VIRGINIA STATE CERTIFICATES.
Teachers outside of Virginia are not bound in the choice of their
courses by 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 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
Summer School are immediately concerned are the following:
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 leading to these 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.
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 of 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.
Zoölogy, 60 hours.
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.
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.
No student applying for Summer School Professional certificate—
College Grade, may take more than three courses in one summer.
