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 489 " The sphere of voman'>, work is ever widening, and now there are innumerable professions and businesses by which tlie enteriirisincf woman can obtain a livelihood. This section of t^VKRY Woman's Encyclopedia, therefore, will serve as a cjuide-book, pointinfj out the hij,'h-road to | success in these careers. It will also show the stay-at-home girl how she may supplement her dress 1 allowance and at the same time amuse herself. It will deal with : | Professions Woman's Work in the Colonies Little Ways of Making Pin- Doitor Canada Money Civil Servant Australia Photography Nurse South Africa Chicken Rear in c^ Drcssmake) New Zealand Sweet Makinq Actress Colonial N'urscs China Paint ini; Musician Colonial Teachers Pec Keeping Secretary Trainini^ for Colonics Toy Making Goverip'ss Colonial Outfits Ticket Writing, Dancinj^- Mistress, etc. ' Farinin^^, etc. etc., etc. OCCUPATIONS FOR WOMEM No. 4. HOW TO BECOME AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER By ALFRED BARNARD Author of " Every Way o/ Earmng- a Living," " Our Sons and Daug/iters," etc. How to Train — Pupil'teachers — Bursars — Student-teachers — Training College Students In dealing with the profession of a school- teacher, our readers must not take it that we are advising them to be school- teachers. At the time of writing (December, 19 lo) there arc many qualified elementary school-teachers out of work, and, altogether, the day has gone by when this career was looked upon as a street paved with gold. Many good posts, however, are still available. The information given here is taken, with the permission of his Majesty's Stationery Ofhce, from their official publications. Girls Intending: to Become Teachers The first step towards entering the career of an elementary school-teacher will, in most cases, be an appointment as bursar or an engagement as a pupil- teacher. Girls are not recognised by the Board as qualified to spend any part of their time in teaching in a public elementary school until they have been recognised as bursars or as pupil-teachers. Until they are eligible for recognition as pupil-teachers (that is to say, in general, until they are sixteen years of age), such girls should, if possible, continue to receive a general education, together D 30 with, and under the same conditions as, girls intended for other professions. A large percentage (at least 25 per cent., as a rule) of the places in everj^ secondary- school which receives the higher rate of grant from the Board are open without payment of any tuition fees to pupils who have previously been educated at public elementary schools. In addition to this general provision of free places, many local education authorities offer special advan- tages to girls who intend to become pupil- teachers or bursars, in order to enable them to continue their education until they are old enough to obtain recognition as such. In many parts of the country arrangements have been made by which girls intending to become pupil-teachers or bursars can receive a course of instruction extending over a period of from two to four years in a secondary school, or in the preparator}'' classes of a pupil-teacher centre, free of charge. In many cases local education authorities have established a system of scholarships tenable at secondary schools by intending pupil-teachers or bursars, and in some cases these scholarships not only provide free education, but are supplemented by