Certification of teachers and administrators for Georgia public schools : policies and regulations, 1955-1956

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CERTIFICATION OF
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR
GEORGIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Policies and Regulations
1955 - 56

UNIVERSITY OF GE RGIA
SEP 6 19'JS LIBRARIES

Office of Certification Division of Instruction

State Department of Education Atlanta 3, Georgia

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Legal Bases for Certification - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1

Professional Bases for Certification- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2

Professional Certification for Instructional Staff- - - - - - - -

Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate (T-4) - - - - - 3

Teacher's Professional Five-Year Certificate (T-5) - - - - - 4

Counselor's Professional Five-Year Certificate (T-5) - - - - 5

Librarian's Professional Five-Year Certificate (L5-5)

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Certification for Administrative and Supervisory Staff-

System Superintendent (Su-5) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6

Supervising Principal (P-5)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 Visiting Teacher (VT-5)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8

Instructional Supervisor (Sv-5)- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9

Renewal of Professional Certificates- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teacher's Provisional Four-Year Certificate (B-4} - - - - - - - -

10, 11 12

Standards for Evaluating Non-Professional Degree Programs

General - Education --------------------- 13
Teaching Fields ~

Elementary- - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - ~ - - - - - 13

High School - - - - - - - - _.- - - - - - - - - - - - - 14, 15

Professional Education - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Undergraduate Certificates

Professional Two- and Three-Year Certificates- - - - - - - - 17

Provisional Two- and Three-Year Certificates - - - - - - - - 17

Teaching Experience - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Information for Applicants- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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Definition of Terms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2J.

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LEGA.t BASES fOR CEI?rIFICATION
This bulletin attempts to state as simply as possible the present certification regulations. In order that standards not become static, regulations are sUbject to change prior to June 1 of any year to become effective September 1 of the same year. It is understood that such changes will be preceded Qy proper notification in releases to school systems and publication in the GEA Journal. There have been no major changes since 1948 when the State Board of Education recognized the Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate as the standard credential for teaching and made it a prerequisite for all administrative and supervisory certificates.
In the year 1948 the General Assembly passed the law known as the Minimum Foundation Law including the following provision:
"No teacher, principal, supervisor, or superintendent other than County School Superintendents, shall be employed in the public schools unless such person shall hold a certificate from the State Board of Education, certifying to his or her qualifications as such teacher, principal, supervisor, or superintendent, pursuant to the rules and regulations ot the State Board of Educatiom. The State Board of Education shall provide, by regulation, for the classification of all the teachers in the public schools in this State upon the basis of ) . academic, technical and professional training and experience, and the certificate issued to each such teacher by the State Board of Education or pursuant to its authority, shall indicate the classification of such teacher."

PROFESSIONAL BASES OF CE.1TIFICATION
The following proposals for strengthening pre-service programs for education of teachers were adopted by the State Board of Education February 20, 1948.
Planned Profe~sional Curricula
The Four-Year Professional Teacher1s Certificate is recognized as the standard credential for teaching in the public schools of the state. Effective for individuals who complete their training after September 1, 1950, this certificate will be issuod upon completion of a planned professional curriculum, four years in length, which has been approved in advance by the State Board of Education. Each training program must have been designed to prepare for a specific teaching field or school service and the student must have received the Bachelor's degree
.Criteria 1'2 EW:Jd.atiOO of TE2ilC.ber E{.ll?.c4tion Programs
Colleges preparing teachers in the state, through the State Council on Teacher Education and the Division of Teacher Education and Certification of the State D&partment of Edl~ation, will agree upon the principles and minimum standards to be observed in developing and implementing a professional trui~ing program. These principles and standards, when approved by the State Board of Education, will become criteria for determining when a proposed program may be approved. (For this mnterial write Certification Office, State Lepartment
of Education, Atlanta 3, Georgia.)
The professional certificate will be issued to individuals who have completed similar programs in institutions approved by the State Department of Education in other states, i. e. institutions recommended by: (a) the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education or (b) the State Department of Education in the state in which the institution is located.
As information for the public and especially for high school seniors planning their college training, the State Board of Education will pUblisn annually a :i.ist of the Georgia institutions participat::'r;g in the pnparation of teachers and the type of pl'0gram for wh~.ch each inst:':Gutir)I1 has been approvede (For list of Approved Programs .~ite Certification Office, State
Department of Education, Atlanta 3, Georgiac)
Pending the development and approval of an acceptab~e professional training I1rcgram in any accredited ~.r.stit:rGi.f)n.~ ~jhe Office o~ Certification of the St.ai.;G Department of Edi..'.c.J.tioi1 ;.rill l-011tin'.:e to eV':lluate applications from its graduates in terms of the objective standards established by the State Board of Education for the professional certificate.

