Teacher Certification

Emergency COVID-19 Certificates

At its July 2024 meeting, the New York State Board of Regents voted to extend the validity period of COVID-19 certificates that expire on August 31, 2024 or January 31, 2025 by changing the expiration date of such certificates to August 31, 2025. This amendment only affects certificates with those specific expiration dates; it does not apply to previously expired COVID-19 certificates or those with expiration dates after January 31, 2025. As of today, the TEACH system has been updated to reflect the updated expiration dates for these certificates.

Important Updates to the Child Abuse Workshop Requirement

Amendments have been signed into NYS Social Services Law requiring additional content within the NYS mandated Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment/Neglect coursework. The law requires every person who has previously undergone this training to undergo the new updated training by April 1, 2025. Please visit Child Abuse Workshop Updates for more information.

Education Preparation Workshop Update

The following Teacher Education Preparation Program Workshops are now available on Brightspace:

SAVE

DASA

Child Abuse Identification Workshop (CAW)

Fire/Arson (FA)

Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs (ATOD)

Initial Reissuance Update

NYSED has made changes to the requirements for the Initial Reissuance: Initial Reissuance

Find Your Path Back to Teaching

Schools in Western New York and across the nation are experiencing teacher and substitute teacher shortages. Find Your Path Back to Teaching can help move you into the role of classroom teacher as soon as possible so that you can help fill this need and make an important contribution to the lives of young people.

SBL Assessment Part 1 and 2 Update

Per NYSED’s Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI), candidates can take any combination of the SBL (Revised May 2013) Part 1 and Part 2 exams and SBL (Revised May 2019) Part 1 and Part 2 exams. Any SBL exam prior to the 2013 version is not acceptable.