Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-04-29
Lewiston Normal.
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Public Instruction, who has been here
| i'm attendance as member OF the
Board OF Trustees OF the Lewiston
State Normal School, yesterday gave
out the following interview, relative
to the certificatiOn OF teachers.
Speaking of the changes made by the
new school code, she said.
Under the provisions of the new
school code passed by tine last leg
slature several changes were made
In the school law relative to the GER
| tificatiCn of teachers. Every appl-
CANT fer third grdae certificate must
not only pass . satisfactory examina-
| tiCn in the common school branches,
the manual for the elementary cOurs-
es OF study OF the schools OF Idaho,
and the elementaries of agriculture,
but must also have attended pro
| fessiCnal schCol fer teachers for at
| least six weeks and therein received
credit i'm the following subjects. The
School Law of Idaho, School Manage
ment and Methods of Teaching Read
| ing, Languages, Arithmetic, History,
and Geography This provision of
the school cGde, however relative to
attendance at a professional school
for teachers does not apply to per-
sens who have taught for eight months
successfully, prior ito July LIST, 1911.
Furthermore a third grade certificate
may be renewed if the holder shall,
during the time for which the certifi-
cate is valid attend a professional
school for teachers, for a period OF
not less than six weeks, receiving
credit in such school i'm at least two
subj cts.
applicants for second grade GER
tificates shall have taught success
fully i'm the public schools for at
least eight months and must have
passed a satisfactory examination i'm
all branches required for a third grade
certificate and i'm addition, i'm Physical
Geography, American Literature, En-
glish Composition, and in the cata-
Logging and use of school libraries. A
second grade certificate may be re-
with ina
the holder thereof has taught for two
years during the life of such certifi-
cate and has attended professional
school for teachers for at least six
weeks and received credits for at
least two subjects.
"Those applying for first grade Ger
-tificates must have taught success
fully for at least eight months i'm
the public schools and shall pass
satisfactory examination i'm all branch
es required for second grade certifi-
Gates and i'm addition English Litera-
ture, Principles of Teaching. Algebra,
Physics or Botany, and Medieval
and Modern or English History. The
County superintendent may transfer
the standing of second grade certifi-
cate lin force to first grade certifi-
cate If the holder of such second gra-
de certificate has taught school
successfully for eight months and
has attended, since receiving such
second grade certificates, a profess
sional school for teachers for at least
silk weeks and received credit i'm at
least two subjects.
"The new school code creates
summer Normal School Commission
consisting of the State Superint endent
and the Principals of the State Nor
mai Schools at lewiston and Albion
which Commission was authorized to
establish three summer normal schco-
Is this summer. This year the sum-
mer normals will be held at Boise
L OCdleIio uilu Ollt III lliS llOIlu, Shtutl
at Occur d. Alene or Standpoint The
length of the term will be six weeks.
The subjects of instruction will be
those usually given at summer nor
NAL sessions, that is Principles of Ed
ucation, and all other subjects upon
which applicants are required to
write i'm the county and state exam
nations Due credit will be given for
work satisfactorily completed. Those
having immediate charge of the sum-
mer normal sessions this year are
Mr. S. w. Brown, of Lewiston Nor
NAL School, for the North Idaho Sum-
mer Normal. superintendent Meek of
Boise, Jun Boise, and Mr.. Miles Reed,
of Pocatello."
Domestic Science Exhibit.