The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-16
STATE EDUCATION NOTES.
Items of Interest Concerning Schools,
Teachers and Districts.

The normal schools will open Monday,
Sept. IS. There is every indication that
the attendance will be large and each
school has increased its teaching staff
| and the number of critic teachers in the
training class. AT the Johnson normal
school there is now critic teacher in
charge of each room in the training
school.
! The teachers training schools in the
Montpelier seminary, People s academy
at Morrisville, the Essex Junction high
school and the Randolph high school
report classes with more than IA stu
dents This entities them to an assist
ant teacher.
4 Since the first of July nearly 1000
n Vermont teachers have been re-certif-
/ Gated under the new regulations. This
has involved a large amount of CORES
pondence and investigation on the part
l of the commissioner Is office. The work
/ is now nearly completed. Very few
life certificates under the new plan will
be issued this year. One of the results
of the new system of certification has
been 4 large attendance at the various
summer schools. About third of the
teachers of Vermont attended at least
three weeks of summer school. This is
n record that has not been approached
by any other state in the Union. The
attendance was not limited to the in
stitutions in our own state. There were
Vermont teachers at George Washing
ton university, Washington, Columbia
university, university of New York,
Simmons college, Harvard university
and Dartmouth college. According to
the new regulation towns will receive
state aid according to the kind of Ger
4 tiicate held by the teachers in their
I rural schools, four dollars week be
I ing allowed for the life certificate, three
] dollars for the qualification certificate
1 and two dollars for the probationary
; certificate. The state will give trained
: teachers rebates only to towns which
, employ teachers holding one of the new
certificates.
The revised list Of junior high school,
is as follows: Jacksonville, Cabot
A Plainficld, North Troy, Highgate Cen
k ter, Essex Center, Burlington, Waits
field, South Royalton, Hinesburg ant
4 Randolph Center.
Al Teachers Training classes have been
4 granted to Brigham academy, Bakers
! field, Wilmington, Swanton and Soutl
Royalton.
\ Norman Frost has been granted
4 year leave of absence from his dutie
rs superintendent of the Washington
4 West district for professional study a
Il Columbia university. William II. Oar
4 row of Putney has been elected by tn
4 state board to fill the vacancy.
The 9th annual convention of tn
b. Vermont state Teachers association
4 will be held at Burlington on Oct. /.
His, Il, 1916. Dr. John II. Findlay
4 commissioner of education for the stat
Z of New York, has been secured as on
\ of the speakers. Further information
A relative to the convention can be OF
I tanned from Prin. A. s. Hartman
4 chairman, executive committee.
Two expositions will be held this ia
4 in which many Yermonters will hay
a special interest, and III which man
4 Vermont boys and girls will desire t
q compete for prizes IN variety {
I classes.
Supt. John d. Whittier of the Be-
Ellington Central district has been gran
ed two months leave of absence by I'll
3 state board for the purpose of workin
4 with the extension department of Il
& university which is engaged in pr
4 pairing exhibits of boys and girls clu
I work to be shown at the National Dair
N show in Springfield, Mass, October |
= The temporary vacancy III his distri
. is to be filled by Mrs. Edward Smit
of Bennington.
II Schools will open throughout the sta
II on Monday, Sept. Is, except i'll the /
II calities where eases of infantile paral
sis exist. In these localities the supe
II intendent will follow the instruction
II the local health boards.
Through the generosity of Mortim
II Proctor, of Proctor, the Vermont Fo
II estrv association is offering three priz
II to the students in the high schools al
II academies of the state for the best e
II saws ON Forestry in Vermont. Full d
II tails will be furnished later.
The 800 voted to each superintende1
II by the board of education at its NEE
II ing of August 10 takes the place of t
II travelling account of last year. +
this 800, the superintendent need ket
no vouchers nor render any account
In addition to this, the usual ''offiee c
ii pense' account will be allowed at t
end of the year. For this an accou
must be rendered and vouchers preseI
- ed. This includes only such office e
penses as can be legitimately charg
, to the state and should not contain itel
that should be charged to the towns
The state board has authorized t
commissioner to hold two Institutes t
VI the instruction of the teachers trainil
classes The dates and places are to
! announced later.
!. A committee has been appointed
r investigate the purchasing of phor
T graph records. These records are
make a circulating library for distrif
ton among the Junior high schools.
5e The resignation of Walter II. Sill
as instructor of science and eXpressi
at the johnson normal school has be
Is accepted.
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