Graduate Intern Teaching Certificate
The Graduate Intern Certification program offers an
accelerated route to the classroom. Students needing an Intern Certificate in
order to fill an emergency, long-term substitute, or vacant position can apply
to the Graduate Intern Certification program and be teaching in as little as 6-9
months.
In order to be eligible, students must possess a baccalaureate
degree related to their area of certification and a minimum 3.0 GPA. Students
generally must have already completed the State required content courses - at
minimum having completed 6 credits of college level mathematics, 3 credits of
English Composition, and 3 credits of Literature.
In the first term,
students take EDUC 520 Professional Studies in Instruction (and a second core
pedagogy course either EDUC 523 or 526) and can apply to do their Field
Experience, EDUC 540, in the following term. Two consecutive terms spans 6
months. If a student begins the program in the Spring term, the earliest they
can do their Field Experience is the Fall thus stretching the duration of the
program to 9 months.
The Field Experience (EDUC 540) requires a minimum of 6 hours a day, 5 days a
week for 12 weeks. Once a student has successfully completed 520, 523 or 526,
and 540, and all Praxis exams necessary for their specific area of teacher
certification, they are eligible for the PA Intern Certificate.
Once a PA
Intern Certificate has been obtained, students are required to take a minimum of
one course per term towards the remaining requirements for full certification or
the Instructional I.
Please see the Pennsylvania Department of Education's web site for the web
version of their Intern Handbook regarding the PA Intern Certification
Program.
Program Information
