to his function, he was the immediate superior of the teaching staff. He decided important disciplinary cases and determined the curriculum . He granted leave and made decisions about transferring teachers. In terms of discipline, the rector was only “ primus inter pares ” of the teaching staff. He was responsible for details of school life and had the right to attend classes in all classes. The inspector was a member of the transfer conferences.

The importance of the rector lay in the fact that he was the main teacher of the top class and that the academic reputation of the school depended on his proficiency. He also represented the school in public speeches and programs.

The school inspector was superordinated, depending on time and local conditions, for example Scholarchen . In city schools, the top management of which was the city council, the city council usually exercised this power through a college of little scholars appointed by it. Elsewhere, the school inspectors had superordinate inspectors, for example there was a city school inspector and a district school inspector. During Karl May's time as a factory school teacher, for example, the local deacon was assigned to him as the “local school inspector”, who in turn was superordinated to the “district school inspector”, who supervised all schools of the ephoria . The local school inspectors had to visit the schools under their supervision as often as possible without prior notice. The district school inspector was responsible for inspecting schools in his district. Every school should be revised by him within three years. "In the event of extraordinary incidents (...) to immediately make the necessary local discussions", was a matter of course.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Wilhelm Görres and August Nebe, History of the Johanneum in Lüneburg , Lüneburg 1907, p. 26
  2. ^ Hans-Dieter Steinmetz / Andreas Barth, lesson book and school revision report · Online text version of two documents from Karl May's work as a factory school teacher