SALARIES OF MISTRESSES.
The Rugby Council for Promoting the Education of Women has instituted a calendar, giving the names and addresses of ladies who have passed the university examinations, and who desire educational work of any kind; it also contains full particulars respecting all the university examinations. Many ladies whose names are entered in this calendar have succeeded in obtaining good situations through it, with salaries varying from £50 to £150 a year. A fee of 2s. 6d. is charged, in addition to an entrance fee of 2s. 6d. to ladies on each situation obtained through the calendar; its price is 1s. Communications may be addressed to Mrs. Kitchener, School House, Newcastle, Staffordshire.
Miss Buss, of the North London Collegiate School, has published a list of girls' schools, with special regard to salaries of head mistresses (as recommended by the Endowed Schools Commission), which I quote to show what good incomes are attainable in the profession of teaching. Applications for engagements as assistant mistresses should in all cases be made first to the head mistress of the school.
| Head Mistresses' Emoluments. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of school. | Fixed Salary. | Capitation Fee. | Minimum | Maximum |
| Ambleside, Westmoreland | £75 | £1 to £3 | £135 | £255 |
| Bedford, Town School | 100 | 10s. to £3 | 200 | 700 |
| Bedford, High School | not fixed | not fixed | ||
| Bow | 75 | 15s. to | 225 | |
| Bradford, York | 120 | |||
| Bristol, Red Maids | not fixed | not fixed | ||
| Bristol, Whitson's (two schools) | £50 | not fixed | ||
| Bristol, Colston's School | 50 | 15s. to £1 10s. | 200 | 350 |
| Brentwood, Essex | 50 | £1 to £2 | 150 | 250 |
| Burlington, Westminster | 70 | 10s. to £1 10s. | ||
| Burton-on-Trent | 50 | 15s. to | 163 | |
| Cambridge, Cambridge | not fixed | not fixed | ||
| Camden School, London | 75 | 15s. to £1 | 375 | 475 |
| Clerkenwell (Brewers' Company), London | 100 | £1 to | 400 | |
| Dolgelly, Wales | 70 | 10s. to £1 10s. | 110 | 190 |
| Exeter, Maynard's Girls' Schools | 100 | £3 to £6 | 400 | 700 |
| Exeter, Episcopal Middle School | 50 | not fixed, not less than one-third | tuition fees | |
| Great Crosby, Lancaster | 120 | £2 to £4 | 320 | 520 |
| Greycoat, Westminster | 80 | 10s. to £1 10s. | 230 | 530 |
| Greys Thurrock, Essex | 50 | £1 to | 125 | |
| Hatcham, Surrey | 100 | £1 to £2 | 300 | 500 |
| Hoxton | 75 | 10s. to £1 10s. | 225 | 525 |
| Ilminster High School, Somerset | 100 | £3 to | 400 | |
| Ilminster Town School | 50 | £1 to | 130 | |
| Keighley, Yorkshire | 80 | £1 to £2 | ||
| Kingston, Surrey | 75 | 15s. to | 187 10s. | |
| Loughborough, Burton Upper School | 100 | £1 10s. to £3 | 250 | 400 |
| March, Cambridgeshire | 75 | £1 to | 135 | |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 75 | £1 to | 175 | |
| Newport | 60 | £1 to | 120 | |
| North London Collegiate School | 100 | £2 to £3 | 900 | 1300 |
| Reading, Kendrick Schools | not fixed | not fixed | ||
| Roan Schools, Greenwich | 100 | £1 to £2 | 400 | 700 |
| Stamford, Browne's Middle School | 100 | £2 to £4 | 300 | 500 |
| St. Clement Danes, London | £100 | £1 to £3 | 250 | 550 |
| St. Helens, Lancaster | 100 | £2 to £4 | ||
| St. Giles, Cripplegate, London | 100 | 10s. to £1 10s. | 225 | 475 |
| St. Martin's in the Fields, London | 80 | 10s. to £1 10s. | 155 | 305 |
| St. Paul's, London | 200 | £3 to £6 | 1100 | 2000 |
| Taunton, Somerset | 40 | £1 to | ||
| Thetford | 75 | £1 to £3 | 115 | 195 |
| Thornton near Bradford, Yorkshire | 40 | 15s. to | 77 10s. | |
| Totnes, Devon | 50 | £1 10s. to | 170 | |
| Uffculme | not fixed | not fixed | ||
| Wakefield, Yorks. | 100 | £1 10s. to £3 | 250 | 400 |
| Wallingford, Berkshire | 75 | 15s. to | 112 10s. | |
| Warwick, Warwickshire | 100 | 15s. to | 160 | |
| West Ham (Sarah Bonnell) Essex | 60 | £1 to £2 | 260 | 460 |
| Westminster, London | 100 | £1 to £2 | 220 | 340 |
| Wyggeston, Leicester | 100 | £1 to £3 | 300 | 700 |
The Girls' Public Day School Company, in connection with the Women's Education Union, pay their teachers good salaries. The schools of the Company at present in operation are the following:—
- Bath High School, 5, Portland Place, Bath.
- Blackheath High School, Wemyss Road, Blackheath, S.E.
- Brighton High School, The Temple, Montpelier Road, Brighton.
