Penn State plans to resume on-campus work and learning in fall semester. Details: Back to State website.
College of Education task forces
This website is dedicated to providing information to College of Education faculty, staff and students related to continuing the teaching, research and business functions of the College.
*** Penn State health and safety officials are closely monitoring a global outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus that was first detected in Wuhan, China, and has since been detected in numerous other countries, including the United States. For the most complete and up-to-date information for members of the University community who have questions about the outbreak, visit the official Penn State coronavirus information website. For details about Return to State, click here.***
Frequently asked questions about changes in operations for the College of Education
The most recent information for Back to State in the College of Education can be found here.
For information from June and earlier, refer to the table of contents below. The date on which each answer was last updated follows the question.
Table of contents
- Back to State – College of Education
- Technology resources
- General information
- Information for undergraduate students
- Information for graduate students and GAs
- Information for international students
- Information for staff
- Information for faculty
- Information about employment and Human Resources
- Information about teaching and learning
- Information about field placements and internships
- Information about research
- Information about outreach
- Information for prospective and accepted students
- Messages from Dean Kim Lawless and Human Resources
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Technology resources
Our CETC team has been very proactive in putting together valuable step-by-step instructions on various topics:
- How to secure your Zoom meetings
- Technology setup information
- Checklist for remote working capability.
If you have any technology-related questions, please fill out a CETC ticket for assistance.
General Information
On May 11, the University transitioned to Zoom 5.0, and with it came new security updates. One of those updates automatically disabled virtual backgrounds. To re-enable this feature under your settings, navigate to https://psu.zoom.us/profile/setting using a web browser (not the Zoom application). Once logged in, scroll down to virtual background and toggle it back on. If you are logged into Zoom when you update your settings through the web interface, you may need to log off and back on for them to take effect.
To learn more about the new settings and how to change them, watch this video. More information about Zoom security is available here.
To address increased security threats and recent security breaches during Zoom meetings—also known as “Zoom bombings”— Zoom is implementing new security updates on May 11. These include changing the default settings of some features you may be accustomed to using in your meetings, including the chat feature, screen sharing, and meeting passwords. Many features will have new default settings. For a complete list of features affected, please visit the new Zoom Meetings page on the Office of Information Security website.
There are several steps you can take to help ensure a more secure Zoom session for you as well as your attendees. We recommend applying as many of these tips as possible while still meeting the requirements for your Zoom meeting:
- Add a password to all meetings
- Use waiting rooms
- Do not share your meeting ID
- Disable participant screen sharing
- Lock meetings when everyone has joined
- Do not post pictures of your Zoom meetings
For step-by-step instructions on how to secure your Zoom meetings using the above tips, click here. Penn State IT leadership reaffirms that Zoom remains a suitable videoconferencing platform for Penn State, and has pulled together some tips to help Zoom users make sure they do not have unwanted guests.
Zoom also has written a blog with tips and instructions for keeping your meetings private. Read it here.
University officials have set the time and online place to watch Penn State’s Class of 2020 virtual commencement ceremony. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 9, the University will host its first virtual commencement. The ceremony will be livestreamed, and available internationally, at https://spring2020.commencement.psu.edu/. The College of Education will hold a virtual celebration immediately following the University-wide ceremony. Details about that celebration will be released once they are finalized. For more details, please see the story on Penn State News.
For students requiring assistance obtaining food, Lion’s Pantry is operating at reduced hours. Learn more about what Lion’s Pantry can provide as well as how to place orders for pickup at https://thelionspantry.psu.edu/.
The most important thing people can do right now is to stay patient, kind and understanding. Faculty, students and staff may not be as technologically capable when they are away from campus. We all need to keep in mind that this situation is difficult for everyone involved, and we all need to be flexible and adapt to this temporary disruption.
- Anyone in the College of Education with questions or concerns related to remote delivery of course materials, field experiences (student teaching, internships, etc.), advising, technology issues or other issues may fill out our web form, available here.
- The University also understands that many of our students have encountered unexpected financial hardship due to coronavirus precautions. Penn State alumni and friends interested in alleviating some of that hardship are asked to make a difference by clicking here to make a donation to the Student Care & Advocacy Emergency Fund. All new contributions to the fund will be directed toward students across the Penn State system who, as a byproduct of protective measures against the coronavirus, face challenges related to housing, transportation, access to resources for remote learning, and other unforeseen personal difficulties.
- Those seeking specifically to support the College of Education are encouraged – gratefully – to make a donation to the College of Education Future Fund, proceeds from which empower Dean Kimberly Lawless to address challenges unique to our students and faculty at this extraordinary time.
- Additional ways to help our University community will be added here as they become known.
Effective 8 a.m. Friday, March 20, CAMPUS MAIL delivery service will be suspended. All USPS mail will be collected from the State College Post Office and held at the Hostetter facility until normal operations are resumed (Life-Sustaining Services Exempt). UPS and Federal Express packages will not be received until normal operations are resumed. If you are expecting a delivery from one of these carriers please make alternate arrangements.
Thursday evening’s (March 19) announcement by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf closing all “non-life-sustaining businesses” across the commonwealth, effective at 8 p.m., necessitates the closure of all Penn State University Libraries locations, effective immediately and until further notice. University Libraries virtual library services and resources remain open and faculty and staff are available remotely to assist with Penn State academic and research needs. For more information, visit Libraries COVID-19 Updates and Remote Resources for Penn State Library Users.
The University has an Employee Assistance Fund, which can assist an employee with a wide range of personal or family hardships. Full details, along with a link to the application, can be found here.
- For students, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at University Park is open for services. Students can receive services by calling CAPS at 814-863-0395 to schedule a phone appointment to discuss their concerns and review treatment options. If students have immediate urgent concerns, they can contact CAPS Monday through Friday (8am – 5pm EDT), the Penn State Crisis Line 24/7 at (877) 229-6400, or the 24/7 CrisisTextLine (Text “LIONS” to 741741). Services and hours will vary by campus location. Please contact your local office: https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/counseling/caps-campuses
- The Employee Assistance Program is available to all benefits-eligible employees, their spouses, dependent children, parents and parents-in-law. Assistance is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by calling 866-799-2728
Information for undergraduate students
Many variables come into play as the College and State College Area School District (SCASD) look forward to the coming school year. Our primary concern is the health and safety of you and your students and the educators with whom you will be working. We also need to be flexible as it is difficult to predict the adjustments that K-12 schools will be required to make for the fall semester. Given the circumstances, the PDS program in its traditional form will be on hiatus for 2020-2021.
