The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1915-05-14
THE TEACHERS.
Uniform Examination and Certifca-
ton of Teachers.

ton of Teachers.
To the School People of Tennessee
On account of many inquiries coming
to the office of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction rela-
tive to the examination and certif1-
cation of teachers, it is deemed ad-
visable to publish the following in
formation:
DATES FOR THE EXAMINATION.
The first examination will be held
on May 81 and June l, 1915.
The second examination will be
held on July Is and Is, 1915.
Examinations will be held at the
following places, supervised by rep
resentatives of the State Board of
Education, and certificates granted
will be valid in any county in the
State:
West nnessee-Memphis, Paris,
Savannah and Jackson.
Examinations will be held at the
county seat in all other counties on
the same dates and certificates
granted will be good only in the
county in which the examination is
taken.
All teachers expecting to begin
their schools before the first of Sep
TENDER should take the first exami-
nation, as no certificate can be is
sued on the second examination be-
fore the last of August.
Only two classes of certificates are
Observation-Disclosures certificates
and high school certificates, the law
governing the examination and GER
tifcation of teachers in effect abol-
ishing the certificate heretofore
known as secondary certificates.
GRADES OF CERTIFICATES.
Certificates shall be designated
and graded as elementary certificates
of the first or second grade or high
school certificates of the first or sec
ond grade A first grade certificate
shall be valid for a period of five
years from date of issue. A second
grade certificate for the period of
two years
To obtain a first grade certificate
the applicant must have experience
and must make an average of IS per
cent on the subjects prescribed for
examination and must not fall below
20 per cent on any subject. An appli-
cant who makes a first grade aver
age as required, but who has not
the requisite teaching experience,
will be granted a second grade GER
tiicate which may be changed to
first grade certificate after eight
months successful teaching.
RENEWALS.
All 1914-1915 certificates, bearing
grades, or all State Honor Roll Ger
bAhSoICo loohCu Jul ING Iut ySdl L D Z,
good for four years, and all State
High School Certificates not out of
date will be renewed by holder TAX
ing the examination in two books
of the reading circle course or by
attending a summer term of one of
the State Normals, the Summer
School of the South or Peabody Col
lege, and doing satisfactory work in
at least three courses as shown by
the records of the institution. Three
courses can not be taken satisfac-
torily at summer schools unless pu-
pills enter during the first week of
the term.
No county certificate issued prior
to 1914 that was renewed for at
tendance at a summer school last
year will be renewed. The holders
of all such certificates will be re-
quired to take the regular State ex-
animation. Certificates marked
temporary or ISSUED on expert
ence in lieu of examination" will
not be renewed, but theholder will
be required to take the regular State
examination.