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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 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	4 to 5 session-hours
2.	Education (General)	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. Graduates of accredited high school, who begin work toward the
Elementary Certificate in 1927, will receive a Provisional Elementary
Certificate, good for one year, upon the completion of ten session-hours
work.

2. Those students who received Provisional First Grade Certificates
during the summer of 1926, are expected to complete at least five additional
hours by the end of the summer of 1927. Upon the presentation

of ten hours' credit, the State Board will grant a Provisional
Elementary Certificate. This certificate will be good for two years
but in view of the fact that these students began work last summer
with a view to receiving a certificate good for five years, the division
of teacher training will extend this provisional certificate to 1931, in
any case where the applicant may show her inability to complete the
requirements for the Elementary Certificate within the two year period.

III. Courses.

• 1.

   

  Academic Subjects

  4 to 5 session-hours

               

  Required:
  (a)	English—s41, s42, or sA1-I	2 session-hours
  (b)	History sB3-I, or sB3-II, or sB3-III	1 session-hours
  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-II or s33 or s34, or s40	1 session-hour
  (b)	School Management—Education sB2-II, or s41	1 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	1 session-hour

• 4.

   

  Elementary Education

  3 to 5 session-hours

  Required:

  • (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

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  Elect one or two session hours:

  • (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).

• 5.

   

  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.