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TEACHEa'S PJ)FESSIONAL FOUR-YEAR CEiITIFICATES (T-4)
The ~~s ProfessionAl Four-Y~r Certificate is the standard credential
for teaching in the public schools of Georgia. It is pre-requisite for
specialized Master's degree programs for preparing school leaders and
specialists. This certificate is issued to:
1. Graduates of approved professional programs in Georgia colleges and of similar programs in institutions in other states which have the recomPlendation of:
a. the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education or
b. the State Department of Education in the state in which the institution is located.
2. Graduates of non-professional bachelor's degree programs in accredited colleges who, in addition, have completed all requirements for professional certification in a recognized teacher's college or school of education. (Sea PLAN FOR COHPLETING flmSSIONAL REQUI~{ENENTS, pagE: 12.)
3. A teacher who already holds a Professional Three-Year Certificate
and who completes a BRchclorrs degree program in a recognized liberal arts college or professional sc~ool.
This certificate is valid for five years. It is renewable upon
objective evidence of continued professional improvement, such as:
a. Ten quarter hours of approved study under direction of a recognized graduate school or teachor1s college.
b. Approved educational travel. c. Other significant experiences which have been approved
for this purpose. (See ]enewal of Professional Certificates, page 10.)

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CERrIFICATION OF TEACHE;5 ON THE GRADUATE rEVEL
The master teacher not only fosters desirable changes in children, but accepts responsibility for leadership in the community and in his profession. Experienced teachers, who have prepared themselves for this type of service by a year of carefully planned graduate study, may be issued:
The Teacher's Professional Five-Year Certificate (T-5)
1. The Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate 2. Three years of successful experience as a teacher
J. Completion of an approved Master's degree program distributed as follows:
Courses a. Studies in psychology an~ sociology, designed to
develop an understanding of human growth and development and of community organization 1 to J
b. Studies of curriculum and problems of instruction in elementary and secondary schools, designed to develop
an understanding of the total school program 2 to 4
c. Studies designed to broaden the teacher's resources and improve skills in a major teaching field, as kindergarten and early elementary grades, upper-elementary and lower-high school grades, high school language arts, social stUdies, etc. special SUbjects as art or music J to 5
4. The recommendation of the education department of the institution in which the training has been done, with an official statement that all requirements for the Master's degree have been met.
This certificate is valid for seven years and is renewable upon objective evidence of continued professional growth, such as:
a. Credit for two additional courses (10 q.h.) of approved graduate level study.
b. Approved travel or other objective evidences of professional growth (see Renewal of Professional Certificates, page 10 ).
The Teacher's-ftovisional Fiye-YQ~Ceryificate (B-S)
This certificate may be issued to an applicant who holds the Master's degree with an appropriate major and who approximates, though he has not met, all requirements in 1, 2, and J above.
The provisional certificate is valid for three years and is renewable upon six weeks of additional graduate study toward the Teacher's Professional FiveYear Certificate.

SCHOOL COUNSEID R

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A Counselor is the member of the school staff who is primarily responsible for assisting the individual student in recognizing, thinking through, and solving his personal, educational, nnd vocational problems.

~ COunselor's Professional Certificate:

1. The Teacher1s Professional Four-Year Certificate, elementary or high school.

2. Three years of experience--one in teaching, one in counseling (with a minimum of one period per day devoted to counseling) and one in wageearning work experience other than teaching or counseling.

3. The Master's degree based upon an approved program of training for the
Counselor service, including:

a. Sciences basia to an understanding of the individual and of his environment 1 to 3 courses from Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Statistics.

b. Problems of the curricUlum related to counseling 1 to 3 courses from Curriculum Planning and Evaluation and Measuring Pupil Progress.

c. Problems and procedures in guidance 4 to 6 courses including Fundamentals of a Guidance Program, Analysis of
the Individual, Counseling Techniques, Educational and Occupational Information, Laboratory Counseling.

