TEACHERS IN HONOLULU

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 60, 4 December 1920, Page 8

TEACHERS IN HONOLULU

■ SOME IDEA OP-SAURIES AND • , . . CONDITIONS. There are leanhors in- New Zealand who believe that they are very badly off compared to their confreres abroad, and recently Mr..Fred. Pirnni made inquiries regarding tlie opening for teachers in Honolulu. He lias just received a reply containing lilie latest rates of B»lnrv find- conditions which may prove of interest! The information comes from tlio Hawaiian. Department of Public.lnstruction, of which Mr. Vaughan M'Caughcy.is superintendent. He says: "We are now (September 10) .considering appointments for the school year." We have numerous attractive positions, with opportunity for extraordinary, educational- c.v|H>riences. The school population in the .main comprises Hawaiian, part-HawniiaJi, Japanese, Chinese, Korean,' Filipino, Portuguese, Porto lMcan, and Anglo-Saxon ancestry." It appears that secondary, school principals receive from 300 dollars to 275 dollaij a month. Secondary school assistant from 100 dollars the first year lo 180 dollars a month the eighth year. Elementary school principals, with one assistant." from 90 dollnrs a month tho first year to 205 dollars a month (wiMi sixteen assistants) the first year, rising to 110 dollars and 270 dollars a month respectively the fifth year. Elementary school ' assistants, $1) dollars a month tho first year to 125 dollars the Smith year. Teachers in the rural schools nrc given lodgings in teachers' cottaages, gratis. The cot-1 tages are Government-owned, 'on the school grounds, and partly-furnished'. Teachers in Honolulu and the mainland secure their own lodgings. Newcomers, in elementary grades are required to teach for one or moro vears on one of iilic other islands before they are eligible for, transfer to rural Oalui or Ilonolulu.