Although the formal PDS structure will not be in place for 2020-2021, students in the PDS program still will have an amazing year with the key features of our program and strong relationships in place. You will complete your remaining courses, and your coursework will be connected to your field experience. You will have high-quality, linked, fall and spring experiences — in the same classroom with the same mentor teacher and supervisor for the year. We maintain a partnership with SCASD and anticipate your placement in the local area. Your experience will be well-mentored as you work with a team of Penn State instructors and school-based mentors. Throughout the year, you will engage in inquiry into your teaching practice as a way to grow as a teacher and to celebrate the amazing profession that you are embracing.
We will communicate information about the coming year as the details become available.
Students who are in need should reach out to the Student Care and Advocacy Office, which has increased its staffing to meet the influx of applications and help evaluate and assist students in the most dire situations. Additional resources for students, as well as faculty and staff, are listed at https://virusinfo.psu.edu/resources.
The College of Education has a limited number of funds available for students facing extraordinary financial hardships resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in the College of Education. For details and to access the Emergency Funding Application, visit https://ed.psu.edu/current-students/financial-aid online.
Additional community resources can be found at https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/covid-19-resources online.
According to information released on Penn State News, "In response to the growing coronavirus pandemic, orders from the state government and recommendations from global public health organizations, Penn State will hold its spring 2020 commencement ceremony via livestream on May 9. The virtual ceremony will recognize all Penn State undergraduate students and all graduate students in the Penn State Graduate School. The College of Medicine, Dickinson Law, Penn State Law, and Penn College will manage their own celebrations and communicate directly to their graduates."
The streamed ceremony will feature formal remarks, musical performances and sharable digital slides honoring each graduate. Graduating students should have received an email about this, and will be receiving an email from graduation@psu.edu this week. This email includes important information that graduating students will need to tend to and respond to this week for the ceremony.
President Barron also said the University is committed to providing opportunities to invite the Class of 2020 back for in-person celebrations when public health guidelines allow. Questions regarding the May 9 virtual ceremony may be e-mailed to graduation@psu.edu.
Career Services is committed to offering its comprehensive array of programs and services that supports and facilitates career development for all students. For your health and safety, face-to-face services have moved to virtual services through the end of the spring semester. Career Counselors are eager to work with you remotely and help you meet your career goals. Please schedule a virtual career counseling appointment at nittanylioncareers.psu.edu or visit the Career Services website for more information.
Damon Sims, vice president for Student Affairs, shared a letter with Penn State students and parents following the governor’s “Stay at Home” order issued on March 28. To comply with public health directives, in the letter, Sims asks students to not return to Centre County or the State College area and shares updated rules from Penn State, including a total ban on student social gatherings. The letter states that “no recognized student organization at Penn State, including fraternities, may host any social gathering. Failure to honor this restriction in the interest of public health will risk loss of University recognition for the organization and disciplinary consequences for individuals involved.”
Penn State is implementing a new opt-in grading system for the spring 2020 semester that will give students flexibility, help preserve GPAs and minimize impacts to students’ transcripts during the academic challenges presented by the novel coronavirus public health crisis. For details about the changes, see the story on Penn State News.
According to the latest information (March 21, 2020) from the U.S. Department of Education, the office of Federal Student Aid is providing student loan relief to tens of millions of borrowers during the COVID-19 national emergency. All borrowers with federally held student loans will automatically have their interest rates set to 0% for a period of at least 60 days. In addition, each of these borrowers will have the option to suspend their payments for at least two months to allow them greater flexibility during the national emergency. This will allow borrowers to temporarily stop their payments without worrying about accruing interest. The Federal Student Aid office has an information website set up with information that they are updating regularly. Please check that site for the most current, accurate information.
The Penn State Office of Student Aid is providing regular service to students and families. Student Aid can be reached by phone at 814-865-6301 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or via email (https://studentaid.psu.edu/contact-info). The Student Aid front desk on the University Park campus also is open and providing walk-in services from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. College of Education students who are experiencing difficulties reaching the Student Aid office or are in need of assistance may contact Assistant Dean María Schmidt at mjs125@psu.edu.
Students will be refunded for their prorated University room and board rates through the rest of the academic year. The full resources of the University are behind meeting student learning objectives and classes will continue remotely so students can complete their semesters successfully.
All students are expected to behave with respect in classes, no matter the format or delivery mode of the class. If you are disruptive in a remote class, this will be handled in the same way as in a face-to-face class. Your instructor may speak to you about your behavior. If your behavior does not change, you may be asked you to leave the class. If your behavior continues to be disruptive, a report will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct and your behavior will be responded to through the conduct process. Students involved in a serious disruption of the learning environment may not be permitted to return to class until University procedures have been completed.
Students should not return to campus before receiving specific, individual instructions. The University will announce soon a schedule for students to return to campus to move out of their on-campus residence halls. It is essential that students know they will not be able to swipe into their on-campus residences until they receive specific information and detailed instructions regarding the schedule. This is critical to the University’s efforts to create as much social distancing as possible and maintain a low level of exposure risk to our students as well as all our local communities.
Penn State has decided to move to remote learning for all classes beginning Monday, March 16, through at least the spring semester. Examinations will also be administered remotely. Faculty are expected to hold classes at the scheduled times, using Canvas. You should be able to access your syllabi, assignments and other information via Canvas. Your instructors also may be making use of Zoom, discussion forums and other functions of Canvas to deliver lectures, have group discussions, etc. If you’ve never taken an online course, visit remotelearning.psu.edu.
Space on campus is very limited, but the University will work with these individuals to make special arrangements. Students should contact their campus Housing office. Contact information is available at https://hfs.psu.edu. More information about housing can be found on the University's FAQ.
Out of an abundance of caution, the University has directed faculty to conduct all coursework remotely in lieu of face-to-face instruction. We have every intention of completing the academic semester on the same schedule as originally planned. Faculty are expected to hold all classes at the scheduled times, using the many remote tools available via Canvas, to minimize disruption of the educational process. If a class has been canceled, please contact us at edrelations@psu.edu as soon as possible.
Information for graduate students and GAs
Students who are in need should reach out to the Student Care and Advocacy Office, which has increased its staffing to meet the influx of applications and help evaluate and assist students in the most dire situations. Additional resources for students, as well as faculty and staff, are listed at https://virusinfo.psu.edu/resources.
