Charms-Master

Charms Master was the title given to the Charms Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They were in charge of teaching their subject to the students of Hogwarts in Classroom 2E, and they owned an office near the West Tower. Filius Flitwick held the post since at least the 1975–1976 school year, and remained Charms Master through the 1990s to at least 2008.
==Classroom and office==
The Charms Master's classroom was Classroom 2E, which was located on the second floor of Hogwarts Castle. The classroom had four long, large desks that were built like stairs and were located on both sides of the classroom. There was also a large fireplace in the room, as well as several books and bookshelves. When Filius Flitwick was held the post, his office was inside a tower near the West Tower and thirteenth window to the right, according to Albus Dumbledore. The office contained portraits, a desk, and sleeping quarters and was decorated with green wallpaper and red furniture.
==Classes==
As Charms Master, they had to teach Charms class to all years, from first and to seventh, since Charms was a required subject for all students in their first five years and might take it for the final two. The spells the professor taught were taken from textbooks, including The Standard Book of Spells, Grades 1 to 7, Quintessence: A Quest and Extreme Incantations. They taught specific wand movements and proper pronunciation and often allowed students to partner up in class to experiment on one another.
===First year===
The Charms Master must teach their first-year students the Levitation Charm, which was used in the end-of-year examination. When Filius Flitwick taught the spell to the class of 1991, he first taught them the "swish and flick" wrist movement and required them to practise it before Hallowe'en, which subsequently allowed Ronald Weasley to defeat Quirinus Quirrell's Mountain Troll that night. At that time, he taught them the incantation and told them to practise it on their quills, which only Hermione Granger managed to do successfully. The Fire-Making Spell was taught for the first time in this class as well, along with the Softening Charm, for example.
===Second year===
They revised the Levitation Charm, Fire-Making Spell and learned how to cast the Skurge Charm, for example.
===End-of-year examinations===
At the end of each year, the Charms Master was required to set practical examinations for their students.
===First year exams===
The first year Charms examination consisted in attributing animation to an otherwise inanimate object. In 1992, Professor Filius Flitwick asked the students to make a pineapple dance across his desk. If the Charms Master's first-year students did not successfully complete the exam, it is possible that they would be forbidden to remain for second year.
===Second year exams===
The Charms Master must also set exams for their students in their second year of education. However, with the cancellation of the examination in 1993, nothing is known of the exams contents.
===See also===
*Professor
*Charms (class)
*Filius Flitwick
*Charm
==Behind the scenes==
*It is unknown if a female professor would be the Charms Master still or if she would be the Charms Mistress instead, but since the Hogwarts Headmaster becomes the Hogwarts Headmistress when the position is filled by a woman, it seems plausible.
*Since the unidentified individual who appeared to go through with a student in the restricted section was referred to as a Charms Professor rather than Charms Master, it is not inconceivable for the Charms Master to Head the Charms department (which there in all probability there is) just like how the Pomona Sprout headed the Herbology department at the school.
*If this is indeed the case, then the same can presumably be said about the Potions Master.
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Category:Charms-Masters At Hogwarts-School