| URLs | Contact Info. | Certification Tests | Re-certification
Requirements |
Substitute Teacher Requirements |
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Bureau of Teacher
Certification and Preparation, Pennsylvania phone: (717) 787-2967 or (717) 787-3356 or for hearing impaired: (717) 772-2864
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PRAXIS/NTE
Core Battery Communication Skills, General Knowledge and appropriate Principles
of Learning and Teaching (PLT). Information about The PRAXIS Series tests |
Level I Provisional Certificate is valid for 6 service or teaching years in Pennsylvania's public schools. A Level II Certificate is issued after the holder of the Level I has completed the following: 3 years of experience, 24 postbaccalaureate credits and induction. Effective July 1, 2000, all educators must complete 6 collegiate credits or 6 Department-approved inservice credits or 180 hours of continuing education activities in order to maintain their certificates as active. | Substitute must hold some type of certificate unless school says otherwise. |