East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-01
CHANGES IN SCHOOL
LAWS IMPORTANT
SUPERINTENDENT WELLES
REVIEWS NEW STATUTES
Changes in Manner and Method of
Certification Do Not Invalidate
Certificates Already Issued.

The following resume of the new
school laws has been prepared oy
Frank X. Welles, county school SUI
perintendent:
Several important changes have
been made in the laws governing the
certification of teachers. Hereafter
all certificates will be state papers,
and will entitle the holders to teach
in any county in oregon, after hav-
ing registered their certificates in the
county where they intend to teach.
The new laws do not inyalidate any
certificates that have already been
issued Persons who have partially
completed their examinations for state
certificates or life diplomas, may COM
plete their examinations under the
old laws.
The next regular teachers eXami-
nation will be held on June 21, 22,
% and "a. There will be no exami-
nation in August. hence all persons
whose certificates expire in August,
or who wish to take teachers eXami-
nations in order to teach next year,
should write at the June eXamina-
the issuing of any more county cer-
, tificates, except that county supers-
tendents will have authority to issue
county certificates on state grades un-
til May 20.
| Under the present law applicants
must complete the subjects for a
state certificate within three success
sive examinations. The new law pro-
vides that such persons may COM
plete their examinations under the
laws now in force. All persons
therefore, who are writing for state
certificates should appear at the June
examination.
Applicants for a one-year state GER
tificate must make a general aver
age of not less than 10 per cent and
shall not fall below 60 per cent in
any one of the following subjects:
Writing, photography, arithmetic
physiology, grammar, civil govern.
ment, school law, psychology, Ameri'
can literature, algebra, physical ge'
ography and composition. Twelve
months teaching experience is re-
quired for this paper.
Applicants for a life state certifi
cate must make a general average o
not less than S5 per cent and snai
not fall below 10 per cent in an!
one of the following subjects: Arith
metic, writing, orthography, reading
physiology, school law, civil govern
ment grammar, geography, theor
and practice of teaching, U. s his
| - a rrs
English literature, algebra, physica
geography, plane geometry, botany
physics, bookkeeping, composition
general history, geology and histor
OF education. Thirty months teach
ing experience is required for thi
paper.
Applicants for primary five-yea
state certificate must make a gener
al average of not less than IS pc
cent and shall not fall below 20 pc
cent in any one of the following sun
) jects: Methods in reading method
in arithmetic, methods in languag,
methods in geography, theory an
! practice Of teaching, writing, orthog
raphy physiology, PHYSIOLOGY, an
in addition thereto shall write a the
sis on an educational subject selecte
froma list prepared by the superin
tendent of public instruction. Twelv
months teaching experience is re
quired for this paper which gives tn
=, applicant authority to teach only i
= the first, second and third grades.
No examination in English classic
will be required lin the June exam
nation on account of the lack of tim
for announcements and preparation
All examinations will be based upo
the textbooks adopted by the stat
textbook commission.