SALARIES OF TEACHERS IN CITY SCHOOLS. BROOKLYN, N. Y. [Compiled from the 33th Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1890, pp. 211 to 249.] Annual Maxi increase. mum. Teachers of first (highest) grade Boys' classes, male 1,200 Boys' classes, female Girls' classes, female Teachers of second grade Boys' classes, male Boys' classes, female Teachers of third grade Boys' classes, male or female Teachers of fourth grade Boys' classes, male or female. Girls' classes, male or female Teachers of fifth grade Boys' classes, male or female Teachers of sixth grade Boys' classes, male or female Boys' classes, female Teachers of eighth grade Boys' classes, male 1,050 850 930 850 800 750 650 The entire elementary course covers seven and a half years, the time being divided into eight grammar and seven primary grades of a half year each. primary schools are call d "branch schools," and are under the direction of the principals of the grammar schools to which they are attached. Their principals are styled "branch principals." Salaries of other teachers are not stated. BUFFALO, N. Y. [Compiled from the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1889-20, pp. 170-185.] a This seems to be the salary of experienced assistants, since nearly all on the list received it All but two of these teachers are members of religious orders. NEW YORK, N. Y. [Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Board of Education, 1830, p. 21.] [Compiled from the Manual of the Board of Education, 1892, pp. 151-163, 268, 284.] Where five male assistants are employed, there is allowed one salary each of the first, second, fourth, sixth, and seventh class. Where four are employed, one each of the first, third, fifth, and seventh class. Where three are employed, one each of the second, fourth, and sixth class. [See explanation of method of assigning salaries at the end of the schedule for female grammar schools.] Where eight female assistants are employed in any grammar school there is allowed one of each class of male, mixed, or female grammar salaries, as the case may be. Where more than eight are employed, there is added one salary of each class of similar salaries, beginning with the lowest, and repeating, if necessary, until the required number is reached. But there is not allowed to any grammar school more than one salary of the first or second class, two of the third class, three of the fourth class, four of the fifth class, five of the sixth class, or six of the seventh class. Where less than eight are employed, there is deducted one salary of each highest and lowest class alternately, beginning with the lowest, until the required number is reached. Female first assistants who teach the first grammar grades alone or in connection with other grades in mixed grammar schools where boys and girls are instucted in the same class, and where no male assistant is employed, and where the average attendance exceeds one hundred and fifty, are not counted under the foregoing provisions, and they are paid a special salary of $1,440. Where twelve assistants are employed, there is allowed one of each class of primary salaries. Where more than twelve are employed, there are allowed additional primary salaries in the same manner as in the grammar schools. But there are not allowed to any primary department or school more than one salary of the first, second, third, or fourth class, two of the fifth or sixth class, three of the seventh or eighth class, four of the ninth or tenth class, or five of the eleventh class. When less than twelve and more than five are employed, there is deducted one salary of each of the highest and lowest of the evenly numbered classes alternately, beginning with the lowest until the required number is reached. Where less than six are employed, there is allowed one salary of each alternate class, beginning in each school with the class next below the highest class allowed in a school of the next larger size and proceeding until the required number is reached. TEACHERS OF LONG EXPERIENCE. Principals who have been so employed for fourteen years, and whose record for five years preceding the application has been meritorious and uniformly excellent, may be paid not less than the following annual salaries: Principals of male and mixed departments Principals of primary departments and schools $3,000 1,900 1,750 Assistant teachers whose services have been meritorious and extending over a period of fourteen years receive not less than $750 per annum. INEXPERIENCED TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTES. Assistant teachers of less than one year's experience are known as junior. teachers, and are paid for the first year's service: Males, $720 per annum; females, $408 per annum; and on the expiration of the year's service they cease to be considered as junior teachers, and are entitled, as assistant teachers, to the salaries prescribed in the preceding sections. Substitute teachers are paid $1.20 per day. SPECIAL TEACHERS. No salary paid to a teacher of vocal music in a grammar or primary school, or to a teacher of French or German in a grammar school may exceed $1.50 rer hour for the time actually employed in instruction. No salary paid to a teacher of drawing in a grammar school may exceed $2 per hour. [Compiled from the Forty-third Annual Report of the Board of Education, 1883-90, p. 159-187.] |