Educator Professional Development Resource
This resource is designed to inform educators of recent additions and changes to educator professional development, relative to amendments to Chapter 49 and Act 55 of 2022.
- On April 23, 2022, the final form amendments to Chapter 49 (relating to Certification of Professional Personnel) of Title 22 of the Pennsylvania Code became effective upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
- 22 Pa. Code § 49.14(4)(i) requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to identify competencies and develop associated standards for educator training in structured literacy, culturally relevant and sustaining education, and professional ethics.
Questions may be directed to RA-PDE-Evaluation@pa.gov.
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Legislation
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Structured Literacy
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Professional Ethics
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Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Education
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Act 48 Courses/PD Center
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Trainings
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Structured Literacy
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Structured literacy is defined as systematic, explicit instruction that provides a strong core of foundational skills in the language systems of English, integrates listening, speaking, reading, spelling, and writing and emphasizes the structure of language across the speech sound system (phonology), the writing system (orthography), the structure of sentences (syntax), the meaningful parts of words (morphology), the relationships among words (semantics), and the organization of spoken and written discourse.
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