August 24, 2021, Dr. Kerry W. Helm, Chief of the PDE Division of Certification Services Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality issued a PennLink to Local Education Agency (LEA) and Intermediate Unit (IU) Hiring Managers titled Recording and Slides Available: PDE Virtual Town Hall for New PK-12 School Social Worker Certification.

The memo states that on August 12, 2021 PDE held a Virtual Town Hall to inform the field about PDE’s newest certification, School Social Worker, Educational Specialist Certificate PK-12.

PDE has posted the recording and slides on its Information and Updates page and memo recipients were asked to share those materials with their networks.

In addition, PDE welcomes additional questions or comments at its dedicated certification resource account at [email protected].