4. The recommendation of the education department of the institution in which
the training has been done, as to the personal character of tre applicant
and his probable success as a school counselor.

The Counselor's Professional Certificate is valid for seven years and rene~ble upon credit for
(1) 2 approved courses (10 q.h.) of additional study on a graduate or six-year level.
(2) Approved travel or other approved evidence of professional growth (see ~wal of Profession~ Certificates, page 10 ).

The COunselor's Provisional~erk~ricate:

1. The Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate.

2. One year of teaching experience.

3. Three courses (15 quarter hours) in approved professional guidance, on~
of which must be an over-view course such as Fundamentals of a Guidance
Program (see Counselor's Professional Certificate, 3-c above).

The Counselor's Provisional Certificate is valid for three years and renewaoble upon evidence of successful experience in counseling and completion of two additional courses toward the Counselor's Professional Certificate.

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

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The superintendent has system-wide responsibility for coordination and administration of the total school program.

~SuR2rintendent's Professional Certificate (Su-S)

1. The Teacher's Profess~onal Four-Year Certificate

2. Five years of successful experience as teacher and principal

.3. Completion of an approved t-nster' s degree program including nine courses
distributed approximately as follows: Courses

a. Sciences basic to an understanding of human growth and development and the co~nunity in action
b. Curriculum and problems of instruction in elementary and high schools ~........
c. Problems of administration, such as planning and evaluating
a system-wide instructional program and interpreting the school program to the public, mainta.ining and providing school buildings and tra.nsportation, selecting and develop-
ing personnel, budget control and working relations with
the State Department of Education

1 to .3
2 to 4
.3 to 5

4. The recommendation of the Education Department of the institution in wbiQh
the training has been done as to the personal character and competency of the applicant and his probable success as superintendent of a county or
city system of schools.

The Superintendent's Professional Certificate (Su-5) is valid for seven years
and renewable upon:
(1) credit for 2 additional approved courses (10 q.h.)
(2) approved travel or other approved evidence of professional growth (See ~n~wa-l-~ft2~~nal
CertifiQates, page. 10).

The Superintendent's Provisi~nal Certificate (Su-4)

1. The Teacher1s Professional Four-Year Certificate

2. One year of successful teaching experience

.3. Three courses (15 q.h.) of approved graduate work in special preparation for the superintendency, including one over-view course, such as the Duties of the Superintendent or Planning the School Program.*

The Superintendent1s Provisional Certificate (Su-4) is valid for three years and is renewable upon evidence of successful experience as a superintenden~ and completion of two additional courses toward the Su-5 Certificate.

*Due to the full-time responsibility of the superintendent, it is difficul1t for him to leave for long periods of study. By special arrangement with tthe Office of Certification, a County Superintendent of Schools, who holds thEe Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate, may establish eligibility fC)r 'theSu-4 while making progress tOWaI~ it at the rate of one course per yeenr.

7 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPALS
of Georgia Elementary and High Schools

The principal has both administrative and supervisory duties. He is respon~

sible for leadership in planning the curriculum and in improving instruction as

well as coordinating school activities and administering routine.

The PrinciUal's Pro~essional~ertificate (p-s)

1. The Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate

2. Three years of successful experience as teacher and principal

3. Completion of an approved Master's degree program distributed
approximately as follows:
a. Sciences basic to an understanding of human growth and development and the community in action

Courses 1 to 3

b. Curriculum and problems of instruction in elementary and high schools

2 to 4

c. Problems of administration and supervision of the community school with emphasis upon the elementary or
the high school level

3 to 5

4. The recommendation of the Education Department of the institution in which
the training has been done as to the personal character and competency of
the applicant and his probable success as a supervising principal.

The Principal's Professional Certificate (P-5) is valid for seven years and is renewable upon
(1) Credit for 2 additional courses (10 q.h.) of approved
sttmy. (2) Approved travel or other approved evidence of pro-
fessional growth. (See Renewal Of Professional Certificates, page 10 .)

