The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1920-02-12
competent supervisory staff select
ed by the board of education on the
nomination of the superintendent.

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nomination of the superintendent.
9. The district boards of trustees
should consist of not more than three
| members elected by the qualified
voters. The initial terms of office
should be so arranged that not more
than one vacancy shall occur normal
ly in any one year.
10. The compulsory attendance law
should be so amended that the term
of compulsory attendance in any dis
trict should coincide with the regular
school term in that district.
The State should make special pro-
vision for those children who, by rea-
son Of physical or mental deficiency
are exempted from the operation of
the compulsory law.
II. The present plan for the exami-
nation and certifcation of teachers
should be revised in order to provide
for uniform standards, classification,
and specific academic and profession
al qualifications. We submit the fol-
lowing propositions as basis for re-
vision:
A. There should be differentiation
certificates.
l. General elementary school certi-
ficates emitting the holder to teach
the regular academic Fundamentally
subjects in all grades below the high
school.
2. Secondary school certificates.
(a) General high school certificates,
without which no one shall be permit
ted to teach in a high school.
(b) A certificate for each particular
subject, without which no one may
teach that subject in high school.
8. Specialized certificates giving IL
cense to each the non-academic sub
jects, such as music, drawing manual
training and vocational subjects.
2. Certificates should be issued by
the State as a whole through a State
board of examiners and for the whole
State. They should be obtained in two
ways:
l. BY examination. The examination
should be conducted by a central
board. Besides the examination for the
general certificates, elementary and
secondary, there should be an examin-
alton in each specialized (non-aca-
demic) subject.
2. By diploma or credentials. A col
lege degree should not entitle to a
certificate to teach unless the work
for which it was conferred included
at least two years of the study of ed
ucation. A diploma fulfilling this con-
dition should confer the right to a
general certificate, elementary or Sec
ondary. A certificate to teach a par
ticular secondary or specialized
(non-academic) subject should be
based on college degree only on con-
dition that the applicant shall show
such credit in that specific subject as
shall have been determined by the
board.
C. There should be a minimum sal
ary scale based on the grade of GER
tifcates and length of service.
D. The new regulation should not
interfere with any rights that already
exist.
IL. The State should be pension, in
surance, or other approved method,
make provision for the old age Of its
teachers.
13. The State should guarantee a
session of four or five months to every
child in the State, and State levy
should be imposed sufficient to do
this. Each county in the State should
have an additional levy sufficient TO
make it possible for each child in the
State a session of six or seven months.
The districts then should be permit
ted to levy a tax sufficient to provide
a session of such length as the local
people desire.
Ia. The consolidation of rural high
schools should be encouraged. Four
year courses of nine months each
should represent the minimum high
school preparation for business or for
college. Where only a three-year, high
school can be maintained its course OF
study should be so adjusted by the
State or country authorities that a
student may continue them in one OF
the four-year schools of his county.
Is. A central advisory board should
be Instituted to consist of one or two