Edulink has now incorporated PDE Form 427 into the Custom Forms Module of PAETEP!
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) requires Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to use Form 427 when verifying a teacher’s successful fulfillment of Level II certification requirements.
Clients of PAETEP who have purchased the Custom Forms Module will have the convenience of accessing the template effortlessly, ensuring their compliance with the Level II certification prerequisites.
What is PDE Form 427?
According to the PDE, educators holding a Level I certificate issued after September 2001 must receive a recommendation from the superintendent or chief school administrator for a Level II certificate. Using the PDE Form 427 Instructional I to Instructional II Assessment Form, the school administrator confirms the satisfactory completion of the required assessment. The PDE recommends that a signed copy of the original PDE Form 427 be retained by the LEA in the appropriate local file.
What are the Level I to Level II Certification Requirements?
Provided below are the PDE requirements per (§ 49.83. Instructional I).
The Instructional II Certificate will be issued to an applicant who has completed:
- A Department-approved 2-year induction program.
- Three years of satisfactory teaching on an Instructional I Certificate attested to by the chief school administrator of the approved public or nonpublic school entity in which the most recent service of the applicant was performed.
- Twenty-four (24) credit hours of collegiate study or its equivalent in credits from the Department, a Pennsylvania intermediate unit or any combination thereof. The Department will publish a ‘‘Certification and Staffing Policy Guideline’’ that establishes up to the equivalent of six specific course credit hour requirements for each new Instructional I Certificate issued by the Department after September 22, 2007.
- Present evidence of satisfactory achievement in assessments prescribed by the Department under § 49.18(a) (relating to assessment).
LEARN MORE AT CSPG 7 – LEVEL II CERTIFICATION STAFFING POLICY GUIDELINES