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    This page is dedicated to instructors or faculty of nurse aide training programs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

    If you are interested in starting, revising or enhancing your nurse aide training program, the model curriculum is available on the Penn State website.

    New Program

    Program Requirements

    PDE Office Hours for NATCEP

    The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will be hosting, on a trial basis, open office hours for programs to connect with a NATCEP advisor virtually to discuss all issues Nurse Aide Training related. The format will be a scheduled Teams meeting that programs can link to from the Instructor’s Corner website. Advisors will be available to discuss questions related to Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) review, pre-screening of applicants for acceptance, curriculum requirements, program policy development, record keeping, the monitoring process, or any nurse aide training related topics that arise.

    The meetings will be:

    If there is sufficient participation, more dates will be scheduled for 2026.

    Program Revisions

    Nurse Aide Training Program – Report of Change schedule

    Report of Change processing is moved to Wednesdays beginning January 29.

    All materials must be received at PDE by noon the Friday prior to the review date.

    January 13
    January 29
    February 12
    February 26
    March 12
    March 26
    April 9
    April 23
    May 7
    May 21
    June 4
    June 18
    July 2
    July 16
    July 30
    August 13
    August 27
    September 10
    September 24
    October 8
    October 22
    November 5
    November 19
    December 3
    December 17
    December 31

    Criminal History Record Information

    Graduates of NATCEP

    Strategies Conference