Office of Professional Certification
Welcome to the Office of Professional Certification! Our office is responsible for many functions that relate to current students and the support of our teacher-education programs.
For example:
- We are the liaison to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) (which includes TIMS, the PDE Program Major Review, Act 48 and Continuing Education).
- We collect Clearances for all programs in which students go out to schools for experience.
- We place our students in field experiences including student teaching experiences.
- We support the Student Teacher Orientation, Mentor Teacher Orientation and host the Capstone Program.
Frequently needed forms: