Enterprise news-record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911, 1911-03-01
CHANGES MADE
IN SCHOOL LAWS
SUPERINTENDENT TO APPOINT
A COUNTY EDUCATIONAL :
BoARD-ExAMlNATloNS.

state OF oregon, department. Oh ruu-
cation, Salem, Feb. "a, 1911.
To County Superintendents:
Gentlemen: The laws enacted at
the present session of the legisla-
ture will go into effect May 20, 1911.
The two laws which affect you the
most are the Certification law and
the Supervision law.
Under the latter, the County Sup
erintendents of each county having
more than sixty school districts,
shall appoint on or before June l,
1911, four members of a County Edu-
cational Board, of which board the
County Superintendent is ex-officio
chairman. The members of the boaro
receive no compensation excepting
travelling expenses. Members of this
board must be legal school voters
and no person holding any other coun-
ty office, excepting the County Sup,
erintendent, shall be eligible.
On the first Monday in June the
Educational Board shall meet and
divide all the school districts in the
county excepting districts of the first
class into supervisory districts. No
supervisory district shall contain
less than twenty nor more than fifty
school districts. The County Super
intendent shall be counted as a sup
ervisor for one district and the board
shall employ Supervisors for the
other districts. The Supervisor shall
be, employed for not less than ten
months each year at not less than
$lOO per month to be paid from the
general fund of the county.
Certificates.
The next examination will be held
ON June 21, 22, %, and "a. There will
be no examination in August, hence
those persons whose certificates ex-
pire in August, or who wish to take
teachers examinations in order to
teach next year should write at the
June examination. The new law does
away with the county certificates, bur
you will have authority to issue coun-
ty certificates on State grades until
May 90
Under the present law applicants
must complete the subjects for
State certificate within three sue
cessive examinations. The new law
provides that such persons may COM
plete their examinations under the
laws now in force. ALI persons, there
FORE who are writing for State certifa-
Gates should appear at the June exam
nation.
Applicants for one-year State Ger.
tificate must make general average
of not less than IS percent and shall
not fall below 60 percent in any one
of the following subjects: Arithme-
tic, civil government, geography, gram
mar, history, orthography. physical
geography, reading, school law. theo-
ry and practice of teaching, and writ
ing.
Applicants for "a five-year State GER
tificate must make a general average
of not less than S5 percent and shall
not fall below 70 percent in any one
of the following subjects: Writing,
photography, arithmetic, physiology,
grammar, geography, theory and prac-
tice of teaching, reading, U, s. his
tory, civil government. school law,
psychology, American literature. al.
zebra, physical geography, and com
position. Twelve months teaching
experience is required for this paper.
Applicants for life, State certi-
ficate must make a general average
of not less than S5 percene and shall
not fall below 20 percent in any one
of the following subjects: Arithme-
tic, writing, orthography, reading,
physiology, school law, civil govern
ment, grammar, geography. theory
and practice of teachiAg, U. 8. hist
ory psychology, American literature,
English literature, algebra, physical
geography. plane geometry, botany
physics, bookkeeping, composition.
general history. geology, and history
of education. Six months teaching
experience is required for this paper.
Applicants for primary fiveyeaF
State certificate must make a general
average of not less than IS percent
and shall not fall below 70 percent
in any one of the following subjects:
Methods in reading, methods in arith-
metie. methods in language, methods
in geography. theory and practice OF
teaching, writing, orthography. phys-
ology, Psychology. and IN addition
thereto shall write a thesis on an edu-
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