Application Requirements

Testing

  • Teacher candidates may take the state mandated Praxis exam* before or during the TRP program, but must pass it by the time they complete the program
  • Applicants must have passed their content areas tests

*Pennsylvania’s official teacher cetification test. Click the in-text link for more info

General

Course Work and Previous Schooling

  • An entering student must have completed in a satisfactory manner a minimum of course work in designated areas, the specific courses and amount of work depending upon the intended field of advanced study.
  • All applicants must hold either: A bachelor degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution, or a postsecondary degree that is equivalent to a U.S bachelors degree earned from an officially recognized degree-granting international institution