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REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE
I. Entrance Requirements to the Course.
1. Graduation from an accredited high school, or
2. An accredited private secondary school.
3. Graduates admitted upon less than the above requirements cannot
apply for a certificate of any type until satisfactory high
school credits have been placed before the State Department.4. Holders of First Grade Certificate who are more than twenty
years of age may be permitted to enter the course. Such students
may receive an Elementary Certificate upon presentation
of credits but cannot secure credit for a normal diploma
until the necessary high school units have been presented.
Note:—No credits on this course can be allowed those who have
had normal training in high school. Credits secured for education
in high schools can only be accepted as high school units.
II. Distribution of Credits.
Fifteen session-hours, selected as follows:
1. | English, History and Social Science | 3 to 4 session hours |
2. | Education | 2 to 3 session hours |
3. | Health and Physical Education | 2 session hours |
4. | Elementary Education, including Special Methods of teaching school subjects |
3 to 5 session hours |
5. | Applied Arts | 2 to 3 session hours |
CERTIFICATES GRANTED ON PARTIAL COURSE
1. A Provisional First Grade Certificate will be granted upon the
presentation of five session hours credit, three of which must
be in education, from a college or teachers college offering the
complete course leading to the Elementary Certificate as outlined
above.2. A First Grade Certificate will be granted upon the presentation
of ten session hours credit, six of which must be in education,
from a college or teachers college offering the complete course
leading to the Elementary Certificate as outlined above.
III. Courses.
1.
Academic Subjects 3 to 4 session hours Required: (a) English—S41, S42, or sA1-I 1 session hour (b) History—sB2-I, or sB2-II, or sB2-III 1 session hour Elect one or two session hours: (c) English (any college course in English) 1 session hour (d) History (any college course in History) 1 session hour (e) Science (any college course in Science) 1 session hour 2.
General Education 2 to 3 session hours Required: ( a ) Educational Psychology — Education
sB2-I or S33 or S34, or S401 session hour (b) School Management—Education sB2-II or
sB2-III, or S411 session hour Elect One: (c) Education sB5-III (Standard Tests in
Elementary School Subjects)1 session hour (d) Education sB9-I (Elementary School Organization
and Administration)1 session hour (e) Education sB9-II (Either Section) 1 session hour (f) Education sB9-III (The Curriculum of the
Elementary School)1 session hour 3.
Health and Physical Education 2 session hours (a) Education sB8-I, (School Hygiene and Physical
Inspection of Children)1 session hour (b) Physical Education S95 and S92 or S93 or
S96-I, or S96-II1 session hour 4.
Elementary Education 3 to 5 session hours (a)
For Primary Teachers— (1) Education S36 (The Teaching of Reading
in Primary Grades), or(2) Education S32 (Child Literature), or (3) Education S38 (Methods in Language
and Spelling—Primary Grades)2 session hours (b)
For Grammar Grade Teachers— (1) Education S37 (The Teaching of Reading
in Grammar and Upper Grades), or(2) Education S43 (Methods in Language
and Spelling), or(3) Education S44 (Literature for the Grammar
Grades)(4) Education S46 (General Geography) 2 session hours
Required:
(1) Education S31 (Nature Study),
(2) Education S45 (The Teaching of Arithmetic),
(3) Education S41 (Kindergarten Methods),
(4) Education S42 (Methods in Civics and
History).(5) Education S35 (The Teaching of Geography).
Elect one or two session hours:
315.
Applied Arts 2 to 3 session hours (a) For Primary Teachers—
(1) Music,
(2) Manual Training,
(3) Drawing (Industrial and Fine Arts) or Ed. S41,
(4) Penmanship.
(b) For Grammar Grade Teachers—
(1) Music,
(2) Manual Arts,
(3) Drawing (Industrial and Fine Arts),
(4) Penmanship.
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