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Show I TEACHING CORPS H Stale School Board and Univcr-H Univcr-H sity Professors Outline a H- iVew Plan. ! WILL BE OF BENEFIT TO YOUNG TEACHERS I Tliey Are Enabled Now lo Sc-H Sc-H ciin) Three Certificates at H One Time. At a eoincrciieo o tlio members of ilid state board of education and Pro-lessors Pro-lessors Slowart. and Bcnnion of tho University of Ulali summer school coni-lnittcc, coni-lnittcc, quite an extensive plan was out-lined out-lined 'lo improve, if possible, the efll-"rioncy efll-"rioncy of the teaching corps throughout iho public schools of tho state. Tho plan includes tho systematic co-opcra-tion of tho authorities of tho summer school -with tho members of tho state board. Threo 3'ears ago there -sverc 350 tcach-crs tcach-crs in tho grammar grade aud high schools of the slate who had never been able to satisfactorily pass tho ex-aminations ex-aminations required Ly law to author-izo author-izo theJii to teach in tho positions which they held. Tho county superintendents, however, were compelled, because of tho lack of competent tachcra who were willing lo teach for tho salaries of-fcred, of-fcred, lo accept persons who did not anoasuro up to tho standard sot by law. ui tho same time many of the teachers Averc highly successful with their work. Classes of Certificates. At tho present time tho slato board 'defines three classes of certificates. The livc-vcar certificate presumes tho suc-ccssful suc-ccssful passing of examinations in all grammar grade subjects and two years or ordinarv high school work, and cn-titles cn-titles tho "holder to teach without cx-amiuation cx-amiuation in grammar schools for a period of five years. Tho grammar grade certificate requires all tho work commonly included in a high school course, and, in addition, examinations ou two j'ears of college work, and gives perpetual right io teach in any gram-, mar grado school in tho state. The third class differs Xrom the grammar grado certificate only in that an ad-ditioiial ad-ditioiial college 3-car is demanded and that high school positions may also bo secured under tho certificate. The proposition which has been agreed upon b3' the authorities of the summer school and tho state board pro-vides pro-vides a plan whcrel)3r instruction will be offered in the summer school which will enable teachers to obtain nnj' or all of these certificates simply by do-5ug do-5ug the necessary work during any num-ber num-ber of summers, depending upon the amount of work which they lack. To accomplish this it will bo nccessar3' to introduco into tho regular summer school curriculum a largo number of college subjects, as well as all of tho Diigh school courses. Tho plan coniprc-lionds coniprc-lionds methods for thrco classes or teachers, by moans of which the3' can secure temporary certificates each sum-3iier, sum-3iier, and at the sauio time havo their Tvork appl.v on their credits for an3' ono nf tho certificates mentioned. I How the Plan Works. The first is for persons having considerable con-siderable general education, but lacking an cxpcricnco and professional or pedagogical peda-gogical work. Such an applicant, having hav-ing had a throe years' high school course, will bo given a temporal certificate cer-tificate after taking a full six weeks 3 Bummer school course, which will lay particular stress on professional subjects. sub-jects. In like manner it has been arranged ar-ranged to provide for thoso lacking in scholastic subjects, but who havo boon ,employed teaching, without having been ablo io pass tho required examinations. If such an applicant can show a certificate cer-tificate from his county superintendent setting forth that ho has been successful success-ful in his work, lie will bo given a temporary certificate upon the satisfactory satisfac-tory completion of a summer school 'course, in which instruction in scholastic scholas-tic subjects will be tho most prominent feature. A third course will bo arranged to extend from May 17 until .luly 23, a period of ten weeks, which will bc cs-'peeially cs-'peeially designed for teachers in outliving out-living districts whero tho school 3'ear 'closes at this earl- dale. Many of these- toachcrs need the work particularly, particu-larly, and it is planned to givo them the benefit of the best instruction in tho slate. I List of Specialists. Tho list of professors includes anuiii-rrr anuiii-rrr of specialists in their particular line. Professor Mosiah Hall, who en jo3'S the distinction of being probably ihc best instructor in pedagogy in tho elate; Gcorgo Hedgcr, well known as an expert in the teaching of English; Professor .T. If. Paul, teacher of nature na-ture study; Miss Youngbcrg, a recognized recog-nized authority on history and geography, geog-raphy, and a number of others ecjual-Iv ecjual-Iv prominent among particular lines. Physical education will also play a prominent part i ntho instruction, Dr. V. Gilbert. Anderson of Yale, who was 80 eminently successful in his. work last summer, having been engaged to direct the courses again this summer. With this plan of co-opcralion between be-tween tho summer school and tho state hoard, tho former giving tho instruction instruc-tion and tho latter issuing tho certificates certifi-cates without examination, it is expected expect-ed that tho standard of tho teaching forces in ever" county in tho stafo will ho raised. Tho demand on State Superintendent Super-intendent Nelson is very heav and' ho thinks that as a result, of this plan ho will be enabled to recommend satisfactory satis-factory teachers in much larger numbers num-bers ihan ho has yet found it possible. |