Kansas One Room
School House Project
On One-Room Schools and the Teachers Who Taught in Them
The Kansas Heritage Center would like to thank Linda Lipp (llipp@juno.com) for contributing this material.
Two of my great-aunts became teachers after graduation from the 8th grade and completing four weeks of normal school training. One was born in 1884 and the other in 1886 so I'm guessing that they would have graduated around the turn of the century. After four weeks of training they were given a test and then certified as teachers.
My aunts who were born in 1922 and 1925 graduated from high school in 1941 and 1944 with a Normal Training Degree. They were able to take normal training during their junior and senior years in high school. They then had to pass a state test and received a 2 year certification. The certificate was renewed every two years by taking two months of college courses.
My aunt taught in Elk County in 1941. She taught in a one-room school house with 16 children in grades 1-8. She built the fire, cooked the hot lunch meal, and was the janitor (as well as teaching) for $37.50 per month. She had to pay $10 per month for room and board.
When my mother graduated from high school in 1948 she received her teaching certificate by taking three months of college courses. She was able to receive her certification in this way because of emergency certification required during World War II. Most of the teachers were either in the war or working at war related civilian jobs. My mother only taught school for five months because she lost her job when all of the kids moved away from the country school. When no children were in the school district, they did not need a teacher.
Saturday, October 13, 2001 8:11 PM
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