The Principal's Provisiongl-Certificate (P-4)

1. The Teacher's Professional Four-Year Certificate

2. One year of successful teaching experience

3. Three courses (15 quarter hours) of approved graduate work in special
preparation for the principalship, including one overview course such
as IDe DU1!~s of the Principal or Planning the ~l program.

The Principal's Provisional Certificate (p-4) is valid.for three years and is
renewable upon evidence of successful experience as a principal and comryleti~
of two additional courses toward the Principal!2 Prof-easional &ertificate.

VISITING TEACHER

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The Visiting Teacher is the member of the Superintendent's staff responsible for problems of school attendanco. His contacts are with children, their parents and their homes, teachers and principals, community welfare agencies and, only as a last resort, with the courts. The Visiting Teacher is regarded as a school social worker and, as such, must have both general training as a teacher and special training for this service.
The Visiting Teacher's Professional Certificate is the standard credential for performing this service in the schools of Georgia. For authorization to begin this work, a teacher must hold the Visiting Teacher's Provisional Certificate.
Abe Visiting.~acher's Professional Certificate requires the following:
1. The Teacher's Professional Four-Year certificate
2. Three years of teaching experience or one year of teaching and two years of related work such as pUblic health or welfare work.
3. The l~sterls degree based upon an approved program of training for the visiting teacher service, including
a. studies basic to an understanding of hUlIlan growth and development and community resources for meeting human needs. At least two courses from Psychology, Sociology,-Exceptional Children;
b. Curriculum problems related to school attendance. At least two courses from Curriculum-making, Evaluation, Problems of Teaching.
c. Objectives, problems, procedures and resources of the visiting teacher service. At least two courses (a beginning workshop) dealing with tho legal basis for the visiting teacher service, the school census and problems of school attendance and three courses such as Child Welfare Agencies and Legislation, Principles of Social Cuse Work, Methods of Social Investigation.
4. The recommendation of the institution granting the degree.
5. The VT-5 is valid for seven years and is renewable upon credit for
(1) two additional approved courses (2) approved travel or other approved evidence of pro-
fessional growth. (See Renewal of Professional Certificates, page 10 .),
The Visiting~eherrs Provisional Certificate requires the following:
1. The Teacher's Professional Four--Year Certificate.
2. Three years of teaching experience or one year of teaching and two years of related work such as pUblic health or welfare we~k.
3. One quarter or three courses of graduate preparation for the visiting teacher service including the visiting teacher workshop and one of the other courses listed in 3-c above.

CERrIFICATION AS INSTRUCTIONAL SUPE!WISOR (Sv-5)

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The instructional supervisor is a member of the superintendent1s staff respon-

sible for leadership and consultant service in problems of curriculum planning and

improvement of instruction.

Individuals certificated for this service have been selected on a record of at

least three years of successful teaching experience and have demonstrated ability to

work effectively with fellow staff members and agencies in the community. The

training required for this service is a planned Master1s degree program extending

over a period of three years and including one year of supervised internship with

provisional certification. The program is sponsored b.Y the Georgia Council on

Teacher Education and is under the direction ~f the College of Education, Univer-

sity of Georgia, with the help of a state committee on supervisory training.

Individuals who are interested in preparing for this service, including individuals

who already have advanced training in supervision, should address inquiries to Miss

Elizabeth Donovan, State Department of Education or Miss Reba Burnham, College of

Education, University of Georgia.

CERrIFICATION AS SCHOOL LmRARIAN (Ls-5)

The School Librarianrs Professional Certificate is issued to individuals ~ho

hold a Teacher1s Professional Four-Year Certificate and, in addition, have had a

graduate degree in school library service.

