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An Investigation Of The Status Of Professional Requirements For Counselors In Twelve Selected Southern States, Marie N. Morris

Master's Theses

In the school of today the administrator and the teachers are not able to offer students and parents all the assistance they need; as a consequence, the school must provide guidance survives. Because there is a national urgency to identify and develop the talents of these students, well-organized guidance services are needed.

Today, technology and automation have lifted guidance out of the merely "desirable" category, and made it in an urgent, basic need for social and economic survival. This is a new and exciting age with special opportunities for the educated, and corresponding risks for those whose education is inadequate. …

Standards For Certification Of Elementary Principals In The State Of Virginia, A Comparative Study, Warren Judson Winstead

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is threefold: to show the need for establishing minimum standards for the certification of elementary school administrators; to show the present practices of school divisions in Virginia as compared with the Nation as a whole with respect to the type of degree, experience, and courses at the graduate level required prior to the employment of a prospective elementary school administrator; and to present a brief outline of the programs of various institutions for preparing administrators including the college and two universities offering graduate work in elementary education in Virginia.

A Study Of The Certification Of Elementary Teachers In The Forty-Eight States, Grace Bales Ramos

Master's Theses

The problem ot certifying a sufficient number of well qualified elementary teachers is yet to be solved. One of the aims of this paper is to consider the situation that exists and to show that improvement is needed.

This study contains information given in the state certification rules and regulations, (published by almost all of the state departments or education or other offices of certification) written and oral communication from state certification officials, information compiled by the Council of State Governments, reports from the NEA Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, and statistics from the NEA Research Division and …