Roger Mundy, chemist in the British Timken Laboratory, is serving as a part-time chemistry teacher at the Northampton Technical High School. The arrangement, believed to be the first of its kind in England, was made when the school was unable to find a re-placement for a teacher who returned to university studies to take a diploma course.
Mr Mundy, who was educated at Northampton Grammar School, is now
in his fifth year as an industrial chemist.
He spends Tuesdays and Wednesdays teaching practical and
theoretical inorganic chemistry to second, third and fourth form
students.
Although he has had no teaching experience, Mundy says he is
finding teaching rewarding and has experienced no difficulties.
He is a student himself, attending day and evening classes at
Northampton College of Technology.
B. S. Howard, headmaster of the Technical High School, explains,
"The arrangement is working very well indeed from our point of
view, I think it may be the answer over the whole country for
mitigating staff shortages, especially in regard to science
teachers".
Roger Mundy (far right), British Timken Laboratory, is serving as a part-time chemistry teacher for second, third and fourth form students at the Northampton Technical High School. The arrangement is believed to be the first of its kind in England.