The College of Education has a limited number of funds available for students facing extraordinary financial hardships resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in the College of Education. For details and to access the Emergency Funding Application, visit https://ed.psu.edu/current-students/financial-aid online.
Additional community resources can be found at https://studentaffairs.psu.edu/covid-19-resources online.
According to information released on Penn State News, "In response to the growing coronavirus pandemic, orders from the state government and recommendations from global public health organizations, Penn State will hold its spring 2020 commencement ceremony via livestream on May 9. The virtual ceremony will recognize all Penn State undergraduate students and all graduate students in the Penn State Graduate School. The College of Medicine, Dickinson Law, Penn State Law, and Penn College will manage their own celebrations and communicate directly to their graduates."
The streamed ceremony will feature formal remarks, musical performances and sharable digital slides honoring each graduate. Graduating students should have received an email about this, and will be receiving an email from graduation@psu.edu this week. This email includes important information that graduating students will need to tend to and respond to this week for the ceremony.
President Barron also said the University is committed to providing opportunities to invite the Class of 2020 back for in-person celebrations when public health guidelines allow. Questions regarding the May 9 virtual ceremony may be e-mailed to graduation@psu.edu.
If you are working on a University issued computer, please contact CETC for assistance. If you are operating a personal computer not assigned to you by the college, you can check for software availability at https://www.software.psu.edu/. If you have any questions, please reach out to CETC.
In addition, Penn State IT and the Office of Information Security (OIS) spent an intense week developing and testing a solution they recently debuted to give students and faculty access to those lab environments from wherever they are currently living and learning. Students and faculty can connect to those computers at any time of day. Currently, 13 campuses and colleges are provisioned to use WebLabs, which provides remote access to software and other resources students normally use on campus. More are expected to be added as Penn State continues to deliver courses remotely.
You must be enrolled in Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to access one of the computer lab devices. Visit weblabs.psu.edu, authenticate with your Penn State credentials and connect. On the left side of the display, you will see available open labs for your campus, including any specialized labs to which you previously had access.
For more information, check the Penn State IT article on the topic or the WebLabs site.
The Graduate School at Penn State is implementing an optional alternative grading system for the spring 2020 semester. The new, opt-in grading system is designed to mitigate the impacts to graduate students’ GPAs and academic transcripts due to unprecedented extenuating circumstances posed by the novel coronavirus public health crisis. For details about the changes, see the story on Penn State News.
We have moved to remote instruction and remote operations, out of extreme care for the health and safety of our community and those individuals that extend beyond the College, such as our alumni and other residents in State College. In light of Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf's "stay-at-home" order that now includes Centre County, all defenses moving forward should be done remotely. If the student does not have a location where they can comfortably defend, the student should inform his or her adviser, so the College can look into what alternative arrangements may be possible, in keeping with the governor's order.
Generally, the purpose is to have an archive to demonstrate that the same process and rigor were upheld in the remote defense process that is used in traditional in-person defenses. To do this, the Zoom room must be set up by the department, not by the student, and the department must maintain the recording until the student's degree is conferred. To comply with Pennsylvania law, all participants must affirmatively acknowledge that recording is permissible. The recording should not include the private deliberations of the committee. Full details can be found here.
After March 24, all graduate students conducting research for their thesis/dissertation or as part of a research assistantship are expected to continue their research activities remotely, with the exception of those designated as essential personnel. Those graduate students who are designated as essential personnel should follow official University guidance for all activities on campus. In the intervening time, please consult with your research supervisor/adviser about the plans for your individual research group. Further information and updates will appear in the Graduate School FAQ.
According to the latest information (March 21, 2020) from the U.S. Department of Education, the office of Federal Student Aid is providing student loan relief to tens of millions of borrowers during the COVID-19 national emergency. All borrowers with federally held student loans will automatically have their interest rates set to 0% for a period of at least 60 days. In addition, each of these borrowers will have the option to suspend their payments for at least two months to allow them greater flexibility during the national emergency. This will allow borrowers to temporarily stop their payments without worrying about accruing interest. The Federal Student Aid office has an information website set up with information that they are updating regularly. Please check that site for the most current, accurate information.
The Office of Student Aid is providing regular service to students and families. Student Aid can be reached by phone at 814-865-6301 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or via email (https://studentaid.psu.edu/contact-info). The Student Aid front desk on the University Park campus also is open and providing walk-in services from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. College of Education students who are experiencing difficulties reaching the Student Aid office or are in need of assistance may contact Assistant Dean María Schmidt at mjs125@psu.edu.
All students are expected to behave with respect in classes, no matter the format or delivery mode of the class. If you are disruptive in a remote class, this will be handled in the same way as in a face-to-face class. Your instructor may speak to you about your behavior. If your behavior does not change, you may be asked you to leave the class. If your behavior continues to be disruptive, a report will be filed with the Office of Student Conduct and your behavior will be responded to through the conduct process. Students involved in a serious disruption of the learning environment may not be permitted to return to class until University procedures have been completed.
Penn State has decided to move to remote learning for all classes beginning Monday, March 16, through at least the spring semester. Graduate students enrolled in resident courses should plan on participating remotely, and not come to campus specifically for face-to-face instruction. Graduate students involved in the instructional mission, research, and/or who are on assistantships with activities other than the instructional mission and research, should contact the department/instructor responsible for the respective courses for guidance on how to adapt to a remote format for delivery/support appropriate for the course. Graduate students also should reference resources and information on the Graduate School's website.
Out of an abundance of caution, the University has directed faculty to conduct all coursework remotely in lieu of face-to-face instruction. We have every intention of completing the academic semester on the same schedule as originally planned. Faculty are expected to hold all classes at the scheduled times, using the many remote tools available via Canvas, to minimize disruption of the educational process. If a class has been canceled, please contact us at edrelations@psu.edu as soon as possible.
Information for international students
For the most accurate, up-to-date information on topics related to international students, visit the International Student Town Hall and the Global Programs information on COVID-19 which includes specific information for International Students, Faculty, staff and travelers. Topics covered include: remote learning; returning home/re-entering the U.S.; mental health/support; Global Programs resources; University Park housing; medical support; student health insurance; and finances.
The evaluation of English proficiency is required for an I-20 and DS-2019, and therefore this requirement cannot be waived. The following temporary online tests have been announced due to COVID-19:
TOEFL – ETS is temporarily offering a Special Home Edition of the TOEFL iBT to assist test takers affected by test center closings due to COVID-19. The test is identical in content, format and on-screen experience to the TOEFL iBT test taken at a test center. It is monitored by a human proctor online through ProctorU. Available everywhere that TOEFL iBT is normally available, with the exception of Mainland China and Iran.
