TEACHING CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN KANSAS

Kansas School Laws Revised 1937
and Regulations of the State Board of Education

ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

1. THREE-YEAR CERTIFICATE--RENEWABLE FOR LIFE
. A three-year certificate renewable for life, valid in any school may be
issued to the applicant who holds the B.A., B.S., B.S. in Educ., B.Ped.,
or B.Ph. degree from an accredited four-year college, provided an official
transcript of the college record shows the following credit:

5 semester hours General or Introductory Psychology
, "Educational Psychology
Supervised Practice Teaching (or three years of full-
time teaching experience under regular contract)
Schooi Organization, Administration, and Kansas School
elective in Education Law*

&. LIFE CERPIFICATE ——- valid in any Kansas school
The life certificate will be granted at the expiration of the three-
year certificate provided the holder shall have tavght successfully at
least two of the years the three-year certificate is valid; or the certi-
ficate may be renewed for a three-year period on less than two years of
teaching experience.

TWO-YEAR SPECIAL CERTIFICATE--RENEWABLE REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE
UNTIL JUNE 30, 1938

A special certificate valid in any school for a two-year period for
teaching such subjects as music, art, physical education, industrial arts,
home economics, and commerce may be issued to the applicant who, in addition
to having completed a four-year high school course of study or the equivalent,
has secured 120 semester hours credit from an accredited college, provided
an official transcrjpt of the college record shows the following credit:

40 semester hours from general cultural courses such as: English,
language, social science, biological science, physical science,
psychology, mathematics.

18 semester hours credit in Psychology and Education which must include:

& semester hours Generali or Introductory Psychology
) : " Educational Psychology
3 " "Supervised Practice Teaching (or three years of full-
time teaching experience under regular contract)
e school Orgenization, Administration, and Kansas
School Law*
7 ” "Elective in Education
65 semester hours credit, not fewer than 40 of which must be in the subject
or department designated in the certificate.
For the Special Music Certificate, the applicant must present 6 semester
hours credit in Public School Music Methods.
Requirements for renewal not yet established by State Board of Ed. 10/1/37

*The two semester hours credit from the course "School Organization,
Administration, and Kansas School Law" must be secured from a Kansas.
college, and may be secured through correspondence work in one of the
Kansas state schools,