Letter of transmittal CONTENTS Plan of the study... Summary of related studies.. Adequacy of the sample..- Number of subjects teachers are required to teach____ Number of distinct preparations in the teachers' programs._ Preparation of junior high school teachers in the subjects Proportion of teachers without special preparation. Extent of the education of these junior high school teachers. Page V 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 15 16 17 19 20 Curricula for the preparation of junior high school teachers__ Courses found in the curricula for the preparation of junior high school teachers____. Courses purporting to deal with some phase of the junior high school... Practices in the certification of junior high school teachers__ 222 22 23 24 26 27 29 Amount of preparation required to teach in junior high schools in States which do not issue a junior high school certificate___ Higher standards for teachers who continue in service and means of encouraging professional growth. 33 Concluding comment__ 34 III CONTENTS transmittal he study..... y of related studies.. y of the sample..... - of subjects teachers are required to teach... r of subjects teachers have taught.... r of classes on the teachers' programs... er of distinct preparations in the teachers' programs.. ration of junior high school teachers in the subjects ortion of teachers without special preparation_-_- nt of the education of these junior high school teachers. essional preparation of junior high school teachers_____ grams of higher institutions for the preparation of junior igh school teachers... rricula for the preparation of junior high school teachers.. alysis of the content of the curricula. ____ >urses found in the curricula for the preparation of junior high school teachers..... ourses purporting to deal with some phase of the junior high school... Practices in the certification of junior high school teachers.. Amount of preparation required to teach in junior high schools in States which do not issue a junior high school certificate.... Practices of local communities in selecting and administering the junior high school personnel...... Sources from which teachers were recruited.. Qualifications demanded by local communities.. Higher standards for teachers who continue in service and means of er ping professional growth_ Co III LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C., January, 1933. SIR: This manuscript was prepared by Oliver R. Floyd during the time that the National Survey for the Education of Teachers was in progress. An effort was made to correlate the study with the survey and Dr. E. S. Evenden, associate director of the survey, gave attention to putting the manuscript in form for printing. The junior high school as such is not yet 25 years old. Accordingly it is not surprising to find that the liberal arts colleges make no provision whatever for preparing teachers in it. In fact, they expect that their students will be accepted as teachers in general by the States. In some cases, however, they have added courses in education. In other States they have done this only under protest. The small size of some of the institutions makes it exceedingly difficult for them to add courses in education. This work, where required, causes the students to discontinue subject-matter courses in their upper years. Therefore the preparation of teachers by the liberal arts colleges is still a mooted question. For junior high schools, they make no special provision. Mr. Floyd found, however, that in those States which have provided for a certificate especially for the junior high school, the teachers colleges are endeavoring to prepare these people. What these students are taking, what subjects they are enrolled in, and other matters pertaining to their courses are covered by this manuscript. I am pleased to recommend that it be published as a bulletin of this office. Respectfully submitted. The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. WM. JOHN COOPER, Commissioner. V |