Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-05-28
PAY or FRENCH TEACHERS
The Compensation Educated Women n.
cefve In the Schools Of F,.,.-

The Compensation Educated Women r.
ceive in the Schools Of France
In France the teaching professioD :.
much oSerstocked. For private teacb;,s
no diploma is required, but practicable !,
is needed, for a teacher with dipIom. =
always preferred. Ladies are sometima.
attached to large scholastic establishment.
solely for the purpose of receiving the !
latives of the pupils. For their SERVE.
they are paid fifty francs a month ana
their board.
Secretaries and readers are paid from IN
$50 TO 300 $500 francs a month. Tbs;.
hours are long and their duties fatiopina
Interpreters get two francs an hour hi.
the post of interpreter the candidate NM.
get herself into good relations with ~
hotels, for it is here that their services a..
chiefly required.
In lower class Of life respectable wonsn
can earn ten or fifteen francs month 4.
taking children out for walk every A.
and thus relieving hard worked motbs,.
and saving them the expense Of a nur.s
These women are not, properly speaking
teachers, but they often talk some foraicn
language. and are often required TO do =
in order that their little charges NAV Qan
practice.
The public schools are divided into mi.
mary, secondary and superior. In the ~.
mary the best posts to be obtained are tbos.
of inspectors. There are five inspectorso =,
boarding schools and five of infant schools
The salary is a minimum Of 1000 fr.pes
$500 year, and amaximum Of 5,5OOfrane
($1, 100, with bi-annual rise of 500 fraps
ts100). The inspectors also receive zO
francs (Sl00 year for extra expenses. In
Paris itself there are six inspectors Of girIg
primary schools and three of infant schools
The salary is 5000 francs 81, 200 year. h.
Guiding expenses.
There is also an inspector of the class q,
bookkeeping and modern languages, Ii
which the salary, together with the ex.
penses, amounts TO 1900 francs Isl, 40, and
one post of inspector Of schools for dress
making and cutting out. These schools
are in the suburbs OF Paris, and the salary
is 5000 francs 5000 year. The applicant.
must be thirty years of age at least aud
thirty-five at most, and must hold thehigh.
est diploma.
They can all receive pensions, calculated
after the rules applied to the employed
the prefecture OF the Seine, that is, after
thirty years service they have the rightto
pension equal 70 half their salary. This
sum is deducted from their salaries at the
rate of 20 per cent. The teachers in primay
schools must also hold the highest dipo
mas, except in the infant schools, which ne
quire a simple diploma and certificate Of
aptitude. Here the salaries for the teach
ers are from 1900 $500 to $500 francs
$500; for the directresses, from 1850 $3.50
to 1850 francs $3.50.
Promotion can only be obtained after
three years of service, and becomes right
after five. Good posts are those Of adult
school teachers, there being seventeen
schools for adult women in Paris. There
are sixty drawing schools throughout Paris
and the provinces, but the salary Of The
teachers here is not fixed by government
These schools are excellent and very good
places in which to begin the study Of art
New York sun.