Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-09-13
NEW REGULATIONS
FOR INSTRUCTORS
STATE SUPERINTENDENT RIGGS
ISSUES PAMPHLET FOR BEN
Eft OF TEACHERS
Sets Forth RMes Surrounding the APP
pllcatlon for and Granting Of Ger
.tlfleate- Glves In Detail the Resulre-
ments In Renewals.

From Tuesdays Daily.
For the benefit of those who are now
engaged in teaching and those who
contemplate entering the work, John,
F. Riggs, state superintendent Of pub
lie instruction, has issued pamphlet
containing the regulations in awarding
certificates.
Special County Certificates.
Nearly all branches are included in
the list for which special certificates
will be issued but they are divided
into groups of relative subjects. In
this, as in all other applications for
certificates, the applicant must furnish
recommendation from the. superin-r.
tendant and one other educator certE
flying to character and fitness. The ex,s
aminations can be taken only on the
Thursday preceding the last Friday Of
January, June, July or October.
An extended course of instruction
and training in an educational institu-
ton of higE grade, as shown by d.
ploma of graduation may be accepted
in lieu of this part of the examination.
But no credit will be given for any d.
ploma unless the applicant files with
the state superintendent Of public in
structton at least sixty days in adj
vance, q statement setting forth the
number of months the applicant has
pursued the special subject or subjects
in such institution, the length Of the
recitation and laboratory periods, and
the character of the instruction.
The applicant expecting to appear at
any examination must notify the sup
erintendent Is days in advance.
Renewal Of Specials.
Applications for renewal Of special
certificates Issued prior to October l.,
1905, must be accompanied by rear
sonably complete paper written in the
presence of the superintendent on a
topic selected by the superintendent
from the following list:
The educational theories Of Rous
seau. b
The doctrine Of interest.
A discussion of Herbert Spencer's
Theory Of Punishment.
The use Of the study period.
The Panama Canal.
Reclaiming the arid lands in the
west.
The value of handwork in public
schools.
County Certificates.
Any teacher holding first-grade or
two-year county certificate or a second
grade certificate issued prior to Octo-
Der /, 1905, and who has taught for at
least six months within the year i'm.
mediately preceding the date on which
! it is sought to have the certificate re
newed, or has regularly attended col
| lege or normal school for that time
: will be granted first grade uniform
= county certificate on the condition thai
u the application for renewal shall
= accompanied by recommendatie
from majority of the members of u
school board under which the applA
cant last taught and paper on one o
. the topics and written under the cir
: cumstances mentioned above.
Professional certificates issued priol
to and in force on October 1, 1905, vii
be classed either as first grade or sec
ond grade certificates, and be sub
= iect to renewal as such in accordance
:. with the evidence Of scholarship ant
= successful experience furnished tn,
y educational board of examiners.