The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has updated:• CSPG #3: Validity of a Pennsylvania Certificate; • CSPG #76: Elementary and Secondary School Counselor (combined #76 and #79); • CSPG #95:… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) provides educators and interested public parties the ability to view certification information. The website may be accessed on PDE’s website at www.education.state.pa.us on the… Read More
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced 286 schools as the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Schools, based on their overall academic excellence or their progress in improving student… Read More
For the latest on Chapter 4 Revisions, check out PA Principals Association’s new Podcast on the Home Page!
Parents and taxpayers will have a new tool available to them this year to provide them with information on how well their public schools are performing. Click here for full… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has updated the Educator Effectiveness Administrative Manual – Part 1 on the PDE web site www.education.state.pa.us on the Educator Effectiveness Project page. The update… Read More
Key changes include: Changes decision of whether a student will graduate was from a state to a local decision, with the chief school administrators, rather than the Secretary, having authorization… Read More
Dr. Paul Healey, PA Principals Association’s executive director-elect, attended today’s State Board of Education meeting where a vote took place on the revisions to Chapter 4 or the Pennsylvania Core… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Standards Aligned System (SAS) Institute, Pathways to Student Achievement: Resources for Improving School Effectiveness, is scheduled for December 8, 2013, through December 11, 2013…. Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has posted the Electronic Worksheet for the Classroom Teacher Rating Form on the PDE website at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/educator_effectiveness_project/20903 The purpose of this electronic worksheet is… Read More