SPECIAL
SERVICES
T he division of special services offers programs which supplement those of the regular school year. Among these are the summer school, the certification program offered in conjunction with the summer school, the correspondence study program, workshops and institutes. Guidelines for Synodical Certification (Revised and Adopted 1971) The Conference of Presidents of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod has adopted the following regulations as being applicable to all such who wish to be certified for teaching in the Lutheran schools of the Wisc .sin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: Graduates of colleges other than Dr. Martin Luther College (DMLC) and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS) who wish to become certified but who do not qualify for a colloquy shall have the requisite academic training for a teacher in their field and shall earn a minimum of eighteen semester hours of credit as outlined below. 1.
Elementary teachers shall earn a. nine credits in the following prescribed courses: 1) Lutheran Confessional Writings 2) Principles of Christian Education 3) Teaching Religion b. nine credits: anyone course from each of the following three areas: 1) Old Testament Studies a) Genesis b) The History of Israel c) Other courses which qualify under Old Testament studies 2) New Testament Studies a) The New Testament History b) New Testament Epistles c) The Life of Christ d) Other courses which qualify under New Testament studies 3) Christian Doctrine a) Christian Doctrine I b) Christian Doctrine II c) Other courses which qualify under Christian doctrine
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Secondary. college, and seminary teachers shall earn a. six credits in the following prescribed courses: 1) Lutheran Confessional Writings .2) Principles of Christian Education b. nine credits: any one course from each of the following areas: 1) Old Testament Studies a) Genesis b) The History of Israel c) Other courses which qualify under Old Testament studies 2) New Testament Studies a) The New Testament History b) New Testament Epistles
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