The Shasta courier., 1859-12-17
SHASTA COURIER.
Instruction to school Teachers.
OFFICE SuPr. PUBLIC SsHocss,
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SHASTA Co., Dec. 10, 1889 J
n.,,;,o the present school year shall require
of.scb teacher under my supervision, to hold
certificate of examination, and on my visits 10
,be ssyeral schools in the county, SHAH call on
,hsr IN exhibit their certificates Of appreciation,
and in case they cannot, shall hold them 10 an
accountability. Furthermore, am Instructed
in case the Trustees insist npon granting GER
.;ec,,e - teacher 10 one who is, in my oplnlon
clearIv incompetent or morally Objectionable,
sboIl formally enter my protest, record 1t IN the
oaicial archives and if deemed proper, give II
publicity. -,
[ shall require all the Trustees to conform
strictly to the school law, for upon ht seiec-
tion Of teachers depends the efficacy and pop
ularity of their schools, the welfare ana nior"l
training of their children.
The experience Of our teachers IN the art oi
teaching the Young ideas how to shoot, is rather
circumscribed Some have only commenced
teaching. whilst others have taught twelve years;
Teachers should be thoroughly educated, ana
practice makes perfect in teaching.
Exserience. then, is requisite to teachers 5
success in governing schools and Imparting
knowledge Uneducated and cheap teachers
are dear at any price. Better let the school fund
remain in the treasury than to employ poor
teachers, who have no ability to govern school
nor faculty to impart knowledge.
We have better set OF teachers employed
this year than last. We have i've teachers VINO
can rank AS first class and have given general
satisfaction, and four second class, who have
done only tolerablv well, and one who has not
even attained this low standard, and employed
by the old bachelor Trustees, because OF the sex
differing from themselves. No person should be
allowed to teach school without thorough ed
ucatlon. and who designs to make teaching
permanent profession.
Much depends upon the capacity of teachers
to commence the early training OF children IN
the right principles and mould and fashion their
tender minds with impressions which will be
beneficial to them in after lifei and prepare them
for future usefulness. Shasta county has only
one person who designs to make teaching per-
manent profession.
Every teacher should be required to hold a
certificate from the County Superintendent be-
fore they are allowed to teach school.
This will keep out all unworthy teachers, and
induce the Trustees to select persons for this Of
fee who are qualified to impart knowledge. In
many instances the Trustees are not proper
judges of those qualifications which modern
teachershould possess in this enlightened day
ofenterprise and improvement; consequently |
know of many who have taught school without
a certificate of examination.
There appears to be no standard by winch
Trustees judge teachers qualifications. Cali
fornia is we'll supplied with teachers, and my
opinion s;- not to give certificate to teachers
without they are thorougly qualified, then this
process of trying would be put an end to, and in
many cases the unprinciped, who labor to be
popular, would be rejected, and the moral and
conscientious employed.
Applications are frequently made to Trustees
by quack teachers, whose qualifications are
merely literary, without any mental training and
with no faculty of teaching, and in many in
stances they are employed, and the scholars were
not so wise at the end of the term as when they
commenced.
Teaching is profession which calls for the
exercise OF the finest intellect, the highest grade
of genius, and encouragement should only be
given to those who design pursuing this bus-
ness to the exclusion of all other employment.
G.. X. GODFREY,
County Supt Public Schools.