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SARI Training for M.Ed. Students

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Students enrolled in the M.Ed. in LDT program are required to complete the Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) training requirement prior to graduation. The LDT Online M.Ed. in LDT program has received permission to offer our own version of the SARI training that is customized to the typical work and professional settings of our field. The training is fully online and fully asynchronous and requires a few hours per week for three weeks. There is no cost to sign-up for and complete the SARI training requirement for our program—it is a non-credit requirement.

If you are a World Campus M.Ed. in LDT student, and have not yet completed the SARI training, then we ask you to register for and complete the next offering of this training. The next offerings for the training will be: [Read more…]

Self-Help with Search

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Search this website search box is available on right-side column of every page on this blog site.

The majority of LDT Online students are employed, engaged with other commitments, and also study with us part-time. Much of our students’ work happens outside of normal work hours. Although help from a program faculty or staff member might not be readily available at 11:35 PM, your program questions may still get answered. Use the search box on the blog for student to see what happens. Try a few keywords like “advisement” or “graduation” or SARI or capstone and see what hits in the search results. Also visit the pages that are linked across the top menu of our blog, such as LDT Courses or New Student Info or Documents.

Dr. Kirby aims to write and post answers to the most pressing questions facing every student. See what you can find!

Please Subscribe for Email Notifications

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Our LDT Online blog for students is able to send a notification by email each time we make a new post. It is extremely handy, and will enable you to have the most rapid access to program-related information. Receive the blog update notifications before we prepare and send the email newsletter.

To sign up for email notifications of blog updates, visit the ldtonline.psu.edu blog site and look for the BLOG UPDATES BY EMAIL! signup box in the right-hand column.

Spring 2020 Registration Launch

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Greetings LDT students! We’ve settled into the Fall term, and the weather in Happy Valley is now very autumn-like. For us, that can only mean one thing: It’s time to think about Spring!

Registration for LDT Online students on LionPATH begins soon, following these start dates:

Information for Master’s and Certificate students is outlined in the sections below.

Registration Timetable for Spring 2020

Course Offering TermStudent CategoryRegistration Open Date
Spring 2020M.Ed. students w/ 20+ credits earned10/10/2019
Spring 2020Admitted M.Ed. students (0+ credits earned)10/15/2019
Spring 2020Accepted certificate students, and nondegree students10/29/2019

M.Ed. in LDT Students

The most important benefit of your degree-student status is your eligibility to register first. [Read more…]

Reporting Courses for Act 48 Credit

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Decorative image paperwork Stacked files on isolated backgroundPennsylvania-certificated educators who successfully complete Penn State University courses for credit are eligible to report their study for Pennsylvania Act 48 continuing education credit. The university provides an easy online credit reporting form in order to have credit-bearing coursework applied to an educator’s Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Act 48 continuing education record. The Penn State University Act 48 continuing education credit reporting form is available online. Please have your PPID available when reporting.

About Our Wednesday to Tuesday Lesson Schedule

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The LDT program’s courses are delivered using a Wednesday to Tuesday lesson schedule. This weekly schedule is also used by faculty of the Curriculum and Instruction (CI) courses at Penn State, which is another group that serves a large K-12 educator population. LDT and CI have been deeply thoughtful about our lesson schedule, and we have maintained this schedule throughout pressure to conform to the Monday to Sunday schedule that is used by most of World Campus. Here are the key reasons for our use of a Wednesday to Tuesday lesson schedule:

Working Students’ Schedules

A Monday to Sunday schedule emphasizes that work be done on the weekends, particularly on the Sunday due-date for weekly assignments. Many students who are involved with K-12 education and who have children or other personal obligations are in a position where they either (a) must [Read more…]

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