Show o v I STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL SCHOOLTEACHERS SCHOOLTEACHERS- TEACHERS S SUite State tc Board of ot Education at nt a It Recent Meeting Decides to Rigorously I Enforce Qualifications Ds in 1021 1924 Fixing of definite professional st standards standards stan stan- n- n dards for teachers and tho the proposal to enforce them rigorously after the close of the school year now beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning and for which contracts have fin in inmost most instances already been signed was probably the most Important business transacted by the state stale board of education at its regular meeting of last week The board also engaged the present force of state supervisors and similar e em em- n- n I I I for another school year This I I includes A A. C. C Matheson secretary of 01 the board and assistant state superintendent superintendent of ot public instruction I. I B. B Ball Dall state stale supervisor of vocational training in agriculture and farm mechanics mechanics mechanics me me- Miss Jean Cox state stale supervIsor supervisor supervisor super super- I visor in domestic Science George S. S Sanders state supervisor in trades I and Ind industries and Mosiah Moslah Hall state supervisor in rehabilitation In in In- In With regard to lo standards for Cor the teaching leaching profession the Iho board decided ed that after afler June 30 1924 all teachers of the Ninth grade classes must hold at least a junior high school certificate or at least three years of college work In the past grammar grade certificates have be been n nI allowed In these classes provided d that the teacher would not teach more than one-half one the Ninth grade subjects After Arter tho the same date no third third- grade certificates will be Issued This will wll have the tho effect of ot providing that thai only ohly teachers of demonstrated ability and- and normal graduates will be in n the Utah field It will mean the elimination elimInation elimination nation of those persons who haye hage ha e started in the teaching profession with immature preparation It was also provided that thai excess high school credits will not nol in the Iho future be accepted in lieu of colle college e credits for teachers teachers' certificates J J. J C. C Swenson director of or the school of education of the Brigham Young university at Provo and Henry Barker a high school principal principal principal pal of ot Ogden both members of the board of education were appointed a committee to Inspect the tho quality and scope of the work of the tho private institutions of ot learning doing dong junior college and normal school work 1 |