Please submit to Human Resources, Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV, 453 Maple Street, Grove City, PA 16127-2399.

LEVEL II (permanent) CERTIFICATION: PDE has advised that educators waiting until the end of their six year period to submit their applications for Level II run the risk of a lapsed certificate. IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT EDUCATORS SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR LEVEL II as soon as all requirements are met.

Level I to Level II Checklist
Before beginning the process, please contact the HR office in order to go through the following checklist:

• PDE form 427 completed by current supervisor/principal
• PDE Form 338G completed and signed by employee (Health certification is not required)
• PDE Form 338P
  (completed by current and former school district employer, if you worked for the former school district for more than 45 days in one semester)
• If induction was completed through another school district, that school district will also need to complete a 338P.
• Continuing Education credit letters with official seal enclosed (if applicable)
• Instructional or Educational Specialist applicants must complete 24 semester credits (graduate or undergraduate level) or 24 PDE-Approved IU credits beyond initial bachelor's degree. Semester credit must be earned at a four-year degree granting college/university.
• College transcripts verifying 24 credits earned following your initial bachelor's degree. Must be at least 24 credits. Submit transcripts in college-sealed, unopened envelope.
• Educators who have been issued a Level I instructional certificate after September 22, 2007 must complete 6 specific credit hours as a part of the 24 semester hour post-baccalaureate credits. Therefore, effective September 1, 2011, individuals applying for Level II conversion must have earned at least six post-baccalaureate credits of collegiate study in the area of Inclusive Classrooms and/ or in the area of Standards Aligned Systems (SAS).
• Must I meet the Inclusive Classrooms/Standards Aligned Systems (SAS) requirement for Level II?
  
  If Initial Instructional certificate issued before 9/22/07:
  > does not affect you even if applying after 9/1/2011
  > areas added after 9/22/07 are not effected since it is not an Initial certificate
  
  If Initial Instuctional certificate issued after 9/22/07:
  > 6 Inclusion or SAS credits required
  > Level II credits taken before 9/1/2011 accepted, remaining credits taken after 9/1/2011 must meet the requirement. Example: 21 credits completed before 9/1/2011, the remaining 3 must meet the Inclusion/SAS requirement.
  
  Acceptable coursework in the area of Inclusive Classrooms includes the following topic areas:
• Providing effective instruction to students with mild to severe disabilities
• Research-proven strategies and methods to help special needs learners gain meaningful access to elementary and/or secondary curriculum content
• Assessing the success of instruction with special learners and improvement of outcomes for all students
• Methods of motivation and classroom management in settings with special needs learners
  
  Acceptable coursework in Standards Aligned Systems (SAS) includes the following topic areas:
• Understanding the national movement for core academic standards; understanding Pennsylvania's Standards Aligned System (SAS) and the research base underlying its six components
• Use of diagnostics and formative assessment
• Use of Pennsylvania's Ed Portal as an ongoing job-embedded resource for educators
• A requirement to conduct a professional development activity or awareness session in the educator's own school district on Pennsylvania's SAS and curriculum frameworks
  
  Service Requirements
• Requires three years of satisfactory service on a Level I certificate in order to convert to a Level II.
• Educator must possess at least 6 semi-annual evaluations of satisfactory performance on the Level I certificate in the area for which the certificate was issued.
• Satisfactory service is verified via the PDE-338 P Form.
• Instructional I certificates are made permanent in accordance with the regulation under which the initial instructional certificate was issued.
• All instructional areas of certification will simultaneously convert to a Level II certificate provided all Level II requirements have been met.

Service time as a long term substitute will be counted towards Level II service time if the assignment is for 45 or more days in a single assignment.

• $100 US money order payable to Commonwealth of PA.
• Copy of Current Certificate

Send all information to Human Resource Department. HR will forward all materials to PDE.

• PSEA
• ESPA

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