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 issued by a State Superintendent
or a State Board of Examiners, and approved in advance by the Department
of Public Instruction of Virginia, 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 following general conditions must be fulfilled by all applicants berore
they can enter upon the work for the Summer School Professional Certificate,
Advanced Grade, or College Grade. 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, Literature, Library Methods,
Music, Mathematics, Hygiene and Sanitation, Physics, Psychology, Philosophy,
Manual Training, Spanish.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade.—Minimum
Entrance Requirements.—The holder of a Virginia First Grade High School
Certificate or the holder of a Virginia First Grade Certificate who presents
satisfactory evidence of having completed the equivalent of a standard four-year
high school course, shall be granted a Summer School Professional Certificate—College
Grade, under the terms and conditions hereinafter stated.
The certificate and other credentials which entitle the applicant to enter
and pursue the course of study herein outlined must be presented to and
approved by the conductor of the Summer School before the applicant can be
registered and admitted to classes.
The Summer School Professional Certificate—College Grade entitles the
holder to teach all the elementary branches, but only the high school branches
named in the certificate.
General Requirements.—The courses prescribed in any of the branches
hereinafter stated for the Summer School Professional Certificate—College
Grade, must embrace no work unless it be of College Grade, requiring minimum
recitation periods of sixty minutes each. These courses must be taken in a
summer school at a registered college or university and must be completed
within a period of three years from the date of beginning. In all cases a statement
of each professor under whom the course is pursued, to the effect that the
applicant is highly proficient in his branch must accompany the final report.
The following "Content Table" gives the number of hours or recitation
periods required in each branch, and in addition thereto the applicant must
complete a course of thirty hours in educational psychology and the principles
of teaching.
This certificate shall continue in force for seven years, and may be renewed
for a similar period from time to time.
N. B.—This course must not be given at any school in Virginia unless it is
specially mentioned and advertised in its literature; no supposedly equal course
at any other than a designated summer school will be recognized or accepted
by the Department of Public Instruction.
This certificate entitles the holder to teach both high and elementary school
branches.
Agriculture, 90 hours.
Botany, 60 hours.
Chemistry, 120 hours, of which 60 hours must be laboratory work.
Drawing, 90 hours.
English, 120 hours, including 30 hours in English Grammer, 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, 120 hours, of which 60 hours shall be laboratory work.
Physical Geography, 60 hours.
Spanish, 90 hours.
Zoölogy, 60 hours.
Courses which may be taken for Summer School Professional Certificate—College
Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (2 and 3 required);
Biology 1, 2, 3; Field Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Domestic Economy 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Drawing 2, 3, 4, 7; Education 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9; French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Geography 1, 2; German 1, 2, 3, 4; History 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Latin 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Library Methods; Manual Training 1, 2, 3, 4,
7; Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8,; Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Psychology
1, 2.
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 Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced
Grade.—Agriculture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Biology 1, 2, 3; Field
Botany; Chemistry 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Latin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Domestic Economy
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Drawing 2, 3, 4; Education 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; English 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; French 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Games (Sec. III); Geography 1, 2,
5; German 1, 2, 3, 4; History 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Hygiene; Library Methods;
Manual Training 1, 2, 3, 4, 7; Mathematics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Music 2A, 2B,
2C, 2D; Physics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Psychology 1, 2.
No student registering for Summer School Professional Certificate—Advanced
grade may take more than three courses in one summer.
