Act 48 Online Credit Reporting - Penn State Outreach

This reporting site is ONLY for courses taken for academic CREDIT. Act 48 hours earned by completing a Penn State pre-approved NON-CREDIT program will be reported by the Penn State Office of Professional and Community Engagement (PACE).

The process for submitting your credits for Act 48 credit is as follows:

Fill out the following request form. The educator must initiate the Act 48 reporting request by completing this online form and identifying the courses to report.
If you are currently enrolled, you must wait until the course is graded to report it.
All credits are verified through the Office of the University Registrar. After verification, credits will be submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). Requested course work may take several business days to appear on the PDE Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).

"*" indicates required fields

First Name*

Last Name*

Email Address*

Penn State ID*

PDE Professional ID (PPID)

Visit the Professional Education Record Management System — PERMS (opens in new tab) to obtain your PPID.

PDE Professional Personnel ID (PPID)*

Enter your 7-digit PPID.

Confirm Your PPID*

Please re-enter your 7-digit PPID to confirm.

Does your last name in PERMS match the last name in your Penn State enrollment record?*

Yes

What is your last name listed in PERMS?*

Enter your last name as it appears in the PDE Professional Education Record Management System.

Address*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

Course Information*

Add multiple courses by clicking the plus (+) button at the end of each row.

Course Number

Course Title

Credits

Semester

Act 45? (Y/N)

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Phone

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Disclaimers and Additional Information

Eligibility

Only courses in which the course counted towards the educator’s GPA and received a quality letter grade (A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C) are eligible for Act 48. Courses with grades of D (Poor/Failure), F (Failure), R (Research), Audit (AU), Credit by Examination (CRX), No Grade (NG), W (Withdrawn), and etc. are not eligible. See the University’s Grading System.

Courses completed prior to January 2000 are not eligible. Also, course start and/or end dates outside an educator’s Continuing Education Period (CEP) start and/or end dates cannot be reported. Your CEP start/end dates are shown when your enter your PPID in the Professional Education Record Management System (PERMS).

Applicability

Courses submitted must be associated with your professional development and that approval of credits for Act 48 and is at the discretion of an educator’s school district and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE). If you have any questions about what pertains to professional development, please contact the Pennsylvania Department of Education and/or your school district.

Act 48 versus Level II Certification

By submitting these credits/hours does not mean you are submitting for Level II Certification. Please contact your School District or the PDE for instructions on how to apply for this certification.

How do I know when my Act 48 credits/hours have been reported?

Students may check the PDE Professional Education Record Management System to confirm that their credit(s) have been reported. All coursework must be verified and therefore it may take several business days for coursework to be listed.

Fee

Penn State does not charge for reporting this information to the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).

Contact

If you have any additional questions about Penn State credit course work for Act 48, please send an email inquiry to mus6@psu.edu