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Education Background Checks Required for Students in Undergraduate Education Courses and Programs
Background Checks Policy
School of Education Background Checks policy requires all undergraduate students enrolled in Education courses that require fieldwork submit updated background checks documents (listed below) annually to the School of Education (by July 1st), via its online platform, Castle Branch.
- Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Record (Act 34),
- Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151),
- Federal Criminal History Background Check (FBI/fingerprint check) (Act 114), and
- P.P.D. (TB) Test (School Health regulations, 28 PA Code, Section 23.44).
- Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (Act 126)* (renewal required every 5 years)
- Request to Release information (FERPA)
- School of Education Fieldwork Placement Informed Consent Form
All students are additionally required to report any infractions incurred between renewals. Any student enrolled in Education courses or an Education program who commits a reportable offense listed in Section 111 (e) of PA Act 24, is required to complete and return an Arrest/Conviction PDE form-6004 to the School of Education, Office of Field Experiences and Outreach (Taylor Hall room 203) within 72 hours of any arrest or conviction.
For full information for clearances,see the School of Education website.
Students registering for Education courses
All students registering for undergraduate Education courses submit required background checks to the School of Education prior to the first day of class*. Students who do not are required to drop the course prior to the end of drop/add period.
Undergraduate courses exempt from clearance requirements are:
ED 110 , ED 203 , ED 262 , ED 263 , ED 360 and ED 463 .
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• ED 307A Lab STEAM 2 Design Thinking and Problem-Based Learning (Birth to 5 years)
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• ED 307B STEAM 2: Design Thinking and Problem-Based Learning (6 to 10 years)
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• ED 307B Lab STEAM 2 Design Thinking and Problem-Based Learning (6 to 10 years)
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• ED 308 Social Studies Literacies
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• ED 308A Social Studies Literacies (Birth to 5 years)
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• ED 308A Lab Social Studies Literacies (Birth to 5 years)
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• ED 308B Social Studies Literacies (6 to 10 years)
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• ED 308B Lab Social Studies Literacies (6 to 10 years)
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• ED 314 Assessment of Teaching and Learning
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• ED 315 Differentiated Instruction
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• ED 323 Early Intervention
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• ED 337 Developmental Content Area Reading
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• ED 360 Public History
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• ED 375 Managing an Inclusive Classroom
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• ED 387 Pre-Student Teaching
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• ED 389 Independent Study
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• ED 394 Supporting Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities
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• ED 411 Designing Learning Environments
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• ED 412a Curriculum and Methodology for Grades 7-12: English
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• ED 412b Curriculum and Methodology for Grades 7-12: Social Studies
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• ED 412c Curriculum and Methodology for Grades 7-12: Mathematics
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• ED 412d Curriculum and Methodology for Grades 7-12: Science
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• ED 416 Student Teaching: Early Elementary
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• ED 417 Student Teaching: Secondary
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• ED 418 Human Development: School Years K-12
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• ED 419 Undergraduate Student Teaching Practicum, Art Ed, K-12
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• ED 423 Multilingual and Multicultural Assessment
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• ED 459 Professional Seminar & Practicum in Special Education
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• ED 463 Education Studies Capstone
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• ED 216 Teaching Literacy in the 21st Century
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• EN 100 Basic College Writing
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• EN 101 Thought and Expression I
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• EN 103 English for International Students
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• EN 104 Writing for the Academic Conversation
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• EN 199 Interpreting Literature
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• EN 200 Critical Reading/Writing Workshop
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• EN 201 Thought and Expression II
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• EN 202 Research Writing for English Majors
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• EN 203 Literacy Tutoring for Adult Learners
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• EN 211 Creative Non-Fiction Workshop
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• EN 212 Writing Poetry and Fiction I
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• EN 216 Writing Workshop
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• EN 217 Journalism I
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• EN 218 Business Writing
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• EN 219 Literary Themes and Forms
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• EN 220 Selected Authors
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• EN 222 Lewis & Tolkien
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• EN 223 Contemporary Short Fiction
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• EN 224 Native American Fiction
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• EN 225 Introduction to Gay and Lesbian Fiction
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• EN 226 Detective Fiction
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• EN 227 Philadelphia in Literary and Cultural Context
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• EN 229 Voices of America
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• EN 230 African American Literature
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• EN 231 African American Short Story
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• EN 232 Louise Erdrich
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• EN 233 Shakespeare
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• EN 234 Travel Writing
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• EN 235 Editing and Publishing the Small Literary Magazine
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• EN 237 Literature of Revolution
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• EN 240 Intermediate Fiction Writing
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• EN 241 Intermediate Poetry Writing
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• EN 267 Introductory Fiction and Poetry Workshop
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• EN 272 Poetry for Page and Stage
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• EN 299 Interpreting Literature II
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• EN 311 Writing Center Issues
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• EN 312 Research in the Writing Center
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• EN 313 Sports Literature
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• EN 314 Writing for Magazines
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• EN 315 Technical Writing
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• EN 316 Writing for the Health Industry
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• EN 318 Journalism II
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• EN 320 Classical and Medieval European Literature
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• EN 321 European Renaissance and Enlightenment Literature
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• EN 322 Modern British Literature
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• EN 323 Modern American Literature
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• EN 327 The discovery of Adulthood in British and American Fiction
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• EN 328 William Faulkner
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• EN 329 Narrative Form in Fiction and Film
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• EN 330 African and Black Diaspora Cinema
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• EN 332 Literature and the Law
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• EN 333 Teaching English as a Second Language
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• EN 334 Introduction to Linguistics and Language History
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• EN 335 Special Topics in American Literature
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• EN 336 Asian Literature
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• EN 337 Disaster, Death, and Madness
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• EN 341 The Slave Narrative
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• EN 342 Ireland in 20th Century Film and Literature
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• EN 343 Writing for Children
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• EN 344 Special Studies Seminar
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• EN 346 Russian Fiction
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• EN 347 Tales of the City: Urbanism in Global Literature
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• EN 349 The Short Novel
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• EN 350 Major Authors Seminar
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• EN 351 Jane Austen
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• EN 352 Alfred Hitchcock’s American Films
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• EN 353 Mark Twain
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• EN 355 Southern Fiction
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• EN 359 Literature after War
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• EN 360 Contemporary American Autobiography
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