SPECIAL ENDOffiEMENTS

Teacher's Professional Four- and Five-Year Certificates, in addition to the

major teaching field, may be endorsed for the following special services:

Quarter Hours

Teacher Librarian

20

Library administration, cataloguing, book selection,

reference

Supervising Teacher

15

For supervision of student teaching in approved

training centers

One quarter of specialized graduate study

10 RENEWAL OF ProFESSIONAL FOUR- AND FIVE-YEAR CERTIFICATF,s*
Every teacher in a Georgia public school is required b,y law to hold a
certificate showing preparation for the services he performs and to keep it
in force by meeting requirements for its renewal before the date of expiration.
The Teacher's Pr9iession~ur-YearCertificgte (T-4) is the standard
credential for clnssroo~ teaching and the base certificate for administra-
tion, supervisory, and specialists' services. This certificate is valid
for five years.
The Igacher1s Profe~ional Five-Year Cer1ficate (T-5) and all other
Professional Five-Year Certificates, i. e. for Principals (P-5), Superin-
t endents (Su-5), Instructional Supervisors (Sv-5), Visit ing Teachers (VT-5) ,
Counselors (T-5), Librarians (Ls-5), are valid for seven years.
All professional four- and five-year certificates are renewable upon
evidence of professional inprovement during the tero of the certificate.
Present practice recognizes two types of experience for this purpose:
1. Formal study for credit. Ten quarter hours of appropriate college study may be submitted for renewal of any certificate.
2. Planned educational travel. Extensive travel planned for educational pm'poses may be offered for renewal of professional four- and five-year certificates, provided the plan for such travel has been approved in advance by the Certification Office and is verified upon return. Travel over approximately three thousand miles extending over thirty days is at present accepted for renewal of professional certificates.
More flexible conditions are being developed for utilizing travel for educational purposes.
Committees of teachers, principals, Department of Education, and college
staff members have for some time been considering how holders of the profes-
sional certificate may offer other creative experiences as means of
professional improvement.
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* Note that renewal of provisional certificates is based upon formal stUdy
toward the regular professional certificate.

11 At an early date an announcement will be made of procedures for recognizing:
1. Concentrated short courses and specialized workshops extending over one or more weeks. Such courses though not offering college credit would be directed by recognized specialists in the area selected for study.
2. Teaching in positions of increased responsibility, preparation for which requires considerable additional study and offers opportunity for broadening the teacher's perspective and increasing his resources as a professional worker. Such experiences are:
a. Teaching in his field on the college level. b. Exchange teaching in other states or a foreign
country. c. Supervising student teachers after special
preparation for the service.
J. Action research resulting in improved school practice.
REINSTATEMENT OF LAPSED CERrIFICATES
If a certificate remains invalid for more than five years, or if the
holder of a certificate remains out of the profession for more than five
consecutive years, the certificate lapses. It may be reinstated by sub-
mitting credit for two courses or six semester hours' work dealing with the
problems of the teacher's field. ~~k must be done in residence within
five years preceding date of application for reinstatement.
REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATES
A certificate may be cancelled or denied by the State Board of Education
upon satisfactory evidence that the holder thereof is conducting his school
work in violation of the lays of the Stato; that he is a person unworthy to
instruct the youth of the State; or that he obtained his certificate by
misrepresentation.
IT IS THE nESPONSIBILITY OF EACH TEACHER TO
KEEP HIS CEhTIFICATE CONTINUOUSLY IN FORCE

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ProVISIONAL CERI'IF IGATI8N (B-4)
Teacher's Provisional lour-Year Certificates may be issued to an applicant who has received the Bachelor's degree from an accredited college whose transcript shows:
a. approximately 60 quarter hours in general education b. a minimum of one approved course in education c. two courses in specialized subject matter for the
elementary teacher ~ within two courses of a high school teaching field (see Teaching Fields). This certificate is valid for one year only. The certificate must be renewed annually by presenting at least ten quarter hours of additional work toward the professional certificate.
~for Completing ProfessionaL Requirements On the assumption that the applicant intends to proceed directly to
qualify for the professional certificate, he should have his transcripts evaluated by proper officials at a recognized teacher education institution and should secure in writing a specific PLAN FOR COMPLETING REOUIEENENTS for the professional certificate. A transcript of these studies, together with the recommendation of the institution, will authorize the Certification Office to issue the professional certificate.
If the applicant prefers, he may have his program evaluated by the Certification Office, State Department of Education, and should receive from them the PLAN FOrt COMPLETING PROFESSIONAk.RE01!I~~:lli. When the applicant has completed this program at a recognized teacher education institution, he should present, along with his application, a transcript of his record to the Certification Office, State Department of Education.

