Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 237, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1919 — NO EXAMS REQUIRED FOR TEACHERS’ LICENSE. [ARTICLE]

NO EXAMS REQUIRED FOR TEACHERS’ LICENSE.

A recent (bulletin issued by the Indiana State Teachers’ Training Board discusses the new law for is- 1 suing licenses for teachers without | examination. It states that the, Vesey law (1919) sets a new standard of professional attainment for teachers in the public schools of Indiana. Graduation from an approved teachers’ training course, tested experience and recognized personal and moral fitness, constitute the standard. The ultimate attainment of this standard is designated by the life state certificate AVomingjioTi 'to tpnrh those subiectS in which certain requirements have been completed in the regular college course. Without examination, graduates of accredited or approved colleges ( and' four-year normal school courses may (1) receive a provisional license for four years; and (2) after two years successful teaching during the period covered by the provisional license may make application foi< and receive a life state license to teach the subjects covered 'by the provisional'license. Approved courses are such courses as have been approved by the State Teachers’ Training board. These' must include a total of at least one hundred twenty semester hours, and a minimum of (a) twenty-four semester hours of prepared work in designated professional studies, and (b) twenty semester hours of prepared work in the subjects in which the certificate is granted, usually the major and minor subjects. Provisional certificates are issued to graduates, (beginning with 1919) from approved institutions upon authorization of the State Supervisor of Teacher Training. These

certificates must be countersigned | by the state superintendent of public instruction and are good for. four years. Only graduates of approved courses are eligible to these certificates. Graduates of classes prior to 1919 m.ay not be granted provisional certificates. These grad- ( nates, however, may apply for the life state license, provided they have met requirements of professional training, character and fi tn ess required for the provisional certificate and in addition have taught successfully at least fifty months. ' Graduates of 1919 classes should apply to their respective institutions for provisional certificates. Teachers irt\ service who are graduates of approved courses and have had the required fifty months of successful experience, should secude application blanks and make application to the state department for the life certificate. -

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