The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1920-04-07
SCHOOL NEWS
And VIEWS
BY J. r. Meador, supt.

owing TO the TACT that the recen
Legislature made many changes in tn
laws relating to the school system
teachers are anxious to know jus
what has been done and what will b,
expected of them in the years {,
come and especially the ensuing year
For those who are interested in tn,
schools and especially teachers who
are making inquiries relative to Ger
tihcation and examinations | shall
give briefly the new requirements.
No teacher holding certificate will
the expiration of the certificate nov
be. required to be re-examined unit
, held.
The examination for white and col
ored teachers will be held on the same
day. but in separate rooms. The reg.
ular examinations for teachers Ger.
tifcates will be held on the third Fri.
day and Saturday in May, June, and
September.
q All papers will be sent to Frankfort
and will be graded by the State Board
of Examiners, and all certificates will
be good throughout the State.
The fee to be paid by each applicant
will be $500 and this fee will be for
warded to the State Board of Exam
liners. The County Examiners will re-
ceive $500 per day for the two days
of the examination, to be paid by the
State Superintendent out of the funds
derived from examination fees paid
by teachers.
There shall be four grades of certi-
hcates issued to teachers in Common
Schools as follows:
a. Teachers Diploma.
b. State Teachers Certificate
C. Elementary Certificate, first grade
d Elementary Certificate, second
grade.
An Elementary Certificate of the
first grade shall require an average
of s5 per cent on all the. subjects in
the Common School course, and the
Science and Art of Teaching and on
the State Course of Study, and no
subject shall be lower than 20 per
cent. This certificate is good through
out the State for four years.
An Elementary Certificate of the
second grade shall require an average
of not less than IS per cent on all the
subjects named above, with no sub
ject lower than 60 per cent. This GER
tihcate is good throughout the State
for two years.
After July 1, 1922 applicants for
Elementary certificates shall have had
at least one year of high school work
or its equivalent, and in addition there
to, five weeks study of professional
subjects in State Normal school,
After July 1, 1924, applicants for
such certificates shall have had two
years high school work and ten weeks
study in a state normal school
After July 1, 1926 such applicants
shall have had four years high school
work and twenty weeks in normal
school.
Examinations for Common Sschool
Diploma will be held as heretofore
and no person will be admitted to
the County High School unless he
holds such diploma. Next examination
for diploma to be held May and 8.
No salary paid to a teacher in a
than SIS per month.
A census of the school children of
the county is being taken this month
Let every teacher and every patron
assist in getting every child between
and IS enrolled in the census. If the
trustee has not taken the census of |
your children by the last of April see
ma and give him the names and ages. |
Every child missed will deprive the |
:ounty of about 5000 of State School
Fund.
Help your trustee make it correct
md complete.
With better paid teachers the public
hould and will demand ll:ger ser
ice and better qualified teachers
reachers should, and / am very sure
hey will, be only too glad to CO.
perate in every way to help make the
chool system all that it should be.
they have always given more largely
han they have received, and / am
ure that / voice the sentiment of
very true teacher when ! say that
We will give larger proportion of
1crease in qualification and service
han we have received in salary.
All trustees will be instructed to
ee to it that every teacher gives at
east six hours to actual work in the
chool room, and upon failure to do
0 he will refuse to sign the report.
The pay of teachers is not yet in
roportion to the remuneration in the
ther professions, but the increase has
ONE because there was a general de-
land on the part of the public for
et.er salaries for teachers. Failure
n the part of the teacher to live up
} the opportunity would as surely
reate demand for the reduction of
ne pay.
Schools for the past three years
ave been completely disorganized on
ccount of the war and other abnor-
lal conditions. The war is now over
! fact if not in theory. Teachers this
ear will receive more than twice the
llary received two years ago. The
ew compulsory attendance law will
e enforced to the limit. Let's have
4 united effort for the best school
ear in the history of the State.
Get the best teacher possible to ;
btain, and then give all your support
nd cooperation to the teacher in her
IL. ID A.