The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-29

Everything taken into consideration
there are few public offices in the city q
New York which are more desirable
than those within the public school syS 1
tenn. From almost every point of view
the life of a schoolteacher is q desirabls
one in this city. The pay is good, the
promotion tolerably rapid. the work mol
Onerous, and the hours are better than in
almost any other field of labor. About
1000 teachers are employed in the pub |
lie school system of New York Whose
salaries range from 5000 to 81. 300
year for women, and from 81 ,080 to g.. |
900 for men. But IS, 600 is by no means
the limit to the financial ambition of a
New York schOolteacher. On the part Ot
the men there are several greater prizes
within their reach if they have the prop
er qualifications and can secure the right
influence in the board of education. For
instance, there is the Office of assistant
superintendent of public schools, Of
which there are ten, each drawing a sal
airy of about 81, 600 year. Then there
is the superintendent Office itself, with
its handsome pay Of $1,000, and it has
been the goal toward which scores Of
educators III this and other cities are
constantly keeping their eyes. Both the
offices of assistant superintendent and
superintendent are filed absolutely by
the board Of education. The assistant
superintendent is elected for two years,
and, as a matter of practice, has a life
position. Then the male teachers can
look forward to promotion to the City
college either as an instructor at a sal
ary of 50, 500. or full fiedged professor
at 81, 800.
There are few of the 50 male princi-
pals in New York's public schools. how
ever, who do not get more than their
salary of S3. 900 year. Almost every
one of them gets some little additional
pay, as 5000 or $500 a year for extra
| service as an instructor in the evening
schools or as clerks of the ward board Of
school trustees. Some of the principals
hold both of these little plums and make
a clear 81, 900 year cut of the school
| system. The principals cf boys schools,
of course, have their pick in these choice
perquisites, but there are SO many addi-
tional offices to be filled that under male
teachers in the public schools come in
for good round share.
The four evening high schools alone
give employment to 20 or 80 teachers,
each of whom gets anywhere from So 10
Sc y night for the additional work.
Then there are some % boards of school
trustees, each of which has its CLERK.
who gets pay for the amount Of work
done, the average mounting up To $iO0
or $500 year. Nearly all these clerks
are principals Of some schools.
In the case of women schoolteachers
the chances for earning extras are very
limited. The maximum salary she can
get Is 81 800 She starts into the system
with 4 salary Of about 5000, which Is
gradually raised until she becomes the
principal Of a girls department Of n
grammar school
In order To becomefa schoolteacher in
the pablic schools of New York IL is first
necessary to get "a recommendation from
a uber of the board of education.
This enables the candidate to try pre-
liminary examination, which. if lie is
successful, entities him To be placed up
On the eligible list of teachers After
satisfactory work III this capacity foI
not more than year the candidate Sc
cures permanent license as a teacher
III New York's public schools, and As
such is entitled TO teach in any part OF
the city.
This does not mean necessarily that
the teacher will Immediately find EN-
ploymeDt. That depends entirely upon
the local board of school trustees. The
city is divided into "a school districts
the schools i'll each of which are con
trolled by a school board, who are ap
pointed by the board of education. The
boards have the selection of all teachers
below the grade of principal, these be
ing appointed by the board of educa
tion. AS a rule, however. the licensed
teacher soon finds an opening aud ther
4 is i'll the regular line of promotion.
: What has made the school service 90
attractive to many are the easy hours.
Nine-tentbs of the salary earners in New
. York get to work at a. M. and ar,
lucky if they get away by p. m, will
half an hour for luncheon. The work o.
the teacher begins at a. M and is over
as rule, by p. m, with an hour fo
luncheon. Eine-tenths of the SALARY
earners get only 2 weeks out Of the 3:
i'll the year for "a vacation, and they
work days in the week at that. Tn,
schoOlteachers get a vacation Of ];
+ weeks IL 52 and draw full pay durinI
that time. Besides this they work Onl,
days in the week and have all holi
days. 1t has been estimated that tn
schoolteachers of New York work les
; than 200 of the 365 days in the year.
If a schoolteacher is to rise in tn
calling. however, the work does not enC
: with school hours Studies IN pedagogy
. and advanced education must be kept NJ
at home. The work is not SO hard, how
ever, or the pay so poor as to iDduc
7 many to resign. In fact, it has becom
q saying in the system that school
teachers never die and never resign ~