More than 4,200 teachers’ licenses have been issued by the Board of License–which derives its budget from New York’s Jewish Education Committee–since its inception in 1929, it was reported here today. Of them, 2,275 were temporary licenses, 1,796 permanent licenses, 217 principals licenses, and 30 music teachers licenses.
The Board of License prepares and administers examinations, issues temporary and permanent licenses, sees to it that the overall teaching picture grows brighter by building status for the profession, providing better teachers, making Jewish teaching an honorable way of earning a respectable living.
The Board of License was established under the auspices of the old Jewish Education Association of N. Y. and the chairmanship of the late communal leader Bernard Semel. Today the board consists of 21 members, all outstanding veteran educators–headed by Professor Evi Scharfstein. While these members were not invited to serve as representatives of a given ideologies or type of school, they nevertheless reflect all ideologies and all types of Hebrew schools in New York City.
The Board issues a Temporary License to graduates of accredited Teachers Training Schools here or abroad, and to those who pass the annual test administered by the Board. This Temporary License is valid for three years and can be exchanged for a permanent License after representatives of this Board has visited the applicant in his classroom, observed his work and evaluated it favorably.
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