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the state department. No teacher may
hold her position unless her training
has been endorsed by the state de.
partment's certificate. The certificate
for elementary school teachers is
granted to all who pass successful
state examinations in the common
branches, in ten high school branches
mathematics, two courses; science,
three courses; history, three courses;
English, two courses-and'i in four pro.
fessional branches, pedagogy, psychol-
ogy, history of education, school Or
ganization and law. The certificate
for high school teachers is granted
without examination to applicants who
hold a liberal arts degree from an ap.
proved institution.
The Winona plan for parochial
schools provides that every teacher
in the parochial schools of the diocese
earn the special certificate required
for the grade of work she is teaching.
Summer School for Sisters.
In the summer school conducted for
the sisters of the diocese at the Col
lege of st. Teresa, provision was made
for reviewing the various branches
preparatory to taking the state exam
nations. A representative of the state
department of education came at the
close of the summer session and con-
Quoted the examinations for three,
days. One hundred and forty-nine
sisters took the examinations for state
certificates.
At the close of the summer session
all the sisters teaching in the diocesan
schools. and all the pastors conduct
ing parochial schools, were present at
the institute directed by the Right
Reverend Bishop. The various points
In the plan were submitted to the as.
sembly for thorough discussion. The
recommendations in the plan were en-
Enthusiastically endorsed by pastors and
| sisters. In order to insure the sue
cessful inception of points II, III, and
V, uniformity of course content, meth
DDS and text books, the Right Rever-
end Bishop appointed an advisory com.
mittee under whose direction these
points will be worked out gradually
in the various schools with the least
possible violence to existing condj.
tions. The uniform record books were
presented by the Bishop to the prin.
cipals Of the various schools. The
uniform record books were prepared
for the diocesan schools during the
past year. Each set consists of three
books, one for daily marks, loose.
leaf, for the elementary school; one
for monthly marks, loose.leaf, for the
high school; and bound book for
recording semester standings and final
examination marks. The blanks are
very simple but they are planned to
convey readily an accurate statement
of the kind and quality of work done
by the pupils in the course of the
week, month or year. Each school
will have system of "open marks"
which may be consulted by any one
at any time
The Session at St. Teresa,s,
The discussion of the Winona plan
would not be complete without refer.
ence to the diocesan summer school
which is held at the College of st.
Teresa. The session is six weeks in
length. The work is divided into three
sections, the college section in which
courses taken are counted toward
degree; the normal section in which
the work is counted toward meeting
the professional training requirement
for grade teachers; and the certificate
section. in which reviews are conduct.
ed preparatory to the state examina.