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Regional Certification Offices

Regional certification offices are operated by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) and a limited number of offices are open to the public. You should telephone in advance to determine availability.  Their certification specialists can advise on requirements for certification, evaluate credentials, and offer expedited processing of applications.

Broome-Delaware-Tioga
435 Glenwood Road
Binghamton, NY 13905-1699
(607) 766-3829
Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida
20104 State Route 3
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 779-7024
(800) 356-4356 ext. 7024
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany BOCES
9579 Vocational Drive
Building  #9
Painted Post, NY 14870
(607) 654-2269
Capital Region BOCES
1031 Watervliet-Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 862-4915
Madison-Oneida
Spring Road, P.O. Box 168
Verona, NY 13478-0168
(315) 361-5512

Southern Westchester
17 Berkley Drive
Rye Brook, NY 10573
(914) 937-6107

Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming
1825 Windfall Road
Olean, NY 14760
(716) 376-8374
Monroe #1 (eastside only)
41 O'Connor Road
Foreman Center
Fairport, NY 14450
(585) 383-2208
St. Lawrence-Lewis
P.O. Box 231
139 State Street Road
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 386-4504

Cayuga-Onondaga
St.Mary's Annex
17 Clymer St.
Auburn, NY 13021
(315) 252-2107 x166

Monroe #2 - Orleans BOCES*
No Regional Certification Office
Dutchess County BOCES
5 BOCES Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 486-4800 ext. 217
Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington
P.O. Box 455
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
(518) 561-0100 ext. 216
Nassau BOCES Administrative Center
Teacher Certification Office
P. O. Box 9195
Garden City, New York 11530-9195
(516) 396-2368
Eastern Suffolk I
201 Sunrise