TEACHING CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN KANSAS

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

I. ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

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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 coilege, provided an official
transcript of the college record shows the following credit:

4 semester hours General or Introductory Psychology

S , " Educational Psychology

o r ” Supervised Practice Teaching (or three years of full-
time teaching experience under regular contract)

. " School Organization, Administration, and Kansas School

4 " etective in Education Law*

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LIFE CERTIFICATE -—- valid in any Kansas school

The life certificate will be granted at the expiration of the three-
year certificate provided the holder shall have taught successfully at
least two of the years the three-year certificate is valid; or the certi-
ficete 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, 1338

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 transcript 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:

5 semester hours General or Introductory Psychology

5 e "  Eaucational Psychology
rs) ” " Supervised Practice Teaching (or three years of full-
time teaching experience under regular contract)
x ” "School Organization, Administration, and Kansas
School Law*
t . " Elective in Uducetion

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 mist present 6 semester
hours credit in Public School iMusic 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,