New Britain herald., 1925-01-05
TAKEUP TEACHING . WOMEN IN HOMES.
Evening School Committee to Discuss Subject Tomorrow

The proposal that the scnoo' os. nartment engage an Instructor 10 teach English to foreign born won, or in their homes will be considered tomorrow afternoon at meeting or the evening school committee in he Walnut Hill school. This proposi- ion Iins been investigated and re- norts and recommendation have reen received from Hartford ana south Manchester, where. the plan IS already in force. The committee will make report to the schooi board Friday.
 Mir. Bradareet,r the director or ,hisfwork in Hartford, recommends ,l,at il the work be undertaken here, n woman supervisor be emploSeo' with the understanding that she should divide her time between teaching in the evening schools ano carrying on the proposed work Tn inc homes. During the day she she should be employed as home teacher, instructing and organizing closses for, foreign-born women ID their homes, preparing suitable teaching and objective material. anu superyising and training volunteer assistants. She should also teash' Mr. Bradstreet urges, in the regular evening schools three nights "eeh a ,d assist at the evening school so- c,a1s Director. Potter of south Manchester recommends that soch ,cachers time be divided and salary ha arranged on the basis Of slm- liar scheme.
 Cost In Hartford s5,oo0
 The difficulties, triumphs ana goals in. such work are set toftn m the following reports from the two cities where the plan is in force. The Hartford report is as follows: ,
 Teaching of foreign-born women in their homes or at places con ycnient to mothers unable to attend inc regular evening schools, has been carried on in Hartford TOT n'e years. 4 full time woman super. visor Is employed to devote all or her time to this work,
 "pefinita contacts have been mads with approximately 500 families re- siding in Hartford. and if-the ch1E ,lren of these families are to be con- silored as having been directly at- fccted and benefited th total number of individual contacts is over l'ooo.
 '.The amount of money eXpended fer this work averages approximate ly s5,noo per year., -4
 Not including voluntary teachers and social workers. the force en- n,ovad comprises one full time woman supervisor and one teacher who divides her time between home teaching and evening school teach- irs and four others who are enn' poyed from time to time
 "Ope hundred and tifty-seNen sep arate classes were operated during lac ct year, with a total enrolment Tn all classes of 115S. Two hundred t'1irty-two Individual pupils recelS- ed training in English. Two hun drcd and seventeen interested Fis- ttcrs saw these classes in operation during the year q.
 since women can now be natural ted and vote in their own right, inc work of home teaching is more im- rortant than eyer before.
 statistics show trat most of the forcign-born women for whom this work is done are illiterate, 1, Ct, un- alIe to read and write in any Ian Gaase.
 "The cost per capita for this work is approximately s2s per pupil. For the work to De effective not more than six pupils. should constitute . class. All classes do not start with five or six pupils hut endeaTors are made to build each class up to this humber. Tn many cases these classes are much smaller.
 The budget for this work does lot necessa rily and materially inr crease from year to year. Groups cap be handled only in small num- rcrs, not exceeding five or six to the home, and of course these groups must be built. up by slow. patient and tactful work on the part of the " OlIldu sssupGIhlSpl thhu h|t 0SCiSe- ants. The women reached in Hart ford eventually enter the evening schools or larger groups. The total average number therefore over pc. riod of one year will not exceed more than 250 individual pupils. At tendance Is very often irregular and only certain hours and certain day' can be devoted to the work, depend. ing entirely upon the students"
 The report from South Manchester follows:
 "A home teacher k employed b. the school committee Of South Man chester whose duties are as follows She is expected to organize anc teach If possible classes of from tiv' to six pupils each, and to furnish monthly reports as to progress, ant in addition Is to teach in the regu lar evening school. without addition al compensation. A teacher wa engaged for period of 26 weeks a a salary of sSo per week to perform the duties as outlined above. thi