EMERGENCY  (Certification)  PERMIT    

Pennsylvania  Department  of  Education    

Below  you  will  find  directions  of  how  to  apply  for  your  Emergency  Certification.    You  will  need  to  complete  both  steps  (the  online  portion  and  the  paper  portion).        If  you  have  never  applied  for  an  emergency  certification  with  State  College  Area  School  District  before,  you  need  to  submit  sealed  transcripts  (showing  your  Bachelor’s  degree)  along  with  your  paper  form.      There  is  a  $5.00  processing  fee  for  the  Emergency  Certification.    Cash  is  acceptable,  but  please  bring  the  correct  amount,  as  we  may  not  have  change;  or  you  may  write  a  check  payable  to  “State  College  Area  School  District”.    Step  1:      Online  Directions  

 Teacher  Information  Management  Systems  –  TIMS  Please  go  to  the  PA  Department  of  Education’s  website:  www.education.pa.gov.    If  you  are  not  a  registered  user  on  the  PDE  website,  you  will  need  to  complete  the  registration.    24  hours  after  registering,  you  will  be  able  to  access  TIMS  with  your  new  user  id  and  password.    One  you  have  your  user  id  and  password,  sign  in  (first  time  use,  you  will  need  to  establish  a  TIMS  Profile)  and  click  on  Emergency  Permit  Application  in  the  right  column,  middle  of  the  page.    

1. Answer  all  background  questions  and  affidavit  check  area,  click  “Next”.  2. Demographics,  if  already  filled  in,  click  “Next”.  3. Certification  Details,  click  “Next”.  4. You  must  choose  “Institute  Affiliation”  &  select  “State  College  Area  School  

District”  (do  a  search  for  “STA”,  the  State  College  Area  School  District  will  appear  for  you  to  select).    Click  “Next”.  

5. Check  box  to  initiate  permit  request.    Once  complete  your  permit  information  will  then  be  forwarded  electronically  to  the  State  College  Area  School  District  for  approval  and  payment;  then  submission  to  PDE.    If  you  see  “Congratulations”  the  process  was  done  correctly.  

 Step  2:    Complete  the  paper  form    Complete  the  paper  form  attached.    Submit  to  State  College  schools  with  sealed  transcripts  (if  needed)  and  $5.00  fee.           Section  II.  2.    Subject  Area  Choices:   All  Instructional  Areas  PK-­‐12  (most  popular)         Dental  Hygienist  PK-­‐12             School  Nurse  PK-­‐12         All  Vocational  Areas  7-­‐12