Pupil Personnel & Teaching
This office is currently only evaluating Teacher Professional Certificate Progression applications.
Please select the New York State Office of Teaching for all other types of evaluations.
Progression from Initial to Professional Certification:
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Initial Certification is valid for five years. Check your TEACH account for the exact expiration date of your initial certification.
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Within the five years, you must complete certain requirements. General information is listed on the following chart, but when you are ready to apply, Search the Certification Requirements for Professional Certificate here.
| Requirement | Verification after you apply in TEACH |
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| Obtain a Master's Degree (along with requirements for specific graduate coursework, in some cases) | Official transcripts with degree conferral date of your Master’s degree and either the last four of your SSN or DOB on them or a College Recommendation in TEACH |
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Complete three years of teaching experience: 3 years = 540 days Once you have one Professional certification, the experience requirement is considered "verified met" for all subsequent Professional certifications.) |
As of 9/1/16, all teaching experience for professional certification must be verified using this experience verification form. |
| Mentoring component | Statement entered by the school district |
| Workshops | Electronically reported to TEACH |
Time Extension/Initial Reissuance:
If you will not have the requirements completed for professional certification by the expiration date of your initial certification, you may need to apply for a time extension or a reissuance. Prior to applying, it is suggested that you read the requirements carefully:
Maintaining Professional Certification
Once a Professional certification has issued, you must maintain this certification by doing 100 CTLE (Continuing Teacher and Leader Education) hours every 5 years.
You can find your CTLE cycle dates listed in your TEACH account.
CTLE must be taken by an approved CTLE sponsor.
Keep track of all activities on this log and keep all certificates of completion. At the end of the 5 year cycle, you will have to login to your TEACH account and attest that you completed these hours and it is possible that you could be audited.
You can read more about the CTLE guidelines here.
Additional Areas of Certification
This office is not yet evaluating Additional Certification applications but will be in the future
Search Certification Requirements for your specific certificate title.