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THE ELEMENTARY PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE.

The requirements of the State Board of Education for an Elementary
Professional Certificate either primary or grammar grades
are as follows:

A. Academic requirements:

I. Graduation from an accredited high school, or

II. Sixteen units from an institution recognized by the State Department
of Education as giving equivalent high school courses, or

III. A full first grade certificate issued by the State Department
of Education of Virginia.

B. Professional requirements:

I. Thirteen courses, each having thirty recitation periods, at least
ten of which shall be in education and special methods.

Such courses may be taken at Summer Schools—

1. In three summer sessions of six weeks each within a period of
five years, or—

2. In two summer sessions of twelve weeks each, provided that
one-half of the work of the first year shall be in academic subjects,
the applicant receiving a second grade certificate at close of first
summer session.

II. Course in preventive medicine and physical examination, not
less than five recitation hours.

C. Teaching experience of seven months is necessary for securing
a first grade certificate for part of the Elementary Professional
Course.

D. Credits secured in summer school professional courses prior to
1917 may be applied to present Elementary Professional Courses,
provided such credits be granted by the State Department before
applicant enters course.

E. All summer school professional courses listed prior to 1916
have been discontinued, and no new certificates will be issued upon
such a basis.

Outline for Primary Grades.

First Year Offered Both First and Second Terms.

       

Elementary Education—Education 129a, 12:15	30 periods
Methods in Reading I—Education 132, 8:30	30 periods
Games—Physical Education 193, 9:30	30 periods
School Hygiene and Sanitation—Education 12, 4:30	30 periods

Second Year Offered Both Terms.

       

Methods in Arithmetic—Education 138, 8:30	30 periods
Methods in Reading II—Education 133, 9:30	30 periods
Methods in Language and Spelling—Education 134, 10:30	30 periods
[1] Writing or Drawing, 2:30	30 periods

Third Year Offered Both Terms.

               

Methods, Management, Observation[2] —Education 15, 2:30	30 periods
Nature Study and Home Geography—Education 110, 8:30	30 periods
Child Literature and History Stories—Education 111, 12:15	30 periods
Public School Music—Music 232, 4:30	30 periods
Primary Industrial Work, 9:30 to 11:30; 2:30 to 4:30	30 periods
or
Writing or Drawing, 2:30	30 periods
[3] Observation, 8:30 to 12:15, Midway School	20 periods

Outline for Grammar Grades.

First Year Offered Both First and Second Terms.

       

Elementary Education—Education 129b, 10:30	30 periods
Methods in Language and Spelling—Education 143, 9:30	30 periods
School Hygiene and Sanitation—Education 12, 4:30	30 periods
Arithmetic and Methods—Education 137, 8:30	30 periods

Second Year Offered Both Terms.

       

Methods in Civics and History—Education 142, 3:30	30 periods
Grammar and Methods—English 151, 10:30	30 periods
Methods in Geography—Education 130, 8:30	30 periods
[4] Writing or Drawing, 9:30 or 2:30	30 periods

Third Year Offered Both Terms.

                   

Methods, Management, Observation[5] —Education 15, 2:30	30 periods
Methods in Reading or Literature—Education 144, 10:30	30 periods
Agriculture (School Gardening)—Agriculture 106, 3:30	30 periods
Public School Music—Music 237 or 232, 4:30	30 periods
Home Economics—Household Arts 169, 8:30 to 10:30	60 periods
or
Industrial Work—Manual Arts 185, 8:30 to 10:30	60 periods
or
Writing or Drawing, 9:30	30 periods
[6] Observation, 8:30 to 12:15, Midway School	20 periods