Clearances
Any education听student wishing to participate in a field experience or student teaching must obtain required clearances every year.听Students can observe in a public or private school, and/or community program, but will not receive an observation site until they have听provided a copy of all clearances to the听Education Department at 糖心logo入口.听Out of state residents must also follow all clearance procedures.
Deadlines
It takes up to eight weeks to process clearances. Late clearances have created major difficulties.
- Spring semester deadline: October 31
- Fall semester deadline: 听June 30
“Current” clearances听are defined as being obtained for the period a student will be in a field placement site for fall and spring semester and/or for summer sessions.听Therefore, clearances current from August through July will provide opportunities for a student to gain entry to schools for one year.
Consequences
If Clearances are not current or obtained in a timely fashion students will be unable to enroll in any education classes, and some psychology classes. The student will have to take a schedule of non-education coursework and will not听be placed in the field. This could delay degree completion.
Act 34 PA State Police Criminal Record
Criminal History Record Check cost: $22.00
Access and Review fee: $20.00
Notarized Criminal History Record Check cost: $27.00
Steps to complete:
- 痴颈蝉颈迟听听for听form. Have a credit card ready.
- Click on 鈥淪ubmit a New Record Check鈥
- Accept The Terms and Conditions
- Choose 鈥淚ndividual Request鈥 on Requester Details page, and hit 鈥渃ontinue鈥
- On the 鈥淩eason for Request鈥 field choose 鈥淓mployment鈥
- Fill out fields and proceed through the online form.
- The clearance听should be generated immediately.
- Print out three copies, one for your records, one for your IDS 101 instructor,听and the education office, 2nd floor Ward Hall.
Act 151 PA Child Abuse History Clearance
(Cost: $13)
When asked the reason for the clearance, select EMPLOYMENT.
- Go to the Child Welfare Portal URL:听
- Click 鈥淐reate Individual Account鈥
- Read the Welcome information
- Create your Keystone (State) ID, or username, by clicking 鈥淣ext.鈥澨齀t is your responsibility to remember your username听and permanent password.
- You will receive your Keystone ID in an email. Save this email.
- You will receive an email with a Temporary Password. Copy the Temporary Password
- Click the Child Welfare Link again to get back to the log-in screen
- Click 鈥淚ndividual Log-in鈥
- Choose 鈥淎ccess My Clearances鈥
- 鈥淐ontinue Button鈥 (at the bottom of the page)
- Type in the听Keystone Key ID/Username that you created in step 4.
- Paste in your temporary password that you received in step 6.
- Create Permanent Password and remember it along with your username.
- Create Clearance Application
- Note:听You can go past the听鈥淧revious Address鈥澨齭creen by selecting Next
- Add household members, in this order:听Father,听Mother,听Spouse or Sister/Brother,听Child
- Type your name on the e-Signature page how it appears on your application and click next.听(No middle name or initial 鈥 First Name Last Name ONLY)
- Enter a payment code if provided one by your (potential)听employer/organization听OR听Enter payment information
- Select Pay Now
- The 鈥淪uccessfully Submitted鈥 screen is your ONLY opportunity to get something that remotely resembles a receipt. Print this screen or take a screenshot. Once it is gone, it will not appear again, and you will have to use your credit card receipt.
Note: Clearances operate on a Case by Case basis and will may take up to 14 business days to be returned. *If someone get theirs back in an hour or one day, the 14 business day rule still applies.
Act 114 Federal Criminal History and Fingerprint Clearances
Fingerprinting Instructions
There are two FBI clearances depending on where a student will be observing. You will be asked for a service code so that you will get the correct clearance.
Most observations will take place in a public or private school.听 The Service code for teaching and field work in a school setting is听1KG6RT.
听If you will be taking ECE 1110 Introduction to Early Childhood during the spring semester, you will need a clearance from the PA Childcare Services. Please check with your advisor to see if applies to you.听 You will be observing at the 糖心logo入口 Children’s Center.听 Service code for PA Childcare Services is 1KG738.
1. Fingerprinting for both student teaching and field work in any school district:
- Go to
Enter your zip code in the听Find the nearest IndentoGO Center. - Select the location most convenient for you (You can change later in the process.)
- Click Schedule听an Appointment.
- Find听Digital Fingerprinting.
- Enter appropriate service code to get started:听1KG6RT
- Select听Schedule or Manage an Appointment听(not required but recommended).
- Select documentation you plan to use on the day of the appointment and make sure you have the documents when you go for your fingerprinting.
- Payment is due at the time of fingerprinting. When registering, indicate the payment method you will be using. (Money order, certified check, cash, or credit card are accepted. Certified checks or money orders can be made payable to Morpho Trust.)
- IMPORTANT: When you go to be fingerprinted, you will receive a receipt with your name, the amount paid, and authorization number printed on the receipt. The receipt includes the date and time you were fingerprinted. The authorization number that prints on the receipt is the number that you can use to check the status on the . This receipt can also be used as verification that you have applied for your FBI clearance.
2. Fingerprinting for PA Childcare Services (For 糖心logo入口 Children’s Center observations)
Education Students who will be observing in 糖心logo入口’s Children鈥檚 Center, or another child care facility or pre-school are now required under the Child Protective Services Law to obtain an FBI clearance from the Department of Human Services. Please use the following:
Go directly to:
- Scroll down to search for services by state.
- Click on Pennsylvania.
- Click go.
- Scroll down to Digital Fingerprinting click on Digital Fingerprinting.
- Enter Code: 1KG738.
- Then answer questions and make an appointment for fingerprinting.
Area locations that are offering fingerprinting:
NEIU # 19
1200 Line St.听Archbald, PA. 18403
(570) 876-9200
Tuesday and Thursday
8 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
Montrose Hospital
100 Hospital Drive听Montrose, Pa. 18801
(570) 278-3801
8-11:50 a.m. and 1-3:30 p.m.
For all other locations, call first to make sure digital fingerprinting is being offered.
Act 24 Arrest/Conviction Certification Form
The Act 24 form is necessary for formal acceptance and student teaching. Click here to download the form.
Tuberculosis Screening
Cost: determined by health care provider.
- Contact your health care provider to administer either intracutaneous mantoux two step method or percutaneous puncture method and will read results two days after. Health care provider will document results on the form you provide.
- Make one copy of the completed form for your records and submit another copy to Moodle.