- Bromley High School, Fern Bank, Elmfield Road, Bromley, Kent.
- Clapham High School, The Lawn, Clapham Common, S.W.
- Clapham Middle School, Clarence House, Clapham Common.
- Croydon High School, Wellesley Road, Croydon.
- Dulwich High School, Thurlow Park Road, West Dulwich, S.E.
- Gateshead High School, Windmill Hill, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
- Hackney High School, 273 and 275, Mare Street, Hackney, E.
- Highbury and Islington High School, 6 and 7, Canonbury Place, N.
- Ipswich High School, Northgate Street, Ipswich.
- Kensington High School, 152 and 154, Cromwell Road, S.W.
- Liverpool High School, Prince's Park, Liverpool
- Maida Vale High School, Warrington Crescent, W.
- Newton Abbot High School, Dovercourt, Forde Park, Newton Abbot.
- Norwich High School, Theatre Street, Norwich.
- Nottingham High School, Arboretum Street, Nottingham.
- Notting Hill and Bayswater High School, Norland Square, Notting Hill, W.
- Oxford High School, St. Giles's Road East, Oxford.
- Portsmouth High School, Osborne Road, Southsea.
- Sheffield High School, Surrey Street, Sheffield.
- South Hampstead High School, Maresfield Gardens, Fitzjohn's Avenue, N.W.
- Tunbridge Wells High School, Fair Lawn, Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells.
- Weymouth High School, 3, Greenhill, Weymouth.
- Wimbledon High School, Wimbledon Hill, Wimbledon.
- York High School, Fishergate House, York.
Ladies desirous of becoming head mistresses must send in their applications to the Secretary of the Company, 21, Queen Anne's Gate, S.W. Every application must be in writing, and be accompanied by original testimonials (which will be returned). Candidates, whose age must be stated, should have had experience in school management, and must produce testimony to their power of organisation, and ability to maintain firm but kindly discipline, as well as to their attainments and capacity as teachers of classes.
Subject to bye-laws, regulations of the Council, and to an annual examination and inspection of the school by independent examiners, each head mistress will have the management of the studies and discipline of the school, and will be consulted in the selection and appointment of all assistant teachers, whose emoluments will be settled by the Council.
The emoluments of the head mistress will consist in each case of a fixed stipend of £250 per annum, together with a capitation fee of £1 10s. for every pupil in the school above the number of 100 up to 200, and of £2 for every pupil above the number of 200 up to 300.
There will be no residences attached to the schools; the head mistresses will not be allowed to take boarders or instruct private pupils except with the express permission of the Council, and the school year will be divided into three terms, each about thirteen weeks in length, and the engagement of each head mistress will be entered into subject to its being terminable either by the Council or by her at the end of a term and after the expiration of one term's previous notice. It is particularly requested that candidates abstain from canvassing members of the Council, either directly or indirectly.
Ladies desirous of becoming teachers in the schools of the Company, are requested to observe the following regulations:—
All appointments of assistant teachers are made by the Council, usually on the recommendation of the Committee of Education.
Candidates and their testimonials are in the first instance referred to the head mistress of the school concerned, who examines the testimonials and makes inquiry as to the qualifications when necessary at personal interviews. The head mistress then lays the several testimonials before the Education Committee, with a report upon them. The Education Committee make such further inquiries and hold such interviews with any of the candidates as they may deem fit, and then submit candidates for the approval of the Council. The Council pay second-class railway fare for those candidates with whom a personal interview is desired.
All appointments of assistant teachers are made on probation for the first two terms, that is to say are terminable by the head mistress at the end of the first or second term without reference to the Council, and without more than a month's notice.
When the Council have approved an appointment after the probationary period, an assistant teacher is required to sign an agreement with the Council, and is removable by the Council after notice of at least two months, expiring at the end of a school term. The same notice is required from an assistant teacher. At the end of the probationary period assistant teachers are placed on the permanent staff at a rate of salary depending upon their work and qualifications. These salaries begin at amounts varying from £70 to £135 per annum, and rise annually for four years by increments varying from £7 to £15. Junior teachers and paid student teachers are not included in the above. Board and residence are not provided by the Council.
The qualifications required vary with each special case. A knowledge of English grammar and literature, arithmetic, and one or more languages besides English, together with some experience in teaching, are usual requisites. Ability to assist in the instruction in drawing is also desirable. Music is always taught by special teachers.
It is a great recommendation if candidates have passed in the Higher Oxford or Cambridge Examinations, the London University Examinations, or other examinations of the like kind.
All applications should be made by letter, stating age, qualifications, and experience, and accompanied by copies of testimonials (not originals). These documents should be addressed to the head mistress of the particular school, at the school; or if not for any special school may be marked "Application for Assistant Teachership," and directed to the Secretary of the Company, 112, Brompton Road, London, who will send them to any head mistress needing an assistant.
Applications to teach special subjects, such as music, harmony, class-singing and pianoforte, drawing, higher Latin, French, or German, mathematics, any branch of natural science, drill, &c., should be made in the same manner.
Inquiries as to vacancies are best made of the various head mistresses early in the months of April, July, and December; they may also be addressed to the Secretary of the Company.