PSU Teacher Education

PSU teacher Ed

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#1 A requirement to earn a certain GPA by a certain before ETM (Entrance to the major).

What is a 3.0 GPA?

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#6 The PreK-4th PSU teacher Education Degree name was changed to?

What is the Elementary and Early Childhood Baccalaureate degree for those majoring in PREK – 4th grade teaching at PSU?

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#11 This is a teacher education program offered through the College of Health and Human Development.

What is the Health and Physical Education or Kinesiology or Applied Exercise and Health option?

PSU teacher Ed

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#2 A requirement to complete a certain number of Work Experience hours with a certain age group of children to make ETM (Entrance to the major) for any Secondary Education degree.

What are 40 hours of Work Experience with children of the age group grades 7 – 12th in which you plan to teach?

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#7 The number of times you can retake the Basic Skills Assessments for Entrance to the Major?

What is unlimited times to retake this?

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#12 This teacher education program is offered at several of the Commonwealth campuses as well as the College of Education at the UPark campus.

What is the Elementary and Early Childhood degree for those majoring in PREK – 4th grade?

PSU teacher Ed

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#3 A PA teacher certification requirement to have taken these three specific subject area teacher entrance exams as part of the Basic Skills requirements to make ETM (Entrance to the major) if any of your SAT scores are lower than 500?

What are the Reading, writing, and Math PAPA or PECT Core exams?

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#8 One minor that can be added to select Majors/ PA teacher certifications and some of the major courses count towards the minor.

What is the Special Education (minor)?

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#13 These are two Education majors which do NOT require the 2.0 GPA and do NOT lead to teacher certification?

What are the Education and Public Policy AND Rehabilitation and Human Services degrees?

PSU teacher Ed

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#4 The course is English 015.

What is one course that all PSU Teacher Education Baccalaureate degree candidates take, no matter what Major in Teacher Education?

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#9 This is ONE Of the THREE programs that the College of Education offers as both majors and minors.

What are Rehabilitation and Human Services, Education Policy Studies, OR Special Education?

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#14 This is one of the PSU Teacher education Baccalaureate degrees for which candidates can ONLY complete the last two years at these campuses: University Park or the Harrisburg campus (be specific about major and grade levels, i.e. 7-12, K-12, etc.).

What is the Secondary Education Social Studies or English Education (7 – 12) degree?

PSU teacher Ed

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#5 This Education major does not lead to PA teacher certification unless a second teacher certification is also earned.

What is the Special Education Teacher education degree?

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#10 This is one OF TWO teacher education programs offered through the College of Arts and Architecture.

What is the Arts or Music Education (K-12) teacher education degree?

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#15 This is a certificate (hint, not certification) that can be added to any PA certification.

What is the English as a Second Language (Postbaccalaureate) (ESOL) Certificate 15-credit program including practical teaching experience with English learners?