The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-01-16
TO THOSE INTERESTED IN EDU.
CATIONAL ADVANCEMENT

The enclosed resolutions were adopt
ed by the Conference of County super.
intendents and endorsed by the gen.
eral conference of school representa-
tiyes held at Pierre. December is. 10,
20. 81, 1918. From the resolutions
which were adopted IN the afternoon
of the 18th, the recommendations con-
corning health instruction were
omitted by oversight. Accordingly.
the provision for health instruction
was submitted to the sectional confer
ence of county superintendent on the
morning of the goth and unanimously
endorsed. The recommendation is rs
follows:
our present statutes make little or
no provision for competent health in
~struction in the public schools. Many
of our progressive communities have
taken upon themselves the responsible
ity of employing school nurses in tech
meal violation of the present law. We
therefore recommend that the proper
legislation be enacted which will re.
Quire county commissioners, and give
to Boards of Education of %independ-
ent districts the authority to employ
a school nurse who shall cooperate
with the proper state authorities in the
promotion Of sanitation and hygiene
and the Improvement Of the general
health in the public schools.
Recommendations
We, your committee, beg to report
as follows: We very sincerely regret
that the survey report is not in Il
hands at this time, but we understand
that it has been impossible to get the
printing done at the government Of
fee. Therefore, no blame should be
placed on anyone. We feel that it
would not be wise to delay necessary
legislation pending the receipt of the
report, especially since the report has
been carefully examined in its present
form and the measures we propose
conform to the recommendations Of
the survey.
We recommend the enactment OF
statutes %embodying the following:
Teachers Certifcates-(a) A profess
sional life certificate to college gradu-
ates authorizing them to teach in any
school in the state. Such certificates
shall designate the subjects in which
the holder is authorized to teach. (b)
Temporary suspension of certificates
when holder ceases to teach for three
or more consecutive years, providing
that such suspension shall not apply
to life diplomas when the holder has
pursued either the regular course of
reading circle work or such other
work as may be prescribed by the De-
partment of Public Instruction. (c)
Provision for the reinstatement Of re-
Movable certificates and life diplomas
which have been allowed to lapse I'M
der rules to be prescribed by the De-
partment of Public instruction. Cd
County to retain all examination fees
to be used in conducting county and
district Institutes, and the removal of
the time limit in which to make use
of such institute fund. (e) State De-
partment Of Public Instruction to have
all fees for certificates issued upon
credentials to be used for the promo
ton of education.
Teachers Training-(a) Thirty-six
weeks of professional training for ali
beginning teachers, INCLUDING observa-
ton and practice teaching. (b) Nor
NAL courses to be prescribed by the
State Department in connection with
the fourth year high school work
which shall include observation and
practice teaching. (c) In view of the
establishment Of the high school nor
NAL training course, the elimination of
the two-year elementary normal curse