News from the Registrar's Office - Jeremy Maisto

As you meet with your advisees in preparation for spring registration, I wanted to bring two important items to your attention:

Changes to Secondary Education Requirements

There have been numerous changes in teaching certification that directly affect any student that is interested in going into teaching and is graduating in 2013 or later—these are our current sophomores and freshmen.  If any student has even expressed a slight interest about going into education please be aware of the following points:
     §  In order to meet the new PDE requirements, students must take an education course and do
        an observation (ranging from 2-4 hours a week) every semester, starting in their first year.
     §  Students should declare their certification immediately by picking up their major card through
        the Registrar’s office and having it signed by Dr. Don Kline.
     §  If students are interested but still unsure about pursuing certification, please direct them to Dr.
        Kline or to Dr. Karen Walker to ensure they are fully informed about education requirements at
        an early stage.
     §  The required secondary education courses are: EDU 110, SPE 250, SPE 255, SED 36X, 
       SED 430, SED 431.Your help in identifying undeclared secondary education students and
       directing them to the Education Department early is critical to ensuring that they graduate
       on time.  If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kline or Dr. Walker.

Degree Audit

The Registrar’s Office has developed a sample degree audit report to clearly explain the various elements and notations in the report.  We hope this will be beneficial to both students and advisors in understanding degree audit and in tracking progress toward graduation.

We recommend using degree audit as a tool in assisting students in becoming an active participant in the advising process.  An effective approach is to request that advisees bring a copy of their degree audit with them to their advising session.  This will have multiple benefits, such as ensuring students take ownership of their degree requirements, are prepared for advising sessions, and identifying any possible problems early.

We want to ensure degree audit accurately reflects students’ graduation requirements.  To help achieve this goal, please be sure to communicate any questions or exceptions regarding students’ degree audits to Jeremy Maisto or Blaine Carfagno.