Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-04-15
GIVES DETAILS OF
CERT|FICATlON
State Superintendent Writes To
Surt. Edwards OF Plans For
Teaching Applicants

tSupSI SIIillClluCIle 1CS dl QlliS SCI 'lil-
cation and qualification of appli-
cants for teachers certificates. 1t
gives much important informa-
tion for those who are planning
to go into this work. The letter
reads as follows:
April 10, 1920
My dear Superintendent:
Just d word about certiflcation
and qualification Of applicants for
certificates. All questions for all
examinations will be prepared by |
! the State Board of Examiners and
sent to the county superintend-
ents under the usual restrictions
The papers when answered are
sent to this office for grading
Papers are to be designated by
numbers SO that those grading
the papers here will have nothing
to govern them except a number.
The superintendent. of course,
will send to this department the
names of the applicants cores
|ponding to the numbers. Exami-
nations for white and colored
teachers will be held the same day
and not separately as heretofore.
White teachers will be examined
in one room and colored in an
other, but on the same day and on
the same subject and using the
same questions
The fee to be paid by each ap-
|plicant is $500. These fees shall
be forwarded to the State Super
intendent. The two county ex-
a,niners shall be allowed $500 per
day for their services. These
ices shall be paid by the State
Superintendent out of the fees
that, are sent to him by the county
superintendents.
Ali certificates are of state
rank. There shall be four grades
OF certificates issued to teachers
OF common schools:
(a) Teachers Diploma.
(bJ State Teachers Certin-
cate.
(c) Elementary Certificate or
the first grade .....
I'D Elementary Certificate of
She second. grade.
An elementary certificate of the
first grade requires all average
grade OF IS per cent upon all suD-
jects IN the common school
course and upon the science and
art OF teaching including the
State Course Of Study for Eele-
.mentary Schools The lowest
grade on any subject shall not be
less than 20 per cent. This GER
tificatc is valid for four years.
An elementary certificate of
yhe second grade shall be on the
same subjects as an elementary
certificate of the first grade and
shall require an average OF Is per
cent upon ali subjects with not
less than 90 per cent on any s'Ib-
iect. This certificate shall DC
valid for two years and shall not
be issued twice TO the same per-
son. Any holder OF such certifi
Gates can teach i'll any county III
the state.
The requirements for the S:ate
Certificate and the State Diploma
remain as heretofore. No teach
er now holding a State Diploma, !
State Teachers Certificate or a
county certificate is required to
be re-examined until the expira
ton of such certificate.
After July /, 1922, applicants
for elementary certificates shall
have had at least one year of high |
school work or its equivalent
and in addition thereto. five
weeks study of professional sub
ijects in a State Normal school or
isome other training school recog
nized by the State Board of Edu-
cation.
After July /, 1924, such appli-
cants shall have had two years
high school work or its equiva-
llent and in addition thereto, ten
1 weeks study or professional
work in a Normal school, as a
foresaid.
After July /, 1926, such appli
!; cants shall have had four years
) high school work or its equiva-
lent and II addition thereto twenty
weeks study i'll a Normal school,
as aforesaid.
) All examination for county
} school diploma shall be conducted
by the county board OF examiners.
This is made a county function
entirely, subject only to the ap-
(proval of the State Superintend-
5 lent. You will notice that no
radical changes are contemplated
} in the requirements for teachers
within the next two years. The