Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-17
TEACHERS IN SUMMER.

with between 500 and 100 y tab teach
ei,s taking courses in the present $50
sion of the SIMMER school at the "
& ye.rs;ty OF Utah. the question as TO Wi.ll
teachers ought to$do in the GOOD olu
summer time seems to be sowing ~ ~
self III al very satisfactory manner,
n has always seemed to us teachers
4. should attend summer schools rather
than engage in other work alien 20
5 their vocation.
The trustees and the school patrons
III any district have Il clestr y CIV CIV ~
demand that the teachers 5whoIi y e eitSs
employ shall keep abreast Of the tl. tss
me rand evolution now going on IN
educational thought and metnoas lti ~
lit impossible for a teacher 70 Keep us
,y-ith the changes and growth q u ne
newer educational ideals without az
tendance ait regular courses, unless ".
decd, the teacher can put forum eAsr"T
ordinary efforts toward self improve
3 ment and so acduiressa knowledge ol
n 4hs new methods in other Ways Ana ma
this may be done in some cases cases ~
for the large majority of even soon
teachers the help Of specialists ~
courses laid out expressly for aiding
4 the teacher in his work, seems in loli
pensable.
The supply of teachers has tended
for some years TO be somewhat less
than the demand, while the State laws
4 have been making higher requirements
az teachers IN the matter OF both gen
$elsl education and professional Pre- As
paration for the work. The result ma
boon that many OF the schools nave
been unable to secure the, services o.
teachers fully certified according to the
strict letter of the Law, and such schools
4 have been conducted by persons holding i15Efs
temporary certificates good for only
* one year. D
The state Board of Education decided
over q year ago that those holding these
temporary certificates must take GER
tain special professional work during
the summer, before their certificates
could be renewed for the ensuing year
The Board, therefore, promulgated a
resolution requiring all holders Of tenn
poraly certificates and all other APP
plicstnts for positions as teachers who
could not meet fully the requirements Of
Z the llw, to take work amounting %
eight hours OF credit In the University
Il summer school as a prercq uisite to the,
granting or extension of a temporary
certificate for the year 5l
The result is that practically all un-f
certilcated teachers are now taking
summer courses; though 1t must not
be supposed that fully accredited teach
ers are! not also at work In the pres
cnt University session. On the con-.
ii trary there are many principals Of
schools, pro fessors. aud others. who are
attending in higher or special courses
for their own purposes, without any
reference to the securing OF State cer-i
tifcates.
The action of tile State Board Is
spoken Of with great, approval by thu
leading schoolmen Of the State; and the
public can hardly fall to approve, and
appreciate the movement for better
qualified instructors even while not
fully understanding the details Of it.
AS the law now stands, candidates
for the five years State certificate must
show proficiency in reading, writing,
spelling. English grammar. geography,
arithmetic, elementary algebra, United
states history, civil government, physi.5
ology and hygiene, two years OF English
OF high school grade, physical geos-
tta,- 6Iofa
K tory of education, elementary psychol-
osy, drawing, nature study and peda-
gogy.
Candidates for the grammar grade
life diploma take in addition the sub
jects plane geometry, reading and elo-
cution, rhetoric, general history. Eng
fish literature, physics, science of edu-
oation, and psychology.
For a high school life diploma the
candidate must show a high degree
of scholarship in the subjects listed
below. The State Board OF Education
iIrterprets a high school degree OF
scholarship to mean at least three
years work Of college grade, a year of
college work representing thirty units
of credit.
For the high school diploma, all can
didates must show proficiency in writ
ing. arithmetic, algebra, plane and solid
geometry, drawing. reading elocution.
photography. English grammar rhe-
toric, English literature. United States
history, civil government, general his
tory, political and physical geography,
nature study, physiology, physics. bota.-
ny. history and science OF education.
pedagogy and psychology They must
also present three of the following
branches; namely, Greek, Latin, French.
German, trigonometry, chemistry, ge-
ology, biology and nineralogy and in
4 addition sufficient work which, With
these, will make mp eighty hours OF
credit
The minimum requirement in5e each OF
i1'ssee subjects is u high school course
in that subject,
These are substantial requirements,
ana should guarantee to our schools
well qualified teachers Many teach
ers, doing well in their vocation, would
lind it practically impossible to present