Clearances & Field Placement Information
View information about clearances needed to complete field experiences in the Education Department. Contact Cindy Mueller or your course instructor for more information.
Manuals, Forms, and Program Guides
- Education Internship Guidelines
- Handbook for Teacher Education (pdf)
- Manual for Student Teaching
- Teacher Education Program Curriculum & Portfolio Guidelines
Teacher Certification Program Checksheets
English
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
- Social Studies: Majors in American Studies, 7-12 (pdf)
- Social Studies: Majors in History, 7-12 (pdf)
- Social Studies: Majors in Political Science, 7-12 (pdf)
World Languages
Student Teaching Forms
- Instructional Planning Template (pdf)
- Pennsylvania Statewide Evaluation: PDE-430 (pdf)
- Cooperating Teacher Recommendation Form (pdf)
- Program Evaluation by Cooperating Teachers (pdf)
- Student Teaching Placement Evaluation (pdf)
- Program Evaluation by Student Teachers (pdf)
- Student Teaching General Competencies (pdf)
- Field Experience Feedback Form for Cooperating Teachers (pdf)
Employment Sites
- Education Week Top School Jobs
- Southern Teachers Agency
- National Association of Independent Schools
- PA REAP
- US REAP
- Teachers-Teachers.com
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- Council of the Great City Schools
- The Special Education Exchange
- Monster College
Professional Resources
General Resources
- Annenberg Learner: Resources compiled by the Annenberg Foundation
- Crash Course: From Astronomy to Anatomy to Chemistry to History, with a lot in between
- Edutopia: Resources from the George Lucas Foundation
- Rethinking Schools: Resources for educators with critical sensibilities
- Smithsonian Education: The gateway to educational resources from the venerable Smithsonian
- Teaching Tolerance: A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
Subject-Specific Resources
English
- MLA: Modern Language Association
- NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English
- NWP: National Writing Project
- ReadWriteThink
Math
- AMS: American Mathematical Society
- MAA: Mathematical Association of America
- Math for America
- NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- YouTube Channels for Science & Math Teachers
Science
- NSTA: National Science Teachers Association
- The GLOBE Program
- PSTA: Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association
- Scientists @ The Smithsonian
- SciShow
- UC Berkeley: Understanding Science
- UC Boulder: PhET Simulations
- YouTube Channels for Science & Math Teachers
History & Social Studies
- AHA: American Historical Association
- ASA: The American Studies Association
- Big History Project
- CHNM: Roy Rosensweig Center for History & New Media
- National Geographic Education
- NCHE: National Council for History Education
- NCSS: National Council for the Social Studies
- NEH EdSiteMent
- OAH: Organization of American Historians
- Teaching Economics As If People Mattered
- TeachingHistory
- SPLC: Southern Poverty Law Center
- World History For Us All
- Zinn Education Project