IELTS – IELTS has introduced the IELTS Indicator, an online English language test for test takers not able to attend an IELTS test center due to the COVID-19 related restrictions. The test is expected to be available for a limited time in certain countries where IELTS testing is currently suspended.
GRE – ETS is temporarily offering a GRE General Test at Home option. The test is identical in content, format and on-screen experience to the GRE General Test taken at a test center. It is taken on the test taker’s own computer at home and is monitored by a human proctor online through ProctorU. Available everywhere that the computer-delivered GRE General Test is normally available, with the exception of Mainland China and Iran.
GMAT – The GMAT Online exam is an online and remote proctored solution developed to support candidates and schools during the disruption to test center-based delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. While open to all test-takers, the GMAT Online exam format is intended to support candidates working to meet upcoming business school application deadlines. Not available in Mainland China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Slovenia.
IMPORTANT NOTE - Graduate Enrollment Services has been informed that at this time, ETS is working closely with the National Education Examinations Authority in Mainland China to accommodate test takers impacted by test cancellations, including adding test dates once regular testing resumes.
American English Oral Communicative Test (AEOCPT):
International students who are admitted with the AEOCPT test required and who are unable to come to campus will be able to take the test remotely. In the coming months, the Department of Applied Linguistics will be providing additional information.
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If you have questions regarding the information above, please contact graddeansoffice@psu.edu.
Information for staff
Graduate assistants are hired as part of their educational package. The intent when we bring people into our environment as faculty or staff members is that we want to keep them for as long as we possibly can. There's also a big difference in terms of the fringe rates for faculty and staff as compared to graduate students or hourly wage undergraduates that we have to take into account. There's a slightly different monetary algorithm that we use to look at the total cost of a package for someone to be on our full-time payroll.
The hiring managers should be developing a rationale for why a position is critical to fill; why it's critical to the operations of the unit or critical to the operations of the College. If it's a staff person, it might be related to actual continuity of business. If it's a faculty person, it could be related to us being able to offer a high-quality instructional environment that meets the full continuum that we're trying to do with our programs. One way to do that is to look at the College strategic plan, as well as the University strategic plan, and explain how this position we're requesting fits in with the goals of both strategic plans. Those rationales should be sent to Dean Kim Lawless, Jerry Henry and Megan Houser. If there is concurrence, Dean Lawless will take the request to the provost and advocate for the position. We're going to do everything we can to get all of the positions we can within our bandwidth, but we also have to live underneath the reality that we're going to have a compressed budget next year for a variety of reasons.
Full-time employees taking vacation or sick time between the above dates should not enter sick-leave or vacation time. Instead, if you are not working for any reason, please submit a Time Off Request using the new time off types listed below:
- COVID19 Paid: Self. This is to be use if you are taking paid time off because you are unable to work because you are subject to a federal, state or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19; have been advised by a health-care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19; or are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 and are seeking medical diagnosis.
- COVID19 Paid: Family. This is to be used if you are taking paid family time off because you are: caring for an individual who is subject to a federal, state or local quarantine or isolation order related to COVID-19 or an individual who has been advised by a health care provider to self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID-19; caring for your child whose school or place of care is closed, or child care provider is unavailable, due to COVID-19 related reasons; or experiencing any other substantially similar condition that may arise, as specified by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- COVID19 Paid: Not Working (including vacation or sick). This is to be used if you are not working because there is no work available; you are unable to work remotely or you are a non-essential employee; or you are not reporting to work due to other reasons including vacation or sick other than as described above.
Part-time employees are being paid through April 30, as promised by President Barron. However, the way time is reported and recorded in Workday for part-time employees is changing significantly during this time, as follows:
- The WorkLion Management Office (WMO) has taken a snapshot of each part-time employee's hours worked between Feb. 16-29, and is extrapolating that figure over the time period between March 15 and April 30. The resulting number of hours are being uploaded into the employee's Workday as available "time off."
- For the pay period just concluded (B20, March 15-28), WMO has automatically entered the snapshot number of hours in each part-time employee's record as paid time off, and the employee will be paid based on that figure.
- Moving forward through April 30, instead of recording time worked, part-time employees are to record "time off requests" for the amount of time they normally would have worked.
Please direct questions about these changes to Megan Houser at mnb146@psu.edu or Jerry Henry at gkh2@psu.edu.
Things staff can do remotely to remain productive include:
- Clean out/organize your email mailboxes
- Clean out/organize your shared files
- Work on your performance review
- Take professional development trainings (Check out the Learning Resource Network and LinkedIn Learning)
- Update documents: edit for consistent format; convert appropriate documents to PDF with fillable text fields, and check them for accessibility
- Wellness check on other people in the College and your local community (for personal self-care and care of others)
- Contribute to efforts to support health professionals in our area and beyond (for example: making facial masks)
The guidance from Provost Jones is that "it’s important that everyone who can work from home do so immediately and completely, until otherwise notified. Not everyone can, and each campus, college and unit differs, of course. It’s critical that you follow the guidance of supervisors and unit leaders." In the College of Education, we are emphasizing that the determination of whether or not staff can work from home is whether duties as outlined in their JRWs are able to be performed remotely. If they are, then that individual may not work from a campus building. In light of the decision that was made to continue with remote classes/learning until the end of spring semester, staff will continue to work from home during that period as well. Staff members are encouraged to chat with their supervisors if other arrangements need to be made.Anyone with hardship surrounding this directive should immediately contact his or her supervisor for direction. Supervisors will consult with College leadership for these cases with extenuating circumstances.
There are several resources at the College and University level that provide assistance with a variety of technology issues.
- Our College of Education checklist includes the information and resources you need for remote working capability.
- CETC how-to guide: Covers installation and setup of VPN, Cisco Jabber softphone, Zoom, and two-factor authentication.
- CETC: The CETC Team is responsible for managing the College of Education's IT infrastructure, which includes network, servers, desktops, laptops, mobile devices and associated peripherals. Technical support is provided through an online help desk ticketing system.
- Tech Tutors: Personalized support for students, faculty and staff for Adobe Cloud Microsoft, and Penn State products including WordPress/Sites, Zoom, Canvas, Kaltura and PASS, offered in-person or online.
- IT Service Desk: Provides troubleshooting and help with such services as Penn State Access Accounts, Canvas, and more to Penn State students, faculty and staff members.
