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For Current Students
The Order of Things
If you want to graduate in 8 semesters, you must follow "The Plan". The Plan includes certain milestones that must be met in order to stay on track for graduation.
Many of the forms and all of the handbooks are available at the Teacher Education Website
All education majors must have up to date State and Federal Clearances on file in the Teacher Education Office in Robinson 611.
When you have all 3 of your forms take the original copy to the Teacher Education Office. They will mail/give the original back to you - put the original in a SAFE place.
Act 34 and Act 114 Background Check: Required Annually
The Pennsylvania State Criminal History. Can be obtained online with a credit/debit card - be sure you have a printer. You can also mail the form with a money order.
Online results are immediate. Mailed requests take 4 - 6 weeks.
A ct 151 (Child Abuse) Background Check: Required Annually
The Department of Public Welfare will check to be sure you have no record of child abuse, sexually explicit crimes, or crimes against children. You must MAIL this form. Expect it to take 4 - 6 weeks to recieve the form in the mail.
You may not submit this request on line . You must download the application, print it, complete the form and submit the form with your payment, by U.S. mail. Enclose a $10.00 money order for each application. No cash or personal checks accepted. Agency or business checks are acceptable.
The form will be returned to the address you provide on the request. IF you list your home address on the form, it will be returned to your home. Please let your parents know to look for it!
Federal Criminal History Background Check : Required ONCE while you are continuously enrolled at LHU
The FBI Criminal Background check requires FINGERPRINTS. You must register online with Cogent Systems in advance of going to a Fingerprinting Center. Be sure to get the PDE background check (not a DPW check). You must pay $2.50 to get a paper copy of your FBI Clearance - there is no other way to get a paper copy of your results.
There is a fingerprint center in Lock Haven:
PA Career Link of Clinton County
and in Williamsport: The UPS Store #1927.
The Cogent Systems website provides a map of all of the available fingerprinting sites.
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Register and pay online prior to going to the fingerprint center. Be sure to request a paper copy of your results.
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Take your registration form to the fingerprint center - no appointment is necessary in most centers
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A copy of your results will be mailed to you in 6 - 8 weeks.
All Observation hours must be completed prior to presenting your developmental portfolio in the semester prior to Block.
20 hours completed in ECED200 (Birth – PreK)
20 hours completed in ECED212 (Birth – PreK)
Responsible for your own placement assignment
20 hours on your own (Recommended K- 4)
20 hours of Diversity hours* (Must be in a public school, K-4)
*Diversity hours are based on a completed Diversity Plan. The Stage II-Diversity
Experience Verification Form must be completed for each diverse experience.
Attached you will find the Field Participation Form you can use to track your hours and the Stage II Diversity Experience Verification Form.
All certified teachers in Pennsylvania are required to take a series of Praxis exams.
For Praxis information go to Praxis
Praxis I: 3 Exams
PPST Reading, Writing, and Math Exams.
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Licensure |
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Test |
Qualifying |
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Method 1 |
10710
5710 |
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172 |
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20720
5720 |
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173 |
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10730
5730 |
PPST Mathematics (PDF)
or Computerized PPST Mathematics (PDF) (calculators prohibited) |
173 |
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Praxis II: 2 Exams
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Early Childhood Education N-3 |
10020 |
530 |
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20511 |
150 |
Find a test center, date and time HERE
Find out about costs HERE
Courses are offered in a sequence. Each course builds on the information presented in the prerequisite coursework. You should take the courses in the semester in which they offered.
Orange checksheets, course sequence sheets, and other paperwork is available outside of Robinson 203.
If you are currently employed in the childcare field, there may be some scholarship and tuition vouchers available through T.E.A.C.H. and PA Keys
Questions? Call or email our faculty or contact the Department Chair.