Exit
Criteria - Continuous
Enrollment
Candidates
are required to be continuously enrolled in PSU INSYS
World Campus coursework while working to earn our
recommendation to the Pennsylvania Department of Education
for issuance of a Level One Specialist in Instructional
Technology certificate.
All candidates must be continuously enrolled in INSYS World
Campus coursework from the time of official admission into
the program until Penn State's recommendation to the
Pennsylvania Department of Education for certification as a
Level One Specialist in Instructional Technology is
received.
Continuous
enrollment in the ITSC program means that a candidate's PSU
transcript must include at least one INSYS World Campus
course for each and every semester from the time the
candidate entered the program until the time the candidate
earns PSU's recommendation to PDE for certification. In
other words, a candidate commits to register for at least
one three-credit INSYS World Campus course for each of the
Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters while in the ITSC
program.
Note: Should a candidate need or elect to register
for Special Education
(SPLED) coursework at PSU, PSU SPLED course work can
also be applied to the continuous enrollment commitment.
Candidates'
must provide evidence of continuous INSYS World Campus
course enrollment: 1) prior to beginning the Internship
(INSYS 595) and 2) at the end of the program before a
candidate can receive PSU's recommendation to PDE for
certification.
A
candidate who fails to continuously register for INSYS World
Campus coursework from the time officially admitted into the
ITSC program until the time PSU's recommendation to PDE for
certification is earned and received will be dropped from
the program.
The
ITSC Program Director intermittently reviews the continuous
enrollment status of each candidate. Should a candidate be
identified as lacking continuous enrollment evidence, the
candidate will be notified before being officially dropped
from the ITSC program at Penn State. However, a drop action
can only be stopped by providing the ITSC program with a
current PSU transcript that demonstrates that the candidate
has, in fact, meet the commitment to continuous PSU INSYS
World Campus course enrollment.
Creating
and mapping out personal plans and timelines to complete the
ITSC program help candidates to display personal
understandings of the continuous enrollment requirement.
Candidates' personal plans are created by:
- first, reviewing all of the web-based
INSYS
courses offered within the ITSC program.
- then, identifying the projected sequence
of the courses that you plan to register for from the
time you enter the program, until you receive PSU's
recommendation to PDE for certification. (You will
identify this sequence within the admissions
application.)
- and finally, you will create a diagram
of your personal road map to ITSC program
completion.
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