 | University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 |  |
Outline for Grammar Grades.
| Principles of Elementary Education—Education 11 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—Thorndike's Education—Macmillan.) | |
| Methods in Language and Spelling—English 12 | 30 periods |
| Methods in Civics and History—History 5 | 30 periods |
| Methods in Writing | 30 periods |
| Arithmetic I—Mathematics 11 | 30 periods |
| Songs and Games—Physical Education 1 | 30 periods |
| Principles of Teaching and Studying—Education 13 | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—Thorndike's Education—Macmillan.) | |
| Methods in Language and Grammar | 30 periods |
| Methods in Arithmetic II | 30 periods |
| Public School Music | 30 periods |
| Agriculture | 30 periods |
| Methods and Management | 30 periods |
| (Suggested text—The Teaching Process, by Strayer; and Management, by Bagley.) |
|
| Methods in Literature and Reading | 30 periods |
| Methods in Geography | 30 periods |
| Drawing or Industrial Work or Home Economics | 60 periods |
| Observation | 20 periods |
If drawing or industrial work is taken in the third year an elective
will also be required.
Important Caution.—All Virginia teachers who desire to enter
the professional course must present at the time of registration
either one of the following:—(1) A full First Grade Certificate
(provisional certificates or those of any lower grade cannot be accepted)
issued for satisfactory grades made on State Examination;
or (2) A High School Certificate issued by the State Department
of Public Instruction (High School diplomas cannot be accepted)
and also a letter from the principal or division superintendent, under
whose direction the applicant has taught, stating that the applicant
has had at least five months of satisfactory teaching experience.
These credentials must be brought by the student in order
to avoid delay in registering. The school cannot be responsible
for credits for work on this course unless the credentials are found
correct when the student registers. A high school graduate who
has not obtained a State High School Certificate should write for
it to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Richmond,
Virginia, and secure it before coming to the school. Second Grade
high School Certificates cannot be accepted for entrance to the professional
course. Training Class Certificates given for less than
four years of combined high school and normal training work cannot
be accepted for entrance to the professional course. Those who
have started work on this course at some other summer school will
please bring with them their reports for the work already completed.
If the course was started at this school in a previous summer, it is
not necessary to bring credentials as our office records are all that
is necessary.
(d) Summer School Professional Certificate—For High School
Grades—Minimum Entrance Requirement.—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
—For High School Grades, under the terms and conditions hereinafter
stated.
The certificate and other credentials which entitle the applicant
to enter upon 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.—For High School
Grades entitles the holder to teach 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—For High School Grades, must embrace no work unless
it be of College Grade, requiring minimum hours or 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.
Content Table
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 Virgil.
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.
Spanish, 90 hours.
Zoology, 60 hours.
This certificate shall continue in force for seven years, and may
be renewed for a similar period from time to time, as provided in
section 38 of this circular.
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.
Note.—For those who wish to prepare for the State Examination
for certificates to teach in High Schools, a Special Examination
will be held at the close of the Summer School in order that they
may have full six weeks to prepare for it.
Preparation for State Examinations for First and Second Grade
Certificates.
The State Examinations will be given at the Summer School
July 19, 20 and 21, 1916. Heretofore these courses have been offered
at the University, but this year a much better arrangement
has been made with Supt. Johnson and the Charlottesville School
Board, whereby the classes will be held in Midway School building
in Charlottesville, from 8:30 a. m. to 1 o'clock p. m. in accordance
with the following schedule. The advantages of this plan are:
1. The work will all be given in one building, the classes will be
divided into sections small enough for drill, the periods will be
forty-five minutes each, and the Topical Outlines furnished by the
Department will be strictly followed and thus a thorough review
guaranteed.
2. A vacation school will be in daily session in the building affording
an excellent opportunity for observation work in all the
grades.
3. The afternoons and evenings will be open for extra work in
special subjects and for the general lectures and entertainments
Summer School.
4. Excellent boarding accommodations at very reasonable rates
may be obtained in the vicinity of Midway School building thus
relieving the congestion at the University and reducing somewhat
the cost of living.
5. Those registering for this course will be entitled to all the
privileges of the Summer School without additional cost.
The Third Grade Certificate is no longer issued by the State
Board of Education.
The following extracts from Form E—No. 19 of the Department
of Public Instruction give the requirements for these certificates:
(Sec. 31) "First Grade Certificate.—To obtain a First Grade Certificate
the applicant must be at least nineteen years old, must have
had nine months successful experience in teaching, must make an
average of 85 per cent. on the following subjects: Spelling, writing,
reading, arithmetic, grammar (including composition), geography,
history of the United States, history of Virginia, civil government
(including the government of Virginia), drawing, theory and practice
of teaching, physiology and hygiene, physical geography, elementary
agriculture, and English history, and must not fall below
70 per cent. on any subject.
"A First Grade Certificate based on the foregoing requirements
shall continue in force for five years and may be renewed from a
similar period from time to time upon satisfactory evidence that
the holder has taught successfully for at least three of the five
years, and fulfills the other requirements of section 38 of Form
E—No. 19.
"An applicant who makes the first grade average on the required
subjects, but who has not had the requisite experience will be issued
a Second Grade Certificate, which may be changed to a First Grade
Certificate after nine months of successful teaching.
"A First Grade Certificate issued by a division superintendent,
which has finally expired, may be exchanged for a new First Grade
Certificate provided the holder passes the examination on the added
subjects for a new First Grade Certificate, which are English history,
physical geography, and elementary agriculture."
34. "Second Grade Certificate.—To obtain a Second Grade Certificate
the applicant must be not less than eighteen years old, and
must make an average of 75 per cent. on the following subjects:
Spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic (including business forms),
grammar (including composition), geography, history of the United
States, history of Virginia, civil government (including the government
of Virginia), drawing, theory and practice of teaching,
physiology and hygiene, and must not fall below 60 per cent. on
any subject.
"This certificate shall continue in force for a period of two years
and may be renewed for a similar period as provided in section 38
(of Form E—19)."
Because of the great amount of investigation and bookkeeping involved,
the Department of Public Instruction cannot undertake to duplicate
reports of examinations that may have been lost or destroyed
by applicants desiring the benefits of a combination and an applicant
who seeks the advantages offered by this section must attach the
report of the former examinations to be combined to Form E—No.
2 when he takes the second examination.
| University of Virginia record March 15, 1916 | |