Appendix 5/Attachment E
Guides to Appointment Aided Practical Schools/Skills Opportunity Schools
Principal Assistant Master/Mistress
(Please read in conjunction with: EDBC31/2000 Implementation of Revised Starting Salaries for Staff in Aided Schools; and EDBC1/2002 Arrangements for Salary Matters for Teachers in Aided Schools.)
(For information : This document is not part of any agreement of service)
1.	Qualifications and Experience for Appointment :	(a)	Normally - Promotion
			Promotion rank for Senior Assistant Masters/Mistresses.
		(b)	Exceptionally - Direct Entry
			Candidates should have fulfilled all requirements for normal promotion to this rank. The Director may require the School Management Committee to submit justifications for the exceptional nature of the proposed promotion/appointment for which the Director will have discretion either to approve or reject having regard to the special circumstances.
2.	Duties:	(a)	Coordinating pastoral care and extra curricular activities and attending to special needs of pupils in junior forms in addition to teaching duties in a practical school/skills opportunity school.
		(b)	Performing duties of special responsibility in the capacity of Deputy Head of a practical school/skills opportunity school.
3.	Salary Scale:	MPS Point 34 - Point 36
4.	Promotion Prospects :	Nil
5.	Any Other Remarks :	Nil