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THE ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATE

The Elementary Certificate is issued on completion of one year or
three quarters of residence work in a standard teachers training institution
which requires for admission graduation from a standard public or private
high school, or successfully passing standard-college entrance examinations,
or presentation of a First Grade Certificate (by examination).

Credit for correspondence courses is not accepted for the Elementary
Certificate. Extension or study-center course credit, not to exceed 5 session-hours,
may be accepted.

This certificate permits the holder to teach in the elementary schools.

Elementary Certificates issued as of July 1, 1930, shall be granted as
two-year non-renewable certificates; those issued as of July 1, 1931, as one-year
non-renewable certificates. After 1931 the Elementary certificate shall
not be issued to incoming teachers.

Elementary Certificates issued on or prior to July 1, 1929, are subject to
renewal for six years. Certificates issued on or after July 1, 1930, to applicants
who have never taught will be good for the term fixed for the
certificate, but shall not be renewable except on presentation of credits required
for a higher grade of certificate.

Holders of First Grade Certificates or Provisional Elementary Certificates
will be allowed until July 1, 1931, to complete the requirements for the
Elementary Certificate, and will on completion of requirements be granted
six-year certificates.

Requirements for an Elementary Certificate

I. Entrance Requirements to the Course.

• 1. Graduation from an accredited high school, or

• 2. An accredited private secondary school.

• 3. Graduates admitted upon less than the above requirements cannot
  apply for a certificate of any type until satisfactory high school
  credits have been placed before the State Department.

• 4. Holders of First Grade Certificate may be permitted to enter the
  course. Such students may receive an Elementary Certificate
  upon presentation of credits but cannot secure credit for a normal
  diploma until the necessary high school units have been presented.

Note.—No credits on this course can be allowed those who have had normal
training in high school. Credits secured for education in
high schools can only be accepted as high school units.

II. Distribution of Credits.

15 session-hours, selected as follows:

           

		Session-hours
1.	English, History and Social Science	4 to 5
2.	Education—General	2 to 3
3.	Health and Physical Education	2
4.	Elementary Education, including Special Methods of teaching school subjects	3 to 5
5.	Applied Arts	2 to 3

III. Courses.

• 1.

     

  	Session-hours
  Academic Subjects	4 to 5

       

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  Required:
  (a)	English s41, s42, or sA1-I	2
  (b)	History sB3-I, or sB3-II, or sB3-III	1
  Elect 1 or 2 session-hours:
  (c)	English—any college course in English	1
  (d)	History—any college course in History	1
  (e)	Science—any college course in Science	1

• 2.

   

  General Education

  2 to 3

                 

  Required:
  (a)	Educational Psychology—Education sB2-I	1
  (b)	Education sB2-II or Education sB2-III	1
  Elect One:
  (c)	Education sB3-III—Measurement in Secondary Education	1
  (d)	Education sB4-I	1
  (e)	Education sB4-II	1
  (f)	Education sB3-I or Education sB3-II	1

• 3.

   

  Health and Physical Education

  2

     

  (a)	Education sB12-I—School Hygiene and Physical Inspection of Children	1
  (b)	Physical Education s94 and s92 or s93	1

• 4.

   

  Elementary Education

  3 to 5

  Required:

  • (a) For Primary Teachers—

         

    (1)	Education s36—The Teaching of Reading in Primary Grades, or
    (2)	Education s32—Child Literature, or
    (3)	Education s38—Methods in Language and Spelling—Primary Grades	2

  • (b) For Grammar Grade Teachers—

         

    (1)	Education s37—The Teaching of Reading in Grammar and Upper Grades, or
    (2)	Education s43—Methods in Language and Literature, or
    (3)	Education s46—General Geography	2

  Elect 1 or 2 session-hours:

  • (1) Education s31—Nature Study,

  • (2) Education s45—The Teaching of Arithmetic,

  • (3) Education s41—Kindergarten Methods,

  • (4) Education s42—Methods in Civics and History,

  • (5) Education s35—The Teaching of Geography.

• 5.

   

  Applied Arts

  2 to 3

  • (a) For Primary Teachers—

    • (1) Music,

    • (2) Manual Training,

    • (3) Industrial and Fine Arts or Ed. s41,

    • (4) Penmanship.

  • (b) For Grammar Grade Teachers—

    • (1) Music,

    • (2) Manual Arts,

    • (3) Industrial and Fine Arts,

    • (4) Penmanship.