The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-02-10
REGARDING TEACH.
Frs CERTIFICATES

The following statement is pre-
pared for the benefit Of prospective
applicants for teachers certificates.
The next county teachers examination
will be held at the Pennington high
school building March Bird and 4th.
Applicants may apply for first, Sec
ond and third grade certificates. To
secure d third grade certificate II Is
necessary that an average examina-
ton grade Of so be made on the fol-
lowing subjects:
0rthography. Reading, Language
Lessons, Writing. English Grammar,
Geography, Arithmetic, U. S. History,
Physiology, Agriculture. Civil Gov
eminent and Pedagogy.
Grades held on valid third grade
certificate may be transferred to a
new second grade certificate, provided
the applicant successfully passes an
examination in Algebra and Litera-
ture in addition to the subjects in
which grades are held On third grade
certificates, and, provided further
that an examination grade Of IS is
maintained. Prospective applicants
will, of. course, understand that any
grades held on third grade certificates
may be raised (if desirable or neces-
sary) before being placed on second
grade certificates. Quite often appli-
cants holding third grade certificates
with average grades of from 81 to "a
come and take the two additional sub
iects required and several subjects
previously taken but in which low
grades were held, thereby raising
their average to So or better and se-
curing second grade certificate.
To secure first grade certificate.
applicants must be examined in all
the subjects required for a second
grade certificate, and in addition
thereto, in some branch of advanced
History and in some Advanced Sci
ence. All answer papers written by
applicants for first grade certificates
must be sent by, the County Superin-
tendent to the State Superintendent
for grading, and an average grade of
80 must be made. A first grade cer-
tifcate is valid anywhere in the state,
of Missouri, and is, in fact, a state
certificate. Applicants for second or
third grade certificates may have
their papers graded by the State Su-
perintendent instead Of by the Coun-
ty Superintendent II they SO desire.
Three examinations are held each
year. For the year 1922 the exami5
nations will be. held at the Farming
ten high school building on. the follow,
ing dates: March "a, June 2-s, Avg
ust AS.
An examination fee of So entities
applicants to- take any or all of the
examinations, provided said applicant
starts in March. An applicant start
ing in June, for instance, would be
privileged to take all the jung and
August examinations; and an appli-
cant starting in. August only the Aug
ust examination. Another advantage
held by applicants starting in March
is that failures in any subjects taken
during the March examination may be
made up during the June and August
examinations In other words, the
applicant starting in March has three
chancesfto the June applicants two or
the. August applicants one.
realize that It is impossible to an
ticipate many questions which might
be asked by those desiring to take the
examinations, and for that reason in
vite correspondence on points not
thoroughly understood by any persons
who may contemplate applying for
teachers certificates.
J. CLYDE AKERS,
County SAINT IF GchnnIr