Pennsylvania Code
Title 22 - EDUCATION
Part II - State Board of Private Academic Schools
Chapter 53 - NURSERY SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS
PROFESSIONAL STAFF
Section 53.22 - Assistant teachers

Universal Citation: 22 PA Code ยง 53.22

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024

(a) To be certificated as an assistant teacher, a prospective teacher shall comply with one of the following requirements:

(1) Be a graduate of an approved 2-year college or university having specialized in child development, early childhood or elementary education.

(2) Be a graduate of an approved 2-year college or university and submit documentary evidence of successful completion of a minimum of 24 semester hours in the theory of child development, early childhood or elementary education.

(3) Have completed a minimum of 2 years of college or university credit, totaling 60 credits, in an approved institution and submit documentary evidence of successful completion of a minimum of 24 semester hours in the theory of child development, early childhood and elementary education.

(b) Assistant teachers may become certificated as teachers upon submitting documentary evidence of the completion of 2 years of teaching on the assistant teacher certificate in a nonpublic nonlicensed, a licensed or accredited nursery school or kindergarten, and a minimum of an additional 24 semester hours in the theory of child development, early childhood and elementary education at an approved college or university.

The provisions of this § 53.22 amended under the Private Academic Schools Act (24 P. S. §§ 6701-6721).

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