Pre-Teacher Preparation Program
*The Pre-Teacher Preparation Program will be offered beginning the 2024–2025 school year.
As a student in the Pre-Teacher Preparation Program, you will gain an orientation to the education profession. You will research potential career paths within the education profession and develop professional goals and a postsecondary career plan.
Hands-On Training
- Learning Environment
- Classroom Management
- Human Growth and Development
- Clinical Experience Observation
- Clinical Experience Participation
- Professionalism, Ethics, and Reflective Practice
Certifications
- Mandated Reporter
- CPR/First Aid
- Heart Saver First Aid
- Heart Saver CPR
- Heart Saver AED
PA SOAR Program
To qualify for free SOAR credits offered at participating colleges:
- Students must be enrolled in an approved Program of Study (POS) in the PDE SOAR program.
- Students must prepare for both college and a career by taking college prep academics, for example: College Prep English or Algebra II by their junior year of high school.
- Students must achieve a 2.5 GPA in the CTE program.
- Students must score competent or advanced on the end-of-CTE-program test, called the NOCTI, which is taken during the spring semester of their senior year of high school.
- Students must complete the SOAR statewide articulation competency list for their Program of Study.
For more information about this program, visit CollegeTransfer.Net.