REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE CERTIFICATION OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS. CERTIFICATES. 1. All teachers must hold certificates before they can enter into a contract, begin service or draw their salary from the high school fund. 2. To obtain a certificate, either State or county, one must make an average of 85 on all subjects of one or more departments, and not fall below 70 on any. 3. A County Certificate, good for two years in the county in which issued, will be given persons making the required grades in one or more departments in the county examination. 4. A State Certificate, good in any county in the State for a period of five years and renewable for efficient service, will be given persons making the required average in the first five departments under Course of Study. Persons making the required average in any one or more, but less than five, of the departments are given a certificate good for three years, and renewable for two years only. 5. A certificate good for one year in any county in the State, renewable annually for efficient and continuous service, will be issued on a bachelor's diploma from a standard college or university, provided the holder thereof presented as many as fourteen credits at the time of entrance, did four years' resident college work, and has credits on some professional subject equivalent to twenty-four weeks, when such diploma and certificate of entrance requirements and professional work have been approved by the State Superintendent and State High School Inspector. 6. County certificates expiring this year are not transferable to any other county, but may be renewed on application, endorsed by the County Superintendent of the county in which the certificate was issued, for a period of one year, provided such applicant passes the examination on the High School Reading Course for the scholastic year 1911-12-Davenport's "Education for Efficiency" and Monroe's "A Brief Course in the History of Education"-and is re-elected to a position in the county. 7. Applicants for certificates on their diplomas will save much time by presenting a certificate from their respective colleges that they had the fourteen units when they entered, that they did four years' resident college work, and that they had the equivalent of twenty-four weeks' work in education, when they file their diplomas for registration and their application for certificate. EXAMINATIONS. 1. In 1912 all examinations will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 11-13, and September 3-5, and the departments will come in the following order: Tuesday-Mathematics, Commercial and Home Economics; Wednesday-English and Latin; Thursday-History and Science. 2. County examinations will be conducted under the regulations of the State Board of Education at the county seat of every county in which there is a high school, by a committee composed of the County Superintendent and two other capable members elected by the County High School Board. Papers will be graded by this committee and, with certified statement of grades, filed with the High School Inspector. 3. A State examination will be conducted in the city high school, Knoxville; State Capitol, Nashville, and in the court house, Memphis, on June 11-13. On September 3-5 the State examination will be conducted at the same places for East and Middle Tennessee, and at Jackson, instead of Memphis, for West Tennessee. COURSE OF STUDY. The course of study is divided into the following depart ments: 1. Mathematics-Spelling, English Grammar, Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry. 2. English-Spelling, English Grammar, Rhetoric, Literature. 3. History Spelling, English Grammar, American History, History of England, General History, Civil Government. 4. Latin-Spelling, English Grammar, Latin Grammar, Caesar, Cicero, Vergil. Greek, French, or Spanish may be taken with the Latin. 5. Science Spelling, English Grammar, Biology, Physiology, Physics, Physical Geography, Chemistry, Geology of Tennessee, Agriculture. 6. Commercial-Spelling, English Grammar, Commercial Arithmetic, Commercial Law, Bookkeeping, Stenography, Typewriting. 7. Home Economics-Spelling, English Grammar, Cookery, Sewing, Sanitation. 8. The questions on Literature will be taken from College Entrance Requirements, 1912-13. Every one taking the examination will be given for their professional subject questions taken from the reading circle course. See paragraph 6. No certificate will be issued on examination or diploma or old certificate renewed until July 1st. All certificates issued before that date expire on the 30th day of June. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' READING COURSE. 1911-1912. In the revised regulations governing the issuance of high school certificates, professional credits are required of all applicants to teach in county high schools. To meet this requirement the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State High School Inspector, acting under the authority of the State Board of Education, have selected two books as a reading circle course for all teachers employed in the county high schools of the State. While it is taken for granted that all high school teachers are readers, it is necessary to have a uniform course in order to unify their work and direct their thought along specific lines. The books selected for this scholastic year will direct and unify thought, bring all into closer relationship and create a community spirit which can result in nothing but good to the teachers and their schools. |