Carnegie Mellon University - Thistle Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Carnegie Institute of Technology Teachers Courses for Men ANEW and attractive field for graduates of industrial schools and for men already engaged in public school work is that offered by the increasing demand for men equipped to teach in trade schools, in technical high schools, in manual training schools, and in the apprenticeship courses in the manufacturing and building industries. In the Pittsburgh district, especially, the growing interest in this department of educational work is resulting in the addition of industrial courses to the public school system, and positions await candidates who are properly trained for this service. Owing to this ever increasing demand and to the insufficient supply of men qualified to fill the new posts which are constantly being created, the salaries paid to industrial teachers have risen rapidly until at the present day the average pay of efficient teachers in industrial schools is higher than that of those who enter the regular academic branches. A new course for the training of industrial teachers was recently added to the curriculum of the School of Applied Industries to meet the above demand. Graduates of this School are eligible for admission to this course, provided, in the opinion of the Dean, they have the natural aptitude necessary for the profession of teaching. Other applicants for admission should have graduated from a high school or other preparatory school of the approved type, preferably a manual training or technical high school. Public school teachers and others desiring specialized work along certain definite lines are admitted as special students. The regular course is two years in length, and the work is scheduled not only for day students, but also in the evening for those men who wish to prepare for future teaching without being obliged to give up their present day employment. The most serious of these (referring to certain difficulties encountered by the Industrial Schools) is the matter of securing institutions really qualified to teach trades or vocations. A closer watch must be kept for intelligent and ambitious young skilled workers who, by the offer of sufficiently tempting salaries, may be persuaded to add pedagogical training to their present equipment, and thus fit themselves for teachers’ positions. In general, however, the problem of securing properly equipped teachers is felt to be an acute one.’’—From the last Report of the United States Commission of Labor on Industrial Education. Further information may be secured from the REGISTRAR, Carnegie Institute of Technology. PITTSBURGH. eight