Anderson County Schools
Teaching Certificates Issued August, 1888
Teachers' examinations were offered from one to four times a year. The certificates issued were valid from sixth months (with a "Third Grade" certification), to a year ("Second Grade") and two years for those who earned a "First Grade" certificate. Salaries were also determined by experience and the higher rated certificate, so the "First Grade" rating was sought by all who took the test.
Certification also determined which grades you could teach. A "First Grade" certificate allowed you to teach 1st-12th grade, a "Second Grade" from 7th grade down, and "Third Grade" recipients could only teach the primary grades.
"Summer Institutes" were held during the month of August, with experienced teachers conducting classes in curriculum, teaching methods and classroom management to those hoping to become teachers. Most counties required you to attend these institutes before taking your exam.
Lifetime certification could be earned at a university when the graduate demonstrated for three years that he/she was a successful teacher.
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First Grade: | Second Grade: | Third Grade: | |
Frank F. Sharon | Madora Everline | Grace White | |
Ida Stidham | C. H. Oman | Sam S. Irwin | |
Nannie B. Hunter | Jessie M. Craig | Orpha Barney | |
A. B. Barnum | Esmah Woodcock | Tirza Robinson | |
Arthur Foster | Fannie King | E. K. Robinett | |
Ella Harrison | G. W. Bierly | Carrie S. Cullin | |
C. T. Richardson | Lizzie Downing | Josie McCoole | |
Sadie Moore | Isabelle Sutton | C. A. McEwin | |
| Leah B. Hedges | N. Spriggs | |
| Ziliah Keffer | Emma G. Young | |
| James H. McEwin | John E. Kibbler | |
| C. A. Lowry | Alzie Pomeroy | |
| Flora M. Anderson | Victoria Wallace | |
| C. T. Cox | Emma Smiley | |
| Belle Walker | Mrs. C. A. Fathwell | |
| Luman N. Judd | Laura Douglas | |
| Mertie Woodcock | Bertha Melton | |
| J. B. White | George W. DePoe | |
| Ethel V. Hearst | L. F. McLelland | |
| Della McDaniel | J. W. Mertz | |
| Lou E. Tillson | Ethel M. Potter | |
| Laura Gregg | Lyman L. Elliott | |
| W. L. Upham | George Taunreather | |
| Belle Caswell | Ruth T. Stokes | |
| Fannie L. Weld | Nannie Frank | |
| Phila J. Randall | Lulu B. Brown | |
| Kate Walgamot | Maud Young | |
| G. W. Smith | Mamie Smith | |
| | Mattie Stewart | |
| | Laura Keffer | |
| | Ida O'Hara | |
| | E. M. Burns | |
| | Alice Sayre | |
| | Lola Borun | |
| | Annie Hutchison |
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