Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-04-19
Examination Of Teachers.

The Superintendent of Schools for
the County Of WOOD, in accordance
with Section of Revised School Laws
Of 1861. has divided the County into
three Inspection Districts, ard will be
present for the purpose Of examining
teachers at the following times and
places:
On Friday, May 9th, at o'clock A.
NJ, at the village of Grand Rapids
All persons who intend to teach in the
towns of Grand Rapids and Saratoga
are requested to be present
On Monday, May 18th, at o'clock
a. NJ, at the village Of Centralia. All
persons who intend to teach in the
towrs Of Centralia, Seneca and I,u-
dolph are requested to be present.
On Tuesday, May goth, at the vii
lage of Dexter. All persons who in
tend to teach in the towns of Dexter,
Lincoln and Springfield are requested
to be present.
The present condition OF our schools
demands q strict adherence to the law
Ill regard to the inspection of teachers,
which reads as follows:
1T shall be the duty Of the County
Superintendent Of Schools in each
County to divide his County into In
.pcction Districts, to be bounded by
town lines, and not to contain more
5han four toWs each; and to hold in
and for each such Inspection District
at least two meetings in each year for
nhc examination Of teachers, Of Which
meetings 1T least thirty days notice in
writing shall be given to each School
District Clerk in the Inspection Dis
arict for which the meeting is to be
thcld, and by him posted in several
conspicuous places in his district
such notice shall contain the names of
The towns embraced III the Inspection
District, and the time, place and object
of the proposed meeting.
The examination Of teachers thus
held shall be public, and shall be con
Quoted by written and oral questions
and answers. They shall be uniform
t1ior the county in which they are held,
and no certificate Of qualification shall
be given except III accordance with the
law respecting teachers certificates
A-ou will observe that teachers are
to be examined at the time and place
fixed by the Superintendent, and that
al examinations of candid; IS are to
be public, and TO be conducted by
writtcn and oral questions and answers,
xnl also that no certificate Of qnalif-
vation shall be given except in accord
moe with the provisions Of law which
require all to be duly qualified in Or
7thosraphy, Written and intellectual
Arithmetic, Reading, Spelling, Writ
nag, Grammar, Geography, and Theo-
.1y and Practice of Teaching.
Therefore, none will expect u certti-
cate who fail to pass a good cxamina-
ton in all Of the aforesaid branches.
We wish it to be understood that we
shall be particular in the inspection,
for we notice a lamentable lack of ac-
curacy among many teachers i'll those
branches III which deficiency is the
least cxcusable. Gross errors appear
where they were the least expected
The cause of education demands bet
ter things from its servants. In mat
ters SO vitality connected with its adj
vancenent aeshgence is urfaithful-
aless. gset every teacher examine him
yor herself, and resolve never to iniure
the cause for which they profess to la
Soos,, a0d You will thereby save Inc
unuch troals-e ,apd yourselves much dis.