The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-22


tions-MAIs Teachers Have wider Op |
pOrtunItfes Than the Women.
Everything taken into consideration.
there are few public offices in the city a
New York which are more desirable
than those within the public school sys
tenn From almost every point OF view
the life of a schoolteacher is u desirable
one in this city. The pay is good, the
promotion tolerably rapid. the work MOI
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 81 800 o
year for women, and from 81 $50 to g.
900 for men. But &3, 900 is by no means
the limit to the financial ambition of q
New York schOolteacher. On the part Of
the men there are several greater prizes
within their reach if they have the prop
or 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 -, 200 year. Then there
its handsome pay Of 81 900, and it has
been the goal toward which scores Of
educators in 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 life
position. Then the male teachers can
look forward to a promotion to the City
college either as an instructor at a sal
airy of 81, 500, or full fedged professor
at 81, 500.
There are few of the SO male princi-
pals in New York's public schools. how
ever, who do not get more than their
salary of SO, 900 year. Almost every
one of them gets some little additional
pay, as $500 or $500 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 1000 a year cut of the school
system. The principals Of 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 i'll the public schools come in
for a good round share.
The four evening high schools alone
give employment to 20 or 80 teachers.
each Of whom gets anywhere from 50 TO
ST night for the additional work
! Then there are some 90 boards of school
! trustees, each Of which has its clerk,
who gets pay for the amount of woik
done. the average mounting mp to 500
or $500 a 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 = salary of about 5000, which is
gradually raised until she becomes the
principal of a girls department Of a
grammar school.
In order to become q schOolteacher in
! the public schools of New York il Is first
5 necessary to get "a recommendation from
t a member of the board of education.
3 This enables the candidate to try a pre-
, liminary examination, which, if he is
successful. entities him to be placed up
on the eligible list of teachers. After
satisfactory work ia this capacity for
1 not more than a year the candidate Sc
cures permanent license a. a teacher
in New York's public schools, and as
such is entitled 10 teach in any part Of
the city.
This does not mean necessarily that
!. the teacher will Immediately find en-
ployment. That depends entirely upon
the local board of school trustees The
city is divided into "a school districts,
z the schools in 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
Y 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 then
F., is in the regular line Of promotion
2, What has made the school service 30
attractive to many are the easy hours
Nine-tenths of the salary earners in New
{ York get to work at a. IN. and are
l lucky if they get away by p. m, with
half an hour for luncheon The work Of
the teacher begins at a. m. and is over,
rs a rule, by p. m, with an hour for
luncheon. Nine-tenths Of the salary
earners get only weeks out Of the 81
y in the year for vacation, and they
r work 6 days in the week at that The
schoolteachers get a vacation Of Is
weeks in 90 and draw full pay during
that time Besides this they work only
Q 5 days in the week and have all holi-
days It has been estimated that the
q schoolteachers of New York work less
than 200 Of the S65 days in the year.
If schoOlteacher is to rise in the
calling, however, the work does not end
g with school hours. Studies In pedagogy
and advanced education must be kept up
, at home. The work is not so hard, how
: ever, or the pay so poor as 20 induce