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WELCOME, MU Students!. Goal today: overview of NYS teacher certification facts for those who completed a full state-approved education program @ Mansfield Univ. Please ask questions, or call me. 607/654-2215 (office in Elmira Heights) bdenardo@gstboces.org
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WELCOME, MU Students! • Goal today: overview of NYS teacher certification facts for those who completed a full state-approved education program @ Mansfield Univ. • Please ask questions, or call me. • 607/654-2215 (office in Elmira Heights) • bdenardo@gstboces.org http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/teachrecother.html
Candidate Application Process • Candidates apply on TEACH & pay with a credit card (know your userid & password). • NYS Fingerprinting clearance is needed. (MU has intake forms & refers you to GST BOCES for fingerprint rolling) • Only NYSED reviews credentials for those applying under reciprocity. • Official transcripts, copy of your PA cert., exams & workshop certs. are always needed. Transcripts are valid 3 yrs (kept on file 3 yrs). MU’sEtranscripts are not accepted by NYSED.
Certification Levels-Reciprocity Conditional Initial (valid 1 year)7/9/14 exams,workshops now (need PA cert in same subject/grade range, app/fee, etc.) needed for conditional initial Initial (valid another 4 years) NOTE: Exams changed 5/1/14 (need 45 exams & 34 workshops...no additional fee) Professional (valid continuously with PD) (need app/fee, master’s degree, mentoring, 3yrs teachin.) On-going professional development (PD) (175hrs/5yrs needed forever more)
Conditional Initial Certification • Application (TEACH) & $100 fee • Official Bachelor’s transcript w/degree conferral is needed (no e-transcripts) • Full NYSED fingerprint clearance • Copy of current PA certificate in same subject/grade range • All exams & workshops also needed www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach
Initial Certification • Within 1yr from date of conditional initial cert., initial certification is required • No application or fee is needed (those on file from conditional initial count for this) • edTPA needed NOTE: Exams changed 5/1/14. New rules 7/9/14. • All other exams, workshops must be on file for conditional initial certificate child abuse identification; SAVE; autism; DASA. EAS, ALST, CST exams needed for cond.initial.
Professional Certification • Application & $100 fee are needed (w/in 5 yrs from date of conditional initial cert.) • Official Master’s transcript w/degree conferral is needed (no e-transcripts) • 12 grad crs. in your subject/content area • mentoring form (to prove mentoring) • 3 yrs f/t teaching in the subject/grade of your cert. (you enter on TEACH)
Professional Development • Begins July 1 AFTER the date of your professional certificate • You keep a log & annual hours entry is recorded on TEACH • 175 hrs/5 years needed • Public NYS school record this in TEACH for you. Otherwise, you record this. • Keep copies of logs for your records
Pathway Selection (TEACH) • Reciprocity is the pathway for your first-level certificate that you possess in PA • For the 2nd level certificate in NYS, “certificate progression” is the pathway you will request on TEACH • If you want a certificate you did not gain in PA, the pathway is individual evaluation for additional certificate
Evaluator (TEACH) • Only NYSED reviews applications under reciprocity • BOCES or NYSED can review certificate progression applications • BOCES or NYSED can review individual evaluations for additional certificate • Working with/through NYSED will always take longer 518/474-3901 http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/teachrecother.html
Additional Certificates • For some candidates, gaining additional certification (after 1 initial) is not difficult. • i.e. a Bio tchr needs app, fee, 30 crs in Physics & CST in Physics for Physics certification • i.e. Stdts w/Dis (SWD) 1-6 can often gain SWD birth-2 certification w/1 course. • SWD7-12 Generalists must collaborate (are not teacher “of record”)
Applying to School Districts • Most districts have their own employment application process. • Most require: application, cover letter, resume, copy of transcripts, proof of NY tchr. cert. (print from TEACH), 3 ref. letters. • View websites to gain employment info. i.e. www.gstboces.org districts • Retain copies of your materials.
NYSED Regulations • No time-limited certificates are printed. TEACH is viewed to verify such. • Professional certificates will be printed. • The NYSED site is a great resource: www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert • In the future, only 2 evaluations per cert. application fee will be allowed. • Regulations changed 7/9/14