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Resources for
Current Students
The resources on this
page are intended to provide you with helpful information. Please
contact your academic advisor or the
PSE Office for additional information.
CLEARANCES
In order to participate in any
field experience, including Professional Sequence I, Professional Sequence II,
and Students Teaching, students MUST have up-to-date clearances. These
clearances are: ACT 32-Criminal Background Check, ACT 151-Child Abuse History
Clearance, Tuberculosis Screening, and Speech and Hearing Clearance.
ACT 34 - Criminal Record
Check This is a check of any possible criminal record of an individual
and is performed by the Pennsylvania State Police For the application form,
click here. There is a $10 fee for this background check and the
process requires about six weeks to complete. This clearance is good for
one year and must be renewed and must be valid at the time a field experience
begins.
ACT 151 - Child Abuse
History Clearance This is a check of national databases for any
history of child abuse. For the application form,
click here. There is a $10 fee for this background check and the
process requires about six weeks to complete. This clearance is good for
one year and must be renewed and must be valid at the time a field experience
begins.
Tuberculosis Screening
Pennsylvania law requires that anyone working in a school must be screened for
tuberculosis. This screening can be done at the Pechan Health Center or by
any licensed physician. Once this screening has been done, it is valid for
the entire time that a student is enrolled in Teacher Education at IUP.
TB Test Dates for Spring 2008 at Pechan Health Center from
3:00-5:00pm on the following dates.
Injection
Reading
1/23/08
1/25/08
2/12/08
2/14/08
3/4/08
3/6/08*
Note: Testing and Reading in 109 Stouffer these dates.
3/25/08
3/27/08
4/23/08
4/25/08
For additional information, contact the Pechan Health Center at 724.357.2500 or
by email at
health-inquiry@iup.edu
Speech and Hearing
Clearance All prospective teachers must undergo a speech and hearing
screening prior to any field experience. Once this screening has been
passed successfully, it is valid for the entire time that a student is enrolled
in Teacher Education at IUP. The screening can be conducted by the Speech
and Hearing Clinic IUP (724.357.2451
or kstein@iup.edu). Below are the scheduled times for screenings during the
Spring 2007 academic term.
Friday, February 15, 2008
9:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Friday,
March 28, 2008
9:15 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
Friday,
April 25, 2008
9:15
a.m.–11:15 a.m.
No
Appointment Necessary
Screenings
are conducted in
Room 263, Davis Hall.
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Alcohol and Your Career
Information
on how alcohol, and especially alcohol convictions, can affect your career.
Click here!
IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT EMAIL
The following is a NEW IUP
E-mail policy.
Students MUST use their I-mail
for university transactions. IUP will not be responsible for misconstrued
messages sent from personal email. IUP uses e-mail as a standard form of
communication with its students. Each student is responsible for checking
IUP e-mail regularly, or forwarding your IUP e-mail messages to an account that
you will check regularly. Important information may be sent via e-mail by
IUP administrators, your advisor, or your professors that deal with homework,
graduation requirements, etc. For specifics, please review the policy at:
http://old.www.iup.edu/techzone/email/iupuseofemailpolicy.pdf.
Student Teaching
All students in the
Professional Studies in Education Department participate in student teaching
experiences. Follow this link to see more
information about student teaching.
Other Information
Explore the links below.
They contain information that you will find vital for your undergraduate
experience, as well as information that you can use to enhance your education.
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Professional Sequence I
Students are placed in
groups or cohorts of approximately 16 and then enroll in a set of courses
known as Professional Sequence I. These 5 courses (13 credits are the first
"methods courses." Four of the courses are held in the traditional manner in
the university classroom, while one course, Pre-Student Teaching, is a field
experience. This allows the student to begin to put theory into practice
through actual work in elementary and early childhood classrooms.
Follow this
link for more information.
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Professional Sequence II (Junior
Block)
The Professional Sequence II
experience (formerly referred to as Junior Block) prepares students for the
full semester of student teaching that awaits them. Cooperating teachers and
university supervisors play vital roles in ensuring students' immersion into
public school teaching so that they have a positive experiential base upon
which to build.
Follow this
link for more information.
PRAXIS
All
education majors are required to pass the Praxis I series of tests prior
to admission to Professional Sequence I. The Praxis II series of
tests must be passed in order to be eligible for student teaching.
Please click
Information about PRAXIS
exams for additional information about PRAXIS.
PRAXIS Testing Dates for Spring 2008
March 15, 2008
April 26, 2008
June 14, 2008* Note: This is the last date for Fall 2008
Student Teachers
July 26, 2008
CCAC/IUP
Collaborative Elementary Education Program
Dr. Kelli J. Kerry Moran - Program Coordinator
The CCAC/IUP Collaborative Elementary
Education Program is a unique, highly competitive daytime program that leads
to the CCAC (Community College of Allegheny County) Associate Degree in Teacher
Education and the IUP (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) Bachelor of Science
Degree in Elementary Education. The program is designed for students committed
to teaching in urban public schools. Helping students meet future challenges in
teacher education, the program emphasizes the diverse issues that influence
education in kindergarten though sixth grade. There are specific requirements
for application, admission and retention in the program.
Study Abroad
IUP is one of only four
American universities to be a member institution of ETEN, the European Teacher
Education Network. Through our membership in ETEN, we are able to offer a
wide variety of international study experiences for IUP students and faculty
members.
International Student Teaching (IST)
Students from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania who are enrolled as teacher education majors in all
certification areas are eligible to participate in this half-semester student
teaching program. Students are assigned to a teaching site in the United
States for the first half of the semester. The second half of the student
teaching experience is completed in an overseas site. The program is designed
to provide students with teaching experiences in one of six European
countries. Teaching assignments are made for all certification areas.
Forms
Click on
the appropriate link to get a copy of the appropriate form.
Additional
forms are available from the College of Education and Educational
Technology
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