Information for faculty
Information on these topics is posted on the website for the office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. Additional updates for faculty can be found on the main page of that office's website.
All University-sponsored domestic air travel involving students, faculty, and staff is suspended through at least June 30, 2020. Any nonessential travel, including between Penn State campuses, should be avoided in accordance with Pennsylvania’s statewide Stay at Home Order. Virtual meeting options, such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, are encouraged.
All University-sponsored international travel involving students, faculty, and staff is suspended until further notice. Given the uncertainly due to COVID-19, we recommend that University personnel avoid making travel reservations in order to avoid the costs and disruption that might come with future cancellations.
If travel is essential, requests should be submitted to Dean Kim Lawelss, with a description of why the travel is mission critical.
For the latest information about travel, please check the University's coronavirus information page. Information can be found by clicking on the Traveler Info link and in the FAQ.
Visiting Scholars:
- Based on the recent U.S. Department of State Global Health Advisory and visa services suspension, Penn State is not accepting new Visiting Scholar applications until further notice. This moratorium applies to domestic and international visiting scholars. Applications currently in the system will not be approved.
- If a Visiting Scholar was scheduled to depart before June 30, 2020, but wants to stay at Penn State due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an extension request must be submitted in DocFinity. Please work with the staff in your unit who submit Visiting Scholar requests. Questions regarding extensions and required documentation should be directed to Dean Kim Lawless.
Invited visitors
- Per guidance from the U.S. Department of State, all foreign nationals scheduled to arrive on campus before August 1, 2020, must reschedule their visits.
- Consistent with travel guidance issued by Penn State, individuals invited to campus before June 30, 2020, must reschedule their visits.
Post-doctoral researchers
- Per guidance from the U.S. Department of State, post-docs who are foreign nationals and were scheduled to arrive on campus before August 1, 2020, must reschedule their arrivals.
- For post-docs who are U. S. citizens or foreign nationals (currently living in the U.S.), and scheduled to begin before June 30, 2020, those who can start their work remotely should be encouraged to do so given that University-sponsored domestic air travel is suspended through at least June 30.
Requests for exceptions to the above guidance should be made in writing to Dean Kim Lawless, with a detailed explanation of why the appointment or visit is essential.
If you are granted an exception to conduct a search, academic units should use Zoom or other virtual tools for interviews to prioritize the health of candidates, participants, and their families. Consistent with guidance issued by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, all scheduled on-site campus interviews for domestic candidates must be postponed until at least June 30, 2020. On-campus interviews with international candidates should be held virtually or rescheduled after June 30, 2020.
Please note that these dates may change based on future guidance. As a result, units have the authority to postpone a search or conduct an entirely virtual search. As you structure the process, please strive to make interviews as consistent as possible for each candidate. As always, ensure that evaluation of all applicants is based on the extent to which applicants meet the criteria for the position.
According to an email sent by Provost Jones to faculty, "In acknowledgement of the COVID-19 crisis and its extraordinary impacts on our faculty, Penn State will be extending the provisional tenure period starting with the 2020-2021 academic year for all faculty in their pre-tenure probationary period, as defined in University policy AC23. This stay in the provisional tenure period will not count toward the two-stay limit. Any faculty members wanting to go through the tenure process 'on time' (i.e., at their previously scheduled time) may do so without requesting permission for early-tenure consideration. We will provide more guidance in the coming weeks regarding the implementation of this change. Reviews for tenure and promotion that are already in progress will continue as scheduled because they are based on work completed before the COVID-19 crisis."
Faculty and staff will have access to their offices during this time, but should not conduct work from their offices. Access should be short-term, to pick up items necessary for remote working. The guidance from Provost Jones is that "it’s important that everyone who can work from home do so immediately and completely, until otherwise notified. Not everyone can, and each campus, college and unit differs, of course. It’s critical that you follow the guidance of supervisors and unit leaders." Faculty who have concerns about bandwidth for teaching their courses remotely may come to campus to use general classroom space to conduct their classes. Faculty have been given card-swipe access to all buildings on the University Park campus that have general classroom space, as a way to enable instruction to continue while simultaneously promoting social distancing. Research and any other activities beyond course instruction should not be conducted on campus at this time. Again, anyone with concerns should contact their department heads.
There are several resources at the College and University level that provide assistance with a variety of technology issues.
- CETC how-to guide: Covers installation and setup of VPN, Cisco Jabber softphone, Zoom, and two-factor authentication.
- CETC: The CETC Team is responsible for managing the College of Education's IT infrastructure, which includes network, servers, desktops, laptops, mobile devices and associated peripherals. Technical support is provided through an online help desk ticketing system.
- Tech Tutors: Personalized support for students, faculty and staff for Adobe Cloud Microsoft, and Penn State products including WordPress/Sites, Zoom, Canvas, Kaltura and PASS, offered in-person or online.
- IT Service Desk: Provides troubleshooting and help with such services as Penn State Access Accounts, Canvas, and more to Penn State students, faculty and staff members.
- Web Learning @ Penn State: Contingency planning for Undergraduate Education.
Information about employment and Human Resources
All illnesses, regardless of the type of symptoms that someone may be experiencing which lasts more than three days or more does need to be reported to Penn State Absence Management, at absence@psu.edu. This reporting requirement applies to both faculty and staff. All illnesses presenting COVID-19 symptoms do need to be reported to Absence Management immediately and does require a self-quarantine for 14 days. Employees would then need to provide a medical return-to-work slip before returning to work. All employees who have been exposed to COVID-19 by coming into contact with confirmed cases and/or due to having traveled in high risk areas not labeled at CDC level 3 must also contact Absence Management and self-quarantine for 14 days. Likewise, all employees who have traveled to a CDC level 3 location including cruise ship travel or airline travel not presenting COVID-19 symptoms also should self-quarantine for 14 days and report that as well to Absence Management. Lastly, all employees who have presented COVID-19 symptoms and have been tested for COVID-19 which resulted in a negative test should still self-quarantine for the 14-day period and still report that to Absence Management.
Penn State has made a commitment to pay the full salary of all workers through at least April 30, in the face of revenue losses in the University’s auxiliary units. This will provide needed time for the University to better assess and develop a strategy to mitigate the potential financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employees and local communities. We value the work and dedication of our faculty and staff during this unprecedented global crisis, and we want to make sure employees do not experience an abrupt financial hardship.
