Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-06 | Page 6 | Utah School Standards Results of Rapid Rise, Jensen Declares

Utah School l Standards Result Re tt Of Rise Ris J Jensen Declares Rapid Of-Rapid Rapid tes State No Only Longer One Requiring Normal Nannal Course of ot Tea Teachers rs Superintendent na nt t S Says Says' YI Utah i is nt no i l I nger r r th the on only state stat statIn In io the unTon requiring a a. normal n J n t l s school hoOl- hoOl course course- of or its ele a a. c college cour o ot of Its Us high school schoolteachers l teachers acheN according to Dr C C. N Je Jensen state superintendent of pub He lie instruction In ln 1115 article State E Educational u U nl the current curS cur rent lu Issue e of ot th Utah Educational a Review When these requirements were were m made de the article rt points out out there were one or off two oilier e states having similar meth methods i The Th present administration Dr Jensen M M-ii M in o ri th sch ld J antic and required re- re d o of ot superintendents f d nt supervisors super super- visors and t teachers ach rs ed It tobe tobo to tobo bo be boUs Us Its duty to formulate and adopt re regulations ul whereby pets persons peone 11 enter entering ing t the te teaching profession q Jn us as those already already- c teaching Inthe in tho the schools of Qt the I slate would bo in required to give c of n C 2 Hary ary preparation and hd fitness fitness' ss' ss for tor a ii a high t type pe of t f service The administration adminis adminis- h held Jd the same view lug lug- superintendentS superintendentS' and It wa wak r recognized recognised that Inferior scholarship at nt th ith the head hend ot a Do given cn unit of ot organization of shows show itself ln In inferior scholarship throughout lh the organization With these facts in mind st Steps ps Were werlo tal taken n as as' 1 rapidly as ris possible l to o formula te and u adopt Iceton Ice Ice- ton lion requirements which would in large irge measure measure secure e uro fitness fitness' for tor caching and administrative adminis IJ positions The pr present li requirements nt fo for according to the are the results of ot rather a-rather r rapid rJ rise e to to- present pre ent standards standard Be Be- ginning teachers in ili tho the elementary texy I schools hi he says says arc aro re to lo allow graduation tr from r d tw twp two year ell 1 standard normal normil schools schools' ll llor or equivalent scholarship I R Requirements tOri high s chool have hanl been enforceable lox for many years ears ears the the article points out but for tor forthe tho the reason that tho tt state to board of bf education not on or 1 only has ha's had the legal right to to prescribe requirements m but also has a authority t to withhold with with- withhold withhold hold state high Ji Ch school oJ funds funds' from Irom schools Cho ls having t he without r re- re qu td certification Fore Fora number ears t tour Y oury ars of ot college Work v rJ Including twenty twenty- seven leven education hayft b be been on required Of t teachers in high schools choo A As for r ce certificates valid in th tho administrative t field t fp four r r years yeara 1 of t T olleo preparation a aro ae c required d including ono forty hours liours of ot credit In In education bJ ets' ets nY for tor the tho pro professional preparation prepS prepa mUon ration of ot super t supervisors r and The two ye i certificate cit In lit administration formerly granted to on two of ot college go work successful Js no no long longer J S Therl rise I Itlo tic and professional and the present prent pr ent successful ent enforcement of oC requirements could not noth have ve 1 been een achieved without achieved without the tho wholehearted support ot of school s superintendents and boards of education Neither could the requirements have been so go thoroughly without favorable action by the legislature at M lart large ThIs c support on every hand makes for progress In In the state Mate school system and and nd for tor great encouragement to those thoRe called to positions of at educational leadership