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STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING NON-PROFESSIONAL DEGREE ProGRAMS

The following standards are used as the basis for evaluating a nonprofessional or incomplete professional degree program and for recommending additional studies leading to the professional certificate.

General Education - 60 quarter hours

English

20 quarter hours

Social Studies 20 quarter hours

Natural Science 15 quarter hours

Mathematics

5 quarter hours

Teaching Fiel.!1.

Elementary Grades 1-7

Quarter Hours

Six courses (30 quarter hours) selected from the following with a minimum of one course (5 quarter hours) from each of the areas of art, music, health, and one from each of the others recommended.

Health, Recreation in Elementary Grades School Health Program

5 to 10

Public School Music for Elementary Grades

5 to 10

Fundamentals and Methods for Elementary School

Public School Art for Elementary Grades Creative Art

5 to 10

English, Children1s Literature The Teaching of Reading

0 to 10

Science in Elementary School Conservation

0 to 10

Social Studies for Elementary School Geography

0 to 10

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STANDAROO FOR EVALUATING NON-ProFESSIONAL DEGHEE proGRAM:>

Teaching Fields

. High School

For professional certification the high school teacher should be equipped for

the responsibilities of a broad teaching field having a well-defined relation-

ship to the total school curriculum.

QUArter Hours

~h and Phxsical Education

50

The Health Program in Georgia Schools

Environmental Health Sanitation

Health Services, Records, and Counseling

Physical education and intramural sports for all students

Health science, physiology, bacteriology, etc.

Social Stqdies

50

Geography, economics, sociology, and political

science, and including at least 20 quarter hours

in world and U. S. tiistory

General Science

50

General science, geology, astrono~, meteorology

One course in each of biology, chemistry, and

physics with 20 quarter hours in one of these.

LnJW1C&fe Arts

50

The communication arts, speech, composition,

creative writing, literature, journalism, pUblic

speaking

~

30

Measurement, accounting, applied mathematics,

statistics, and a minimum of 10 quarter hours in

college algebra and trigonometry

Foreign Lqngugges

40

Latin, French, German, Spanish (for each language

taught, when the language is begun in college).

A minimum of 30 quarter hours in college is required

if the student has acquired elementary competency in

high school or through residence in the country in

which the language is spoken

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STANDAROO FOR EVALUATING NON-ProFESSIONAL DEGREE PIDGRAM3

~ Responsible for teaching or supervising music throughout the elementary and high school, not a specialist in band, chorus, or piano.
80 quarter hours of training should include basic
music, 27 quarter hours; applied music, 24 quarter
hours; performance, 6 quarter hours; conducting, 6 quarter hours; mus ic literature, 10 quarter hours.

Quarter Hours 75

Specialization to be done after bachelor's degree.

75 Responsible for teaching or supervising art throughout elementary and high school, not a speci~list in one or two media. A balanced training program of 75 quarter hours would include: drawing and painting, color DJ1d design, visual arts and communication craft, interior decora-
tion, art materials, modeling, carving, Art Activities in the Elementary School, Art Activities in the High School.

lnwmtrial Arts

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On the 7th, 8th, and 9th grade level provides oppor-

tunity for drafting, woodworking, metalworking,

electricity, and crafts.

On the 10th, 11th, and 12th grade level it offers

opportunities for specializing in one or more of

these areas. A balanced training program of 65

quarter hours would include: 15 quarter hours in

drafting, 5 quarter hours in electricity, 10 quarter

hours in general shop, woodworking, metalwork.

~retar...!gl Subiects

45

Shorthand, tyPewriting, accounting, business English,

business mathematics, business law, filing, and

office procedure

yoc~tional Subjects Agriculture Home Economics Trades and Industries Distributive Education
Diversified Cooperative Training

Vocational. Requirements

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STANDARIf) FOR EVALUATING NON-PiDFESSIONAL DEGREE PIDGRAM3

lXotegioPal Education:
A sequence of professional experience designed to develop competency as a
teacher and as a professional worker. Thirty or more quarter hours
distributed as follows:

Quarter Hours

a. A first group of experiences is to acquaint the

prospective teacher with the profession of teaching

and with his own aptitudes for the profession and

to guide him in choosing a teacher field

0- 5

b. Experiences designed to develop an understanding of

the concepts ~erlying human growth and develo~nt

and to give direction in the application of principles

involved. These experiences should be based on direct

contact with children

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5 - 10

c. Experiences designed to develop understanding of the function of the school in a democratic society and to acquaint him with the public school curriculum--its organization, objectives, procedures, and outcomes in
thG iDd1v1dual pupil

5 - 10

d. A group of experiences should lead the prospective teacher to the development of competencies needed in his chosen teaching field. These experiences should include directed observation and analysis of teaching situations, the selection, use, and organization of materials, and appropriate techniques of teaching---

5 - 10

e. Directed teaching in typical public school situations

with student teachers under the immediate guidance of

especially prepared classroom teachers and under the

further supervision of a member of the staff of the

teacher training institution. (This should be done on

the level and in the field for which the applicant

wishes certification.)

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f. A finn! group of experiences may follow directed

teaching to provide cpportunities for students to

evaluate their preparetion for the profession and

supplement it as needed. These experiences me.y in-

clude further acquaintance with desirable matrials

and procedures, and further experiences in curriculum

planning for Georgia schools

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CERrIFICATES BASED ON TWO OR THREE YEAF5 OF COLLEGE

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Professional certificates below the four-year level are no longer issued.

However, the holder of an old form Professional Two- or Three-Year Certificate

may be issued the professional certificate when he meets academic and special

field requirements for the three- or the four-year certificate.

By special and temporary arrangement a graduate of the three.r~ear profes-

sional elementary training program at West Georgia College may receive a

Professional Elementary Three-Year Certificate.

Professional certificates on the three-year level are valid

for three years and are renewable upon two courses toward the

Professional Four-Year Certificate in an institution having

an approved degree program in elementary education.

A fIgvisional Two-Year Elementary Certificate may be issued to an under-

graduate whose transcript shows:

a. 90 quarter hours of appropriate general studies (exclusive of physical educa~ion), including 10 quarter hours of specialized subject matter for the elementary teacher or within two courses
of a high school field.

b. A statement that the applicant is working on an approved professional curriculum at a recognized teacher education institution.

Similarly, the Elementary Three-Year Certificate may be issued on 135

quarter hours of college work.

Provisional certificates are valid for one year and are renewable

upon completion of ten quarter hours of addit~onal study toward

the professional certificate.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

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Experience is a major factor in the salary schedule. 'rhe unit of experience
is full-time employment as a regular teacher for a school year of at least nine
months. If, because of sickness or other providential cause, a teacher should
be unable to complete the school term of nine months, a minimum of six months
supported by proper evidence will be recognized as a year of experience.
Under the Minimum Foundation Law, only teachers with professional certifi-
cates will receive salary increases based on experience.
Credit for experience on the salary schedule will be accepted, as follows:
(a) Teaching in the pUblic schools of other states in the U. S. A. and its territories and in English-speaking schools in other countries.
(b) Teaching in private elementary and secondary schools organized and conducted with approximately the same curriculum as the public schools.
(c) Teaching elementary and secondary school subjects to veterans only when it has been a full-time, all-day position under the direction of the local school administration for at least nllle months in a calendar year.
(d) A maximum of three (3) years of service in the Armed Forces will apply as three years of teaching experience on a teacher's professional certificate regardless of the date of entry or discharge, provided the service begins with World War II or later.
Credit for experience on the salary schedule will nQi be accepted, as '. follows:
(a) Supply and substitute teaching.
(b) College teaching.
(c) Home demonstration or farm agent work. (This work will be accepted only for the purpose of keeping certificates in force.)
Military experience will also serve:
(a) To keep a certificate in force
(b) As two of the three years of experience required for a T-5 Certificate.
Military experience will D.Q1 serve:
(a) As the year of experience followed by a workshop that serves in the place of practice teaching.
(b) In lieu of the year of actual teaching experience for the provisionol certificate for special services, such as, P-4, Sv-4, VT-4, etc.

INFO 1ATION FOR APPLICANTS

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A teacher should hold a professional certificate in the field in which a

major part of his work is done. He will be paid a salary from the state on

the basis of the teacher1s certificate which he holds or is entitled to hold on

the opening day of school term. Certificates are dated from July 1 to June 30.

