Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1899-06-08
REGULATIONS
Governing the Examination and
-@ Certification of Public School
Teachers by the County
Superintendents of
Public Instruction.


perIntpndent "To prescribe the mode OF
examining and licensing school teach
ers, and their necessary qualifications.
(Sec Z, Sub-sec. o.
1t shall be the duty Of the County
Superintendent 40 perform such du-
ties in relation to the examination Of
teachers, and issuing to them certid-
cation, as may be required of him by
the State perintendent." (Sec. 8,
Sub-sec. 4.
ITO observe such directions and regu-
lations as the State superintendent Of
Public Schools may from time to time
prescribe. (Sec 9. Sub-sec, g.
No teacher Of Public Schools shall
be employed, Or receive any pay from
the public funds, unless he or she have
a certificate Of qualification, given to
him or her by the County Superintend-
ent, for the county within which he or
she is employed. (Sec. 26.)
Diplomas shall be granted to those
who honorably complete the Course of
Study prescribed in Normal Schools es-
tablished by the State Board Of Educa-
tion, and possession of such Diploma
shall exempt the holder thereof from
the examination prescribed as a condi-
tion precedent to employment in the
Public Schools Of the State, any such
graduate being eligible as teacher in
any county of the State. (Sec. "a, Sub
sec. g.
REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION.
Under authority of the State Board
of Education, the Peabody Normal Col
lege Of Nashville, and the Teachers
Training School at Hiwassee College,
issue Certificates and Diplomas to grad
yates, which exempt the holders from
examination before the County Super
intendents
Parties holding Roll of Honor Ger
tificates issued by the State or Peabody
Institutes shall bo exempt from exam
inatlon for Teachers Certificates, in any
OF the Counties in the State, provided
that no certificate hereafter issued by
any suSh-institute, or Conductor there
Of shall be good for a period exceeding
four years from date of issuance. :"
Minute Book, 1899.
Heretofore Life Certificates have
been issued exemp:ing teachers from
further examination, but the above ac-
, tion OF the State Board means that Life
Certificates are forbidden, and that all
who stand examinations this, or any
succeeding year, shall be granted cer-
tihcates which will expire four years
from date, instead of for life, This
ruling does not interfere with parties
now holding Life Certificates.
All persons who are exempt from ex-
animation for Teachers Certificates by
authority OF the State Board of Educa-
tion, shall conform to the requirements
of the State Superintendent as to the
time when the said persons shall make
application to the county Superntend-
ent for Teachers Certificates" min
ute Book 1895, p. 29.
REGULATIONS OF STATE sUPERINTEND-
ENT-GRADEs OF CERTIFICATES
Three grades of certificates shall be
issued.
First Grade Secondary Certificates are
to be given to graduates of the STATE
Normal Colleges, of the State and Pea
body Institutes, and to all who shal
average in examination at least S5 OF
the following subjects:
OrthograpbN
Reading,
Writing,
Mental Arithmetic,
Written Arithmetic,
English Grammar,
Geography,
History of Tennessee,
History of United States,
Physiology and Hygiene,
Elementary Geology of Tennessee,
Elementary Principles Of Agriculture
Elements Of Algebra.
Elements of Plane Geometry,
Elementary Natural Philosophy,
Elementary bookkeeping,
Elements Of Civil Government,
Rhetoric,
Theory and Practice OF Teaching, an
School Law.
Second Grade Secondary Certifcat,
are to be issed TO applicants who ave
age in examination at least 20 on Il
same subjects required for the F.ri
Grade.
Third Grade Primary Certificates a
to be given TO those whose average
at least 50 on tue subjects required
taught in the Primary schools, aud
Theory and Practice Of Teaching: al
)Prmary Certificates, good for one yea
will be issued, without examination,
applicants who have completed q
Course Of Study for the First Year
anv State or Peabody Institute, pruvi
"a that such Certificates shall not
issuad tbout examination after %