Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-09-04
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.
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INDICTED BY sUPT. c. R. ALDRIcH

Z CONDUCTED BY SUPT. c. R. ALDRICH
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.
Below is given in full the section of
the law governing the granting of
professional certificates.
"SEc. 4. Professional to zolzom is
sued. Professional certificates shall
certify that the person to whom issued
is of good moral character, is pro-
ficient in and fully qualified to teach
orthography, reading, writing, Eng
lish grammar, geography, arithmetic,
history of Kansas, United States his
tory, constitution of the United States,
bookkeeping, physiology and hygiene.
theory and practice of teaching, ele-
ments af natural philosophy, algebra,
English literature, and general his
tory, and shall not be issued to per
sons under twenty-one years of age,
nor to such persons as have not
taught successfully thirty-two school
months; provided, that the persons
who receive a professional certificate
shall make a general average of not
less than ninety per cent, and in no
case shall a person receive a profes-
sional certificate who shall fall below
eighty five per cent in any one branch;
provided, that any person who shall
at any regular examination make
grad of ninety per cent or more in
any branch, the same shall be credited
on professional certificate; provided,
that no grade shall be carried longer
than two years, nor shall any grades
be credited unless the general aver
age in all subjects taken be seventy
five per cent; provided, also, that any
person to whom professional certif-
icate shall hereafter be issued shall,
upon the payment of one dollar fee,
be entitled to a renewal of same with
out examination, provided said appli-
cant shall not have remained out of
service as a teacher in the public
schools longer than two consecutive
years, was a regular member and at
tended at least ninety per cent of the
time of the county institute preceding
issuance of said certificate, was a reg
ular member and attended all of the
meetings of the county association,
unless excused by the county super
intenGent, and shall be a regular sub
scriber of some standard educational
journal, and shall perform such other
professional work as the state or
county superintendent shall direct;
provided further, that any person who
shall, at the time of the passage of
this act, be the holder of a first-grade
certificate, and who shall have taught
in the public schools of the state for
the two years Immediately preceding
the expiration of such certificate, |
shall, on the expiration of such first |
grade certificate, be issued a profess |
sional certificate on passing salts
factory examination IN each of the |
following branches: General history, |
history of Kansas, English literature
and algebra; provided, that no person |
shall be issued such professional GER
tificate who shall fall below eighty |
five per cent in any one of these four
branches"
To a teacher who has had the ex-
perience required, a professional GER
tifcate is comparatively easy to OBJ
tain and there are more than twenty |
of our teachers who could, by writing
on a few of the subjects il October
and few more in the January exam
ination, complete the list for a prefes-
sional certificate by the close of our
next institute.
The conditions under which a pro-
fessional certificate is issued and re-
newed makes it the best teachers GER
not excepting the state GER
tifcate and the life diploma, because
1t is not only a certificate to teach, but
it certifes that the holder attends the
normal institutes, attended the meet
ings of the county association and has
kept up in the professional reading
circle work.
From this time on, any teacher who
holds professional certificate has all
the recommendation needed to teach
in any of the common schools.
To Colorado.