It is important to note that there are not plans for a sudden transition on April 30. The University shared information about the decision to pay employees and student workers through April 30 in order to help members of our community manage their short-term financial needs. This decision enables the University to take time to think through how to best conduct financial planning to minimize the potential need for further actions should this situation and a challenged economy continue. Further, it gives the University time to consult with the Board of Trustees, and to take active steps, like advocating for stimulus support, and determining how available state or federal funds may help Penn State navigate these challenging times. The University anticipates being able to share with our community by mid-April decisions regarding any pay changes, furloughs and/or lay-offs, which, if necessary, would not take effect until May, at the earliest.
This includes full and part time faculty and staff, technical service employees, union employees, hourly wage workers, work study students, and paid student interns.
Additional information can be found in the Employee impacts section of the University's FAQ.
The short answer is that you can continue to be paid through the B23 pay period (April 26 to May 9). There are three scenarios:
- Unable to work because of the COVID-19 interruption: Students may continue to earn FWS during the remote period according to their previously established employment schedule even if they are currently unable to work because of the COVID-19 interruption. Days/hours entered on time sheets during the remote learning period should closely reflect those entered for the B18 pay-period (February 16-29). Earnings may continue for all FWS students through the B23 pay-period (April 26-May 9) and should reflect the same days/hours used for the B18 pay-period. Students should enter and submit their times as they would have had they been present for work. If necessary, students and supervisors should communicate to determine the appropriate entries. Supervisors should approve time sheets and Workday submissions as normal.
- Able to work: FWS students may continue to work if they are engaged in a position allowing them to do so. In addition, FWS students who are able to work remotely may also continue to do so. Please note that in both cases, students must coordinate their responsibilities and hours with their supervisor and submit their times per the Remote Submission of FWS Times Guidance. As Penn State is “in-session” at this time, FWS guidelines stipulate that students may work a maximum of 8 hours/day and 20 hours/week.
- Community Service FWS: Students and Supervisors engaged in the Community Service FWS Program or The Nittany Lions Read/Nittany Lions Count Program will receive a separate communication regarding the process for entering and submitting times.
Both FWS supervisors and students are encouraged to review the latest information and recommendations of the medical, University, and government officials when making decisions regarding your own or your organization's well-being.
We understand and share this concern. This is a complicated issue because of considerations such as state and federal work-study regulations, which are being reviewed to address hourly employees that have federal or state work-study requirements. And some students who were employed at their campus location are now home. However, these students may be able work from home. We are encouraging that to happen – and indeed it already is in some cases. Overall, our general intent is to treat student employees like we do other employees, and further guidance will be coming soon.
Information about teaching and learning
Click here for the session presented on June 22, 2020, regarding fall Instructional Models from the Learning Design team (Chris Millet and Jana Hitchcock). This was a review of the proposed instructional models developed in conjunction with several Provost-charged teams responsible for preparing the university for the fall semester.
Regarding summer courses, a mix of asynchronous and synchronous online courses will be offered during Maymester, Summer Session I, and Summer Session II. More details can be found in a recent story published in Penn State News.
Many resources are available at remoteteaching.psu.edu to help faculty members teach classes remotely, including guidance for delivering courses using tools such as Canvas, Kaltura, and Zoom. Resources to facilitate students’ ability to engage in learning remotely are available at remotelearning.psu.edu.
Graduate students involved in the instructional mission, research, and/or who are on assistantships with activities other than the instructional mission and research should refer to information on The Graduate School’s website.
With the move to remote instruction and the use of alternative grading, significant changes in the end of the semester deadlines have been made. In addition to providing faculty additional time following final exams to submit grades, there also is time for students to make decisions regarding alternative grading and finalize those decisions in LionPATH. Consistent with the provost’s announcement that grade submission deadlines would be extended by one week, faculty are asked to submit final grades to LionPATH within nine (9) days of their final exams.
Anything faculty can do to submit grades ahead of this deadline will provide additional time for students and advisers to consider the impact of decisions on alternative grading. Although these decisions will be straightforward for many students, there are nuances to be considered and the advising community anticipates a significant need for individual student appointments once final grades are known. Any additional time you could provide by getting grades in early would be most appreciated.
Penn State IT and the Office of Information Security (OIS) spent an intense week developing and testing a solution they recently debuted to give students and faculty access to those lab environments from wherever they are currently living and learning. Students and faculty can connect to those computers at any time of day. Currently, 13 campuses and colleges are provisioned to use WebLabs, which provides remote access to software and other resources students normally use on campus. More are expected to be added as Penn State continues to deliver courses remotely.
You must be enrolled in Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) to access one of the computer lab devices. Visit weblabs.psu.edu, authenticate with your Penn State credentials and connect. On the left side of the display, you will see available open labs for your campus, including any specialized labs to which you previously had access.
For more information, check the Penn State IT article on the topic or the WebLabs site.
Penn State is implementing a new opt-in grading system for the spring 2020 semester that will give undergraduate students flexibility, help preserve GPAs and minimize impacts to students’ transcripts during the academic challenges presented by the novel coronavirus public health crisis. For details about the changes, see the story on Penn State News.
The Graduate School also is implementing an optional alternative grading system for the spring 2020 semester. The new, opt-in grading system is designed to mitigate the impacts to graduate students’ GPAs and academic transcripts due to unprecedented extenuating circumstances posed by the novel coronavirus public health crisis. For details about the changes, see the story on Penn State News.
IT Learning and Development has information on this topic at http://itld.psu.edu/training/zoom-questioning-strategies-increase-engagement
The answer to this question lies in the definitions and the terms that we use to describe what it is that we're doing right now. First and foremost, we are not doing online instruction right now. The world of online education has a host of pedagogy, best practices, instructional design and theories of learning and assessment that we are not capable of building into our courses on the drop of a dime. That's why we are using the term remote instruction.
Remote instruction is intended to be an alternative to the face-to-face instruction. Our students paid tuition to come to campus to receive face-to-face instruction and have interactions with our faculty. That is what brings students to campus – that additional interaction and value added from those interactions. Remote instruction is intended to mirror those interactions, just under the exigent circumstances that we're in right now.
The synchronous component is really important to keep that fidelity for a couple of reasons:
- There have been recent studies that have come out due to disruptions that have occurred in other countries where they tried to go asynchronous and failed miserably. And then the second time they had to do it they went synchronous and had much more success because the synchronous instruction creates that continuity in contact.
- For students who are used to coming to campus having an expectation of face-to-face instruction, the change is significantly less abrupt if they maintain some level of synchronous interaction. And then they end up actually performing better in the classes and getting more out of those classes then if their routine was completely upended, and they were left doing asynchronous instruction on whatever routine suited them best.