College credits acceptable for certification purposes must be earned at

recognized standard institutions. In accepting credit from out-of-state

institutions, the Certification Office is guided by the rating given to the

institution by its own State Department of Education or by regional and/or

national accrediting agencies. Credits earned at certain professional and

technioal institutions, such as law schools, medical schools, seminaries, etc.

are not applicable toward certificates unless certain studies therein should

be accepted by colleges approved for teacher education.

An applicant who has not formerly held a certificate in Georgia and who

has not studied within the last five years, but who meets minimum reqUirements

for one or more of our certificates, may be issued regular certificates for one

year. If within the year he should fail to do the required additional study

he may for the next year be issued an emergency certificate on the superin-

tendentls request.

Eormal application must be ma9& for any tIPe cert!llc~, renewal,

duplicate, conversion, or change of name, and the application should be sent

to the Office of Certification, State Department of Education, Atlanta 3,

Georgia. Forms for this purpose may be secured from this address, the

system superintendent, or from teacher training institutions. Detailed

instructions-2n the gpplication fOrm should be CarefullY-followed.

v~en au-~~ haa completed an appro~d pro~ram at a Georgia college,

the recommendation of the major professor and the chairman of the Department

of Education should be shown on the application. The application, together

.f with an official transcript, should be sent to the Office'of Certificati~n by
the college. If the applicant has not completed an apprgved program, or he

has attended an out-of-state college, the recommendation of the employing 20 superintendent or of a college official must appear on the application. It is then the responsibility of the applicant to have official college transcripts
sent to this office b.Y the registrar so that an evaluation can be made.
~Q1der of a provisional certi~nte or of any two- or three-year certifica~oyld Atfiliat~wmediGte~~b-~~utionhaving an approved ~~ in the desired ~~ This institution will eXemipe his record and
gUide bim to completion of the Ilrogz:am and !(be degree. No courses shouls...m
taken w!thgut ~val of tbe-ollege. This is also true of those who plan ~~~ study.
Not more than one course per semester or two courses per school year mny be taken for credit while holding a full-time position and drawing a full
salary from the State. ~um credit acceptable irQm a six weeks' summer
school is two course or ten quarter hours. A full time teacher may earn credit for only six courses or 30 quarter hours from one September to the next September (two during the school year and four at a double session of s~er school).

DEFINITION OF TERMS

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Academic courses are those designed to provide the individual ~ith a general

education in the fields of English, social science, natural science, and mathematics.

A course, unless other~ise defined by the college, is the equivalent of 3 1/3

semester hours, or 5 quarter hours.

A College or Year Hour is equivalent to 3 quarter hours or 2 semester hours.
3 quarter hours equals 2 semester hours 5 quarter hours equals 3 1/3 semester hours

~r of college ~ork is represented by a minimum of 30 semester hours, 45

quarter hours, or 9 courses. (For certification purposes we do not accept credit

for ~equired physical education courses.)

Courses normally taken during the freshman and sophomore years of college

represent Junior College work. For certification purposes no more than 72 semester

hours of credit from a Junior College or N01~al School may be accepted.

Courses normally taken during the junior and senior years of college represent

Senior College work. These courses should be taken at a standard four-year college.

Senior college courses taken ~~ off-campus cen~-2~ n junior col1ege~tQ

occ~ted ~ the Qffice of Certi~tion as extension~dit only.

Residence Credit is ~ork done on the college campus in regular attendance and

under conditions required of full-time resident students. Non-residence credit

includes extension or correspondence credit. Junior college courses taken at an

off-campus center are accepted as residence credit if so recognized by the institu-

tion in ~hich the student teacher is registered for a degree.

SCHOLASTIC STANDARDS

For the issuance of any teacherrs certificate an overall scholastic average of

"c" is reqUired.

On May 16, 1951, the State Board of Education passed the follo~ng regulation:

"The Division of Certification is authorized to ~ithho1d a certificate upon

evidence of serious ~eakness in the use of the English language."

An Ap~roved Program is a planned teacher-training degree program offered by a Georgia college and having the official approval of the Georgia Department of E~')~at1on or the tentative approval of the Director of the Division of Teacher
Education and Certification.

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