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REGULATIONS FOR COLLEGIATE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE

The Collegiate Professional Certificate is issued to an individual who holds
a baccalaureate degree (B.A., B.S., Ph.B.) conferred by a standard university,
a teachers college, an arts college, or a technical college, and who has completed
one and one-half session-hours' work in physical education (physical training)
and at least nine session-hours of work in general education (teacher-training
courses) distributed as described below.

This certificate permits the holder to teach all subjects in the elementary
schools and in the high schools those subjects in which he has credit for six[4]
session-hours of work of specialization.

This certificate is valid for ten years and renewable, subject to the regulations
for the renewal of certificates, for periods of ten years.

From September 1, 1927, all beginning principals of accredited high schools
shall have the qualifications of the Collegiate Professional Certificate with two years
of successful teaching experience, or the Collegiate with three years of experience.

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  Required courses in education:
  [5] Practice teaching	3 session-hours
  [6] School hygiene, including physical inspection of school children	1 session-hour
  [6] Teaching physical education (in elementary or high schools)	½ session-hours
  Total required	4½ session-hours

• 2. Suggested courses from which electives in education may be chosen:

  • Educational psychology

  • Educational sociology

  • Elementary school organization, supervision and administration

  • High school organization, supervision and administration

  • Curriculum of elementary school

  • Curriculum of high school

  • Educational and psychological tests

  • Problems in secondary education

  • Special methods in high school subjects

  • History of education

Collegiate

The Collegiate Certificate is issued to an individual who holds a baccalaureate
degree (B.A., B.S., Ph.B.) from a standard university, a teachers college, an arts
college, or a technical college and who has completed at least one session-hour's
work in school hygiene, including physical inspection of school children, and one
and one-half session-hours' work in physical education (physical training); one-half
session-hour's work in methods of teaching physical education is recommended
in addition.

The holder of this certificate is permitted to teach all subjects in the elementary
schools and in the high schools those subjects in which he has credit for six
session-hours of college work.

This certificate is issued for seven years and is renewable, subject to the
regulations for the renewal of certificates, for periods of seven years.

Collegiate Certificates issued since 1918 for a five-year period will be extended
for two years without condition.