There is a wide continuum of what is meant by synchronous. We're asking faculty to include a live component:
- Deliver your lecture live and record it so students who are in a different time zone or who are in a living situation where they may not necessarily be able to interact live can have access to it.
- Deliver a class the way you've always delivered it, maybe doing it webinar-style.
- Have small breakout groups using the grouping function and Zoom.
- Hold watch parties where the class watches a segment or a film clip and then has some threaded discussion or some chat discussion.
All of those count as synchronous. Office hours and Question and Answer periods also count as synchronous instruction.
We're not trying to say that you have to keep your class exactly the same. What we're saying is that there has to be a synchronous component where the students have access to the faculty experts that they had an expectation of interacting with that are part of their academic community.
We also have a responsibility to be there for our students. We are part of their community. We are part of their consistency. Our students are experiencing a lot right now. They have a lot of loss. They lost their friends. They lost their homes; they lost the amazing in-person instruction we were providing them. Some of them are housing unstable or food unstable. So whatever comfort we can bring by being there when we told them that we would be there is really important.
If faculty (and/or students) in the College of Education have any online course material/textbook needs, please contact Ellysa Cahoy (ellysa@psu.edu) or Karla Schmit (kms454@psu.edu) directly. They are happy to work directly with you to help you gain access to the materials you need for your class. If you wish to have materials on print reserve scanned and placed online, please complete an e-reserves request form. All readings will be made available to students through the Library Resources tab in Canvas. In general, if you have any course reserves questions, email ul-reserveshelp@lists.psu.edu. Any other questions about ordering materials or other Libraries course support, let Ellysa or Karla know. They are happy to help out.
There are various resources available for students as well, including newer announcements regarding free e-textbook access from both Barnes & Noble and VitalSource. Please share this information with your students in your Canvas environments.
Students who are disruptive in a remote class should be handled in the same way that they are in a face-to-face class. You should set clear standards of behavior and communicate your expectations. If disruptive behavior occurs you should confront the behavior and, if it continues, ask the student to leave the class. If the student continues to be disruptive, you should notify your unit head and file a report online with the Office of Student Conduct. Staff in the Office of Student Conduct also are available to discuss your concern at studentconduct@psu.edu. The University also has developed guidance for students that explains that they will be held accountable for disruptive behavior. In addition to being added to the FAQ section of remotelearning.psu.edu, this will be distributed to students via Canvas.
Here are some recommendations and resources to help instructors make the best decisions for their course in keeping with University policy and protocols. Other helpful knowledge base articles on how to control access to Zoom meetings:
Yes. In addition to the resources listed in a separate FAQ entry below, the College of Education in consultation with the Technology Committee has decided to use Microsoft Teams to facilitate communications among faculty members. Julian Morales, director of operations, created a Teams space, "ED Faculty Collaborative Community," and invited all faculty in the College to join. Dean Lawless appointed Hyung "Joon" Yoon, chair of the Technology Committee, to be the group moderator.
To use the Teams space effectively, please make sure that you have Microsoft Teams installed on your computer. If you do not have Teams installed, you can go to https://office365.psu.edu/ and download it. CETC's support is not required for the installation. However, if you need assistance, please reach out to CETC. We highly encourage you to install the app on your smartphone as well, to receive notifications.
Here are some resources to help familiarize yourself with Teams:
- How to use Microsoft Teams, a demo tutorial https://youtu.be/CH2seLS5Wb0
- 5 tips on how to succeed with Microsoft Teams https://youtu.be/wSuoHwxrRFg
- Getting Started with Teams (Immediate Access without downloading the app) https://teams.microsoft.com/start
World Campus Instructional/Learning Design staff will be available to support you as you move resident courses to remote delivery during this time. The World Campus Learning Design team is focusing their efforts over the coming weeks to provide their expertise to support continuing the education of our resident students regardless of their location. For immediate assistance, contact Jana Hitchcock at jsh136@psu.edu or book an appointment at College of Ed Consultations.
World Campus Learning Design can assist with:
- Online course content and assessments
- Building your own or finding/using content, assessments, and resources from the Penn State Libraries and online repositories
- Content sharing from existing WC courses
- Leveraging available technology in a synchronous environment
- Ensuring accessibility and access for students
- Instructional strategies for a variety of teaching modalities
It is important for faculty to record all of their remote lectures and post them to Canvas for students to access. Instructions for recording lectures and posting them to Canvas can be found at IT Learning and Development: Canvas, Kaltura and Zoom resource enabling continuity of instruction.
A website dedicated to helping you with that transition is now live. The Remote Teaching website at https://remoteteaching.psu.edu/ offers the following resources:
- How to get started with transitioning a course to remote delivery.
- Ideas to help you think about delivering specialized courses that may not seem to be a natural fit to a remote environment.
- Ideas about pedagogy in remote environment.
- Basic technology needs for remote courses.
- Ideas on adapting assessments using remote delivery.
Training webinars and FAQs are available and additional FAQs will be updated regularly to keep you informed about the evolving resources associated with remote teaching.
Other resources:
- Pedagogical Approaches with Canvas: Faculty who are currently using Canvas to teach, but also have face-to-face meetings, may want to consider these options should those meetings be limited or ended.
- Penn State Canvas Learning Center: Gateway for faculty and support staff to learn how to get the most out of using Canvas for teaching and learning.
- Build a Course from Scratch in Canvas: Learning module in Penn State Canvas Learning Center.
- IT Learning and Development: Canvas, Kaltura and Zoom resource enabling continuity of instruction.
- Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT): Quick-start guide to offering your course content online.
External resources that may be helpful include:
- "Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption" (Stanford)
- "Resources for Just-in-Time Online Teaching" (Vanderbilt)
- "Going Online in a Hurry: What to Do and Where to Start" (Chronicle)
- Humanizing Online Teaching, by Drs. Mary Raygoza, Raina León and Aaminah Norris, Saint Mary’s College of California
- Crowdsourced teacher prep resources
- Teaching remotely in times of need
The Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence has posted General Recommendations for Adapting Assessments to an Online Environment.
Information about field placements and internships
At this time, all SPLED student teachers are on track to complete their student teaching exprience on time next Friday, May 1st. On March 25th Governor Wolf signed legislation that provided the secretary of education the authority to waive PA school code 12 week student teaching requirement. The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) gave additional instruction on the flexibliites of student teaching in Act 13 of 2020 that is posted on their website.
Along with the shortening the length of student teaching, the information provides guidance to teacher preparation programs for the modification of teacher candidate evaluation and field experience requirements for spring 2020. Programs following the designated process may then submit the verification to PDE that candidates meet the satisfactory performance level or higher and is recommend candidates for certification. The candidate or applicant must satisfy all other requirements set by PDE for certification.
The SPLED program has made modifications to pre-student teaching practicum field experiences that were abruptly ended by school closures. The adjustments are intended to make up the field experience work and enable students keep on track with their plan of study.
According to a release posted April 9 on the Pennsylvania Department of Education website:
Act 13 of 2020 grants the Secretary of Education waiver authority for the 12-week student teaching requirement in 22 Pa. Code §354.25 (f) for the 2019-20 school year. The Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality recommends the Secretary exercise the waiver authority granted under Act 13 of 2020 only for those educator preparation programs that:
- Implement a research- and competency-based evaluation system for candidates impacted by COVID-19-related school closures; and
- Commit to providing targeted technical assistance during the 2020-21 school year to Pennsylvania local education agencies that hire educators impacted by these program modifications.
Further details on the modifications required by PDE can be found here.
Measures the Penn State College of Education has implemented will meet these requirements.
The guidance we've been given is that it's too early to cancel them. That said, we should be trying to identify alternative plan B type options in the event that they are to be canceled. Explore some of these opportunities and identify if there are any aspects that could be run remotely, if we could engage students either in internships or other experiences that they might participate in remotely over the summer, that still provides an excellent educational experience, albeit a different one.
The College is in contact with the state Department of Education about accrediting, licensure and certification. However, this is a complex issue, because sometimes we certify people in more than one state or we're certifying them specifically for another state. It depends on the regulations of each state as to whether or not we can match those regulations within our program guidelines, especially given the current situation. The University is working hard to address this topic and we will share more information as soon as we know it.
The University is working with accreditors and state and federal agencies to provide appropriate guidance on requirements related to internships as part of the educational curriculum. Additionally, academic leadership of all units at Penn State are carefully evaluating how internships or other practicum, or requirements can be achieved for students in a timely manner. Cases may vary, depending on circumstances such as different accreditation requirements, and we will continue to work with students individually to address needs. The administration, faculty and staff are doing everything we can to limit disruptions to learning as much as possible, given these extraordinary circumstances, and will work with students to keep them on track.
Jim Herbert will send out a similar email to all on-site supervisors using the email address that you indicated on your application form, but you should communicate this information directly by notifying them in person. If this is not possible then send an email and copy Dr. Herbert (jth4@psu.edu) on it as well.
Information about research
We are continuing to monitor the protocols for social distancing and state and University policy with respect to research. The policies are changing rapidly, including the allowability of work on campus.
- Information regarding COVID-19 Impacts to Proposals, Grants, and Contracts can be found here.
- For a summary covering issues associated with grant administration, cancelled conferences, charging of salaries during a work interruption, etc., visit the COVID-19 Impacts to Proposals, Grants and Contracts FAQ
- For information about standards for research on campus, and updates regarding changes effective March 24, please visit https://www.research.psu.edu/covid_labs
- For information about NSF funded project, you should visit FAQ's National Science Foundation (NSF) Proposers and Awardees
In addition, The Office for Research Protections has two comprehensive websites set up to answer research-related queries. General COVID-19 information for Penn State researchers can be found here; COVID-19 information for research involving human subjects can be found here.
Information about outreach
Yes, we have been working through Peggy Schooling and the Pennsylvania School Study Council, which is housed here in the College. Peggy has been orchestrating different discussions and conversations and work groups with many of the superintendents around the state, helping us build partnerships, and also helping us figure out how we can marshal our resources just in general for the school districts across the state. We also are looking at other resources we can tap into for this. We still are early in this process, and will share more information as it develops.
We also have launched a K-12 resources website. The K-12 Media Repository provides a comprehensive list of links to educational resources that provide information on varied topics related to online education.
Information for prospective and accepted students
Virtual Accepted Student Programs are now available for the College of Education. Dates and times are listed below with the registration link. All programs will include a presentation about the College of Education and a panel discussion featuring current College of Education students.
- April 9, 10 to 11:30 a.m.: https://apply.psu.edu/register/?id=2e3109ac-baa9-415a-8a56-b4254083580e
- April 14, 3 to 4:30 p.m.: https://apply.psu.edu/register/?id=dbd2cbd2-ff14-4081-8075-09566c2d4c47
- April 17, 2 to 3:30 p.m.: https://apply.psu.edu/register/?id=db891198-9d3c-4862-b75a-4c0cc9e9e6a6
If you have questions about the virtual events, please contact Sarah Moryken, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, at skm23@psu.edu or 814-867-6360.
The College of Education is currently offering virtual appointments for accepted students. These are individual, one-on-one, appointments offered via Zoom (video conferencing service) or by phone with Sarah Moryken, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the College of Education. Please contact Sarah directly at skm23@psu.edu or 814-867-6360 to schedule an appointment. Please note, in the interest of public health and safety you cannot visit any Penn State campus at this time.
At this time, the University has suspended all visitation programs on campus and in person appointments through May 15. This includes all Accepted Student Programs and Prospective Student visits and any individual appointments you may have scheduled with University personnel. In the interest of public health and safety and protecting our Penn State community, this was the appropriate course of action.
Please contact Sarah Moryken, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the College of Education, at skm23@psu.edu or 814-867-6360 to be connected with a current Penn State Education student.
The College of Education is currently offering virtual appointments for prospective high school students. These are individual, one-on-one, appointments offered via Zoom (video conferencing service) or by phone with Sarah Moryken, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the College of Education. Please contact Sarah directly at skm23@psu.edu or 814-867-6360 to schedule an appointment. Please note, in the interest of public health and safety you cannot visit any Penn State campus at this time.
We also are exploring the possibility of hosting virtual presentations for prospective high school students interested in learning more about the College of Education in the next few weeks. Please check back for more additional information.
The University has suspended all visitation programs for prospective students at this time effective through May 15, 2020. In the interim the College of Education is offering virtual appointments by Zoom (video conference) or by phone with Sarah Moryken, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the College of Education. Please contact Sarah directly at skm23@psu.edu or 814-867-6360 to schedule an appointment.
We also are exploring the possibility of hosting virtual presentations for prospective high school students interested in learning more about the College of Education. Please check back for more additional information.