Advising Handbook

Advising@PSU (PSU Academic Advising Information)

• Academic Advising: Explanation

• Academic Integrity
• Career Services
• Certification (Areas)
  • Conceptual Framework for the Preparation of School Personnel (.pdf)
  • Standards for the Preparation of School Personnel - Baccalaureate
  • Standards for the Preparation of School Personnel - Post-Baccalaureate
  • Act 48
  • Adding a Content Area to a Certificate
  • Administrative I Certification
  • Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification
  • Clearances for Field Experiences and Certification
  • Code of Ethics of the Education Profession (NEA)
  • Code of Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators (PDE)
  • Cumulative Grade Point Average
  • Educational Specialist I Certification
  • Engish as a Second Language
  • Entrance and Exit Criteria for ALL Instructional I Certification Programs
  • Entrance Criteria Table (.pdf)
  • Field Experiences (EK ED, SECED)
  • Instructional I Certification
  • Instructional II Certification
  • Interstate Certification Agreements and Reciprocity
  • Liability Insurance
  • Literature Selections
  • Master's Degree Equivalency Letter
  • Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification
    
  • Program Specialist Certification (English as a Second Language)
  • Supervisory I Certification
  • Vocational I
  • Vocational II
  • Work Experience Requirement
  • Work Experience Documentation Form (.pdf)
• Concurrent Majors
• Curriculum Checksheets and "Sample" Semester Plans
• EDUCATE Notebook Computer Requirement for EK ED & SECED-English
• Education Representatives at non-UP locations
• First Year Seminar (FYS)
• First Year Testing, Counseling and Advising Program   (FTCAP)
  
• Grievances
• Majors (Undergraduate) (Concurrent Majors)
[Curriculum Checksheets and "Sample" Semester Plans]
• Childhood and Early Adolescent Education-Major

• Education and Public Policy-Major
• Elementary and Kindergarten Ed -Major
  - SCIED 458 Pre-requisites
  - US History Selections
- 400 Level Education Selections
• Rehabilitation and Human Services  -Major
• Secondary Ed -Major
• Special Ed -Major
• World Languages -Major
• Workforce Ed and Development-Major
• Minors (University-wide)
  • Education Theory and Policy -Minor
  • Special Education - Minor

Multicultural Student Services

• Petitions
  • Petition Form for Academic Exceptions
  • Petitions to the Faculty Senate, Filing Instructions
• Scholarships and Financial Aid
• Semester by Semester Academic Plans
• Student Organizations
• Student Teaching and other Field Experiences
  • Student Teaching for EKED, SECED, & WLED
  • Student Teaching for SPLED
  • General Information
  • Clearances (including liability insurance)
  • Field Experiences 
  • Student Teaching Abroad  SECED
  • Route to Student Teaching
  • Professional Development School-Elementary Education
• Studying Abroad
  
• Support Services for Students
• Teacher Preparation Programs (University-Wide)
• Teacher Testing
  • PRAXIS -- Frequently Asked Questions  (.pdf)
  • PRAXIS -- Tests Required for PA Certification (.pdf)
  • PRAXIS -- PPST Alternate Scoring Method
  • Precertification Competency Examination on Educating Students with Disabilities
  • Title II Report (Higher Education Act--1998)
• Volunteer Service