Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Pennsylvania Department of Education supports the certification of educators across the Commonwealth. The Education Certification Evaluator reviews certification applications, test scores, coursework, and experience for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, issues certifications, tracks applications, responds to educator inquiries, and staffs the certification call center.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate certification applications, test scores, coursework, and experience for compliance with rules
- Approve applications, issue certifications, and request missing information when needed
- Monitor pending applications in the Teacher Information Management System and communicate with schools
- Respond to daily questions from educators and guide them through the certification process
- Staff the Certification Call Center to provide information and assistance to callers
- Help users navigate PDE systems, report issues, and support problem resolution efforts
Skills
- One year of clerical experience with three months experience in direct data entry/retrieval on a computer terminal and six months experience with educational credential certification laws, rules, and regulations; or
- Any equivalent combination of experience and training
- You must meet the PA residency requirement
- You must be able to perform essential job functions
Benefits
- Part-time telework from home, up to 4 days per week, for eligible employees who have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania.
- Health coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- Wellness programs
- Multiple retirement and investment plan options
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Eight weeks of paid parental leave
- Military leave
- Paid time off for most major U.S. holidays
- Flexible work schedules
- Work-from-home opportunities
- Opportunities for internal mobility
- Professional development
- The opportunity to give back by participating in workplace charitable giving
- Employee-only discounts and rates on a variety of services and memberships
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