The San Francisco call., 1896-08-07
SOME RADICAL CHANGES,
A New Plan Proposed for Issuing
Teachers Certificates in
This State.
County School Superintendents Would
Have the Present Law Com.
pleteIy Changed.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANc1sco CALL

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
908 broadway, Aug. 6.
The State Convention of County School,
Superintendents closed to-day after pre-
pairing an entirely new law regarding the
issuance of certificates to those who desire
to teach in the schools of the State.
The proposed law provides for the issu.
ance of high, elementary and kindergar-
ten grades of certificates, with two classe:
each, limited and permanent, and further
provides as follows:
The limited certificate of either of the fore
going classes shall be granted to the applicant
who successfully passes the required examina-
tion. Such limited certificate shall be valid
for tour years After two years successful ex.
perience, evidence of which has been filed
with the county board and accepted by them,
the limited certificate may be exchanged by
them for 3 permanent certificate
Also to grant special certificates, valid for six
years, which shall entitle the holder 10 teach
such special branches as may be required by
city or county boards of education, but no
special high-school certificate shall be granted
to teach any of the subjects hereinafter named
as requisite for a full high-schooI certificate
except as provided in section 1878.
Elementary school certificates shall be
granted only to those who have passed satis-
factory examination in the following studies.
arithmetic, grammar, geography, compost
ton, history OF the United States orthography,
defining and word analysis, penmanshfp read
ing, methods OF teaching, school law, draw
Ing, physiology, government, bookkeeping,
vocal music, English and American literature,
algebra, elementary physics, plain geometry
botany, zoology and psychology.
The High School certificate shall be granted
only 10 those VINO have passed satisfactory
examination in the subjects required for the
elementary certificate, or who hold such ele-
mentary certificate, in English literature, gem
eral history, history of education and ciyics
as well as on all the subjects in one of the fol-
lowing groups: A-Higher algebra solid
geometry, trigonometry, physics. B-Physics,
chemistry, biology, geology. C-Latin re-
quired for entrance to full classical course of
the State University of California, Greek to
meet the same requirement.; the equivalent in
French or German NAV be substituted for
Greek.
The kindergarten certificate shall be granted
only to those who have passed a satisfactory
examination III the subjects required for the
elementary certificate or who hold the ele-
mentary certificate and who furnish evidence
OF satisfactory professional kindergarten train
ing in an approved institution.
The primary and grammar schools of this
state shall be classed as elementary schools
The board may also without examination
grant county school certificates as follows: A
limited elementary certificate to the
noiders OF the following certificates: Life
diplomas or certificates of States when repre-
sentlng experience equal to that required for
the life diploma in this State provided that
the State Board of Education of this State
StnOOl
issuing said diploma as being equal rank with
the State Normal School OF California;; San
francisco Normal School diploma, when
recommended by the Superintendent of Public
Schools and principal OF said City: California
State educational diplomas; California. State
University diplomas, when the owners have
completed the full course in pedagogy and
been recommended by the faculty Of the
University; elementary school certificate oI
any county, city, or city and county of Cali
fornia.
The graduates Of State Normal schools
are to be given limited High School GER
tjficates, as are graduates of institutions
OF like character and grade of other States.
Limited kindergarten certificates are to
be given holders of credentials, equivalent
in point of professional learning and ex-
perience. Limited certificates obtained
upon credentials may be exchanged for
permanent ones on the same terms as GER
tifcates obtained by examination.