 | University of Virginia record April, 1914 |  |
VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.
Note.—Teachers outside of Virginia are not limited in the choice
of their courses to the conditions under which Virginia certificates
are issued, unless they desire to teach in Virginia and apply for
a certificate issued in this State. In this case only state certificates
from other states will be recognized as a proper basis for professional
work.
Teachers from other States will receive credit for all work done at
the University Summer School in accordance with the certificate
regulations of those States from which they come.
The Virginia certificates with which the courses of study at the
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Grammar Grade.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—Primary Grade.
The following general conditions must be fulfilled by all applicants
before they can enter upon the work toward the certificates. The
applicant must be the holder of a Virginia first grade certificate or
of a Virginia first grade high school certificate and must have had
at least five months of actual teaching experience. When necessary,
the certificate which entitles the teacher to enter upon the summer
school professional courses may be revived or extended for one year
from time to time provided that part of the professional course
prescribed for the year is successfully completed. No certificate
which has expired can be revived for more than one year upon the
basis of completing any one year of professional work.
No credit can be allowed for the Summer School Professional Certificate
except for work completed at a registered college or normal
school in Virginia and in those of equal grade outside of Virginia
whose courses have been approved and registered by the State Board
of Education.
The applicant shall make at least 75 per cent on class standing and
examination on each subject required for the certificate. The course
must be completed within a period of five years if taken in summer
terms of four weeks each, or in four years if taken in summer terms
of six weeks each. The minimum time allowed for completing the
Summer School Professional Certificate is three terms of four weeks
each or two terms of six weeks each. A minimum of 300 recitation
periods of at least 40 minutes each is required, and for courses of College
Grade a minimum of 180 recitation periods of at least 60 minutes
each.
Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced Grade.—This
certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary schools.
The course must embrace the following branches of college grade:
Required, two courses—English and Education. Electives, four
courses to be chosen from the following: Agriculture, Biology,
Field Botany, Chemistry, Drawing, French, Geography, Domestic
Science, German, History, Latin, Domestic Economy, Library Methods,
Music, Mathematics, Hygiene and Sanitation, Physics, Psychology,
Philosophy, Manual Training.
Summer School Professional Certificate—Grammar Grade.—This
certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary schools.
The following subjects are required in this course, five of which are
to be taken each term and a total of ten courses are to be completed
for the certificate: Principles of Teaching, Methods of Teaching
Language, Arithmetic, Advanced Observation, Work and Practice,
Teaching, Hygiene, Reading, Civics, Geography, Drawing, Literature,
History, Manual Training, Domestic Economy, Elementary Agriculture
and School Gardening.
Summer School Professional Certificate—Primary Grade.—This
certificate entitles the holder to teach only in the elementary schools.
The following subjects are required in this course, five of which are
to be taken in each term and a total of ten must be completed for
the certificate: Principles of Teaching, Music and Games, Nature
Practice Teaching, Drawing, Arithmetic, Primary Industrial Work,
Primary Methods in Reading.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade.—
This certificate entitles the holder to teach in the high schools. The
holder of a First Grade High School Certificate, or a certificate based
upon an equivalent amount of work may be issued the above certificate
upon the completion of work of college grade in the University
of Virginia Summer School, provided the work shall occupy the
minimum hours or recitation periods of sixty minutes each as given
in the following table. The applicant must have had in an accredited
summer school a course of at least thirty hours in Educational
Psychology and the Principles of Teaching.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach both high and elementary
school branches.
Agriculture, 90 hours.
Botany, 60 hours.
Chemistry, 150 hours, of which 60 hours must be laboratory work.
Drawing, 90 hours.
English, 120 hours, including 30 hours in English Grammar, 30
hours in Rhetoric and Composition, and 60 hours in English and
American Literature.
Domestic Science, 90 hours.
French, 90 hours.
German, 90 hours.
History, 120 hours, including 60 hours in General History, 30 hours
in English History, and 30 hours in American History and Civics.
Latin, 90 hours, including a review of Cæsar, Cicero, and Vergil.
Manual Training, 90 hours.
Mathematics, 120 hours, including Algebra, Plane and Solid Geometry,
and Plane Trigonometry.
Music, 90 hours.
Physics, 150 hours, of which 60 shall be laboratory work.
Physical Geography, 60 hours.
Zoology, 60 hours.
First, Second and Third Grade Certificates.—The requirements
for the First, Second and Third Grade Certificates are given below.
Courses leading to these certificates are offered at the
University Summer School. Excellent general and coach work is
arranged particularly for teachers who desire preparation for these
certificates. The examination for first, second and third grade
certificates will be held at the University Summer School, by the
Department of Public Instruction July 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. The
questions will be prepared and the papers graded by the Department
and not by the instructors of the Summer School. The courses above
named will be a review of subject matter preparatory for the State
examinations, and the outlines furnished by the Department of Public
Instruction will be followed.
(a) Examinations will begin promptly at 9 A. M. each day. Subjects
for the first day are: geography, spelling, grammar and composition,
theory and practice of teaching, and civil government and
reading. Subjects for the second day are: drawing, physiology and
hygiene, arithmetic, history of Virginia and United States history.
Subjects for the third day are: elementary algebra, science, and English
history or general history. Writing will be graded from Form
E, No. 2.
(b) The examinations in 1914, on theory and practice of teaching
will be based upon What Children Study and Why, by Gilbert; in
physiology and hygiene, upon Ritchie's Human Physiology; in reading
and drawing, the examination will be on both methods and subject
matter.
(c) No applicant under 18 years of age shall be permitted to take
the examination.
SUMMARY OF COURSES AND CREDITS FOR EACH.—The
term course used in this announcement refers to those courses outlined
separately and preceded by arabic numerals under the various
subjects. The courses which count towards the various certificates
and toward University credit are given below. No course may be
counted twice.
The courses are grouped for the sake of convenience of those students
who desire credit, but any one desiring to take any course
for the content alone and not desiring credit will have no difficulty
in doing so with advantage.
Courses which may be taken for University College Credit.—Astronomy
1, 2, 3, and 4; Biology 1 and 2; Chemistry 3 and 4; Latin
5, 6, and 7; Education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and
8; French 1, 2, and 3; German 1, 2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and
6; Mathematics 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Philosophy 1, 2, and 3; Physics 5,
6, 7, and 8; Psychology 1 and 2.
Note.—No student applying for University credit will be permitted
to take more than three courses in one session, except by permission
of the Director of the Summer School upon the recommendation
of the professors offering the courses he desires to take.
Courses which may be taken for Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced
Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Biology
1, and 2; Field Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Latin 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, and 7; Domestic Economy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Drawing 2, 3, and
4; Education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8;
French 1, and 2; Games, Sec. 3; Geography 1, and 2; German 1,
2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Hygiene 1; Library Methods;
Manual Training 1, 2, 3, and 4; Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and
8; Music 1, 5, 6, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; Physics 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6; Psychology 1, and 2.
Note.—No student registering for Summer School Professional
Certificate may take more than three courses in one summer.
Courses which may be taken for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—College Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Biology
1, and 2; Field Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Domestic
Economy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Drawing 2, 3, and 4; Education 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, and 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; French 1, 2, and 3; Geography
1, and 2; German 1, 2, and 3; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; Hygiene
1; Latin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7; Library Methods; Manual Training
1, 2, 3, and 4; Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; Music 1 and
5, 6, and 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14; Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7;
Psychology 1, and 2.
Note.—No student applying for Summer School Professional Certificate—College
Grade may take more than three courses in one
summer.
Courses which may be taken for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—Grammar Grade.—Agriculture 1, 8 and 9; Domestic Economy
1, 3 and 6; Drawing 2, 3 and 5; Education 7, 8, 9, 10 (Sec. III
and IV); English 9, 10 and 11; Games (Sec. I and II); Geography 3
and 4 (Sec. I); History 5, 6 and 8; Hygiene 1; Manual Training 3 and
6; Mathematics 10 and 11 (Sec. II); Music 6 and 7, 8, 9, 10; Physical
Training 1; Psychology 3 and 4 (child study); Writing.
Note.—Three hundred recitation hours are required for this certificate,
i. e., one hundred and fifty hours, or five daily recitations,
each summer for two sessions. The same course may not be counted
twice.
Courses which may be taken for the Summer School Professional
Certificate—Primary Grades.—Agriculture 1, 8 and 9; Drawing 1 and
5; Education 7, 9, 10 (Sec. I and II), 11, 12, 13 and 14; English 9, and
10; Games (Sec. I and II); Geography 3 and 4 (Sec. II); Hygiene 1;
Manual Training 3 and 6; Mathematics 11 (Sec. I); Music 2, 3, 4, 5;
Physical Training 1, Psychology 3 and 4 (child study); Story Telling,
Writing.
Note.—Three hundred recitation hours are required for this certificate,
i. e., one hundred and fifty hours, or five daily recitations,
each summer. Those registering for a course in Music and a course
in Games will be credited with sixty hours. The same credit will be
allowed those taking Nature Study and Geography. Those taking
two sections of Education 10 will be given credit for sixty hours and
may be credited with the fulfillment of the requirements in Reading
and one other thirty period course of those required. The same
course may not be taken twice for credit.
Courses which may be taken to prepare for the State Examinations
for Certificates.—The following courses are especially arranged as
review courses for the state examinations, though teachers may take
any of the other courses they may desire: Agriculture 1 and 8; Drawing
1 and 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; English 11; Geography 4; Hygiene 1;
Mathematics 9 and 10; Writing.
| University of Virginia record April, 1914 | |