Show Teachers May Be Certified Elsewhere Teachers trained and licensed in Utah soon may be automatically cally certificated to teach in other states THIS TIllS WAS reported Aug 21 by Dr Vere McHenry specialist special special- for teacher personnel and professional relations for the State Board of Education Dr McHenry said he learned at a recent conference in Boston Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton that 22 states now have passed legislation permitting them to participate in an interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state compact on teacher A federally supported project based in New York state has been developing the interstate interstate interstate inter inter- state certification program MANY STATES including Utah automatically certificate teachers who graduate from institutions examined and approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by the state certification certification certification tion agency- agency in Utah the State Board of Education Dr McHenry McHenry Mc- Mc Henry said While standards and procedures procedures procedures dures for approving programs vary from state to state it is the aim of the Interstate Certification Certification Certification Project to establish contractual arrangements between between between be be- tween states Dr McHenry said Under such a program each state would accept the theother's theother's theother's others other's program and automatically automatically automatically auto auto- certificate teacher graduates graduates' trained in other states' states institutions A BILL TO permit Utah to I join in the project was introduced introduced introduced intro intro- in the 1969 Utah Legislature Legislature Legislature Legis Legis- lature and had partisan bi-partisan support support supPort sup sup- port Dr McHenry said The pressure of time and necessary concentration on high priority legislation precluded its passage passage passage pas pas- sage he said Dr McHenry said he was hopeful such a bill could be considered by the 1970 Legis Legis- lature |