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NYS Teacher Certification Overview

NYS Teacher Certification Overview. Statewide Network of Middle Level Liaisons March 22, 2010. MaryEllen Quinn NYSUT Research & Educational Services. Today’s Session…. Overview of Certification Requirements Overview of the Professional Development Requirement

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NYS Teacher Certification Overview

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  1. NYS Teacher Certification Overview Statewide Network of Middle Level Liaisons March 22, 2010 MaryEllen Quinn NYSUT Research & Educational Services

  2. Today’s Session… Overview of Certification Requirements Overview of the Professional Development Requirement Overview of Middle Level Certificates

  3. Initial Certificate College Recommendation Fingerprint clearance NYSTCE’s – LAST, ATS-W and CST Valid for 5 years No longer printed by NYSED

  4. Professional Certificate Master’s degree Three years of teaching experience First year mentored teaching experience Citizenship Career & tech titles have varied requirements

  5. Verification of Mentoring Public school districts must submit documentation of the mentored experience Superintendent Verification of Mentored Experience Form www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/otmentoredexp.pdf

  6. Extensions of Time Available for up to 2 years due to: Childbearing, childrearing, serious or extended illness Peace Corps or other volunteer service Abolition of teaching position Extreme hardship or circumstance Active duty with Armed Forces Unable to obtain teaching position or employed outside of teaching A third year is possible for extreme hardship http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/timeext.htm

  7. Expedited Service Requests from School Districts For priority processing of: new hires; teachers eligible for their Permanent/Professional certificate; and Supplementary certificate applications. Requests made through the BOCES Regional Certification Officer

  8. Middle Level Certificate Titles There are a variety of Certification types for teacher candidates interested in teaching at the Middle Level.  These include: Middle Grades Generalist Grades 5-9 Students with Disabilities Grades 5-9 Generalist Content area certificates for grades 5-9 Content area certificates for grades 7-12 Content area certificates for Students with Disabilities Grades 7-12 Specialized content area certificate extensions for grades 5-6 and 7-9 Special Subject Area certifications for all grades

  9. Experimental Middle School Status Assignments permissible pursuant to regulation are: Elementary school teacher may provide instruction only in: one or more of the common branch subjects not special subjects in grades seven and/or eight Secondary academic subject teacher may provide instruction only in: the academic subject for which he or she is certified in grades five and/or six

  10. Experimental Middle School Statuscontinued… A school district may not continue the assignment of a teacher in any teaching assignment covered by an experiment in organizational change for more than 5 years unless the teacher has obtained the certificate or extension.

  11. A Person with the 5-9 Generalist Certification

  12. A Person with the 5-9 Specialist Certification

  13. A Person with the 5-9 SWD Generalist Certification

  14. Professional Development Requirement 75 clock hours required to maintain the Level III certificate 175 clock hours required to maintain Professional certificate Five year professional development (PD) cycles Follows district Professional Development Plan (PDP)

  15. PD Requirementcontinued... The 5-year period begins on the July 1st after the date of the professional certificate Can complete requirement at any time during PD period Recordkeeping & reporting requirements for both schools and individuals Due process provisions for certificate holders

  16. PD Reporting Responsibility District Reports to SED completed PD in any year regularly employed Individual Reports to SED completed PD in any year not regularly employed All reporting through SED’s TEACH Online Services

  17. PD Hours Adjustment Adjustments to clock hours or time for completing professional development, at discretion of SED for good cause: • poor health • specific mental or physical disability • extended active duty with Armed Forces • extreme hardship • failure of school to adopt & implement PDP

  18. Additional Info/Resources • NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert • TEACH HelpLine – (518) 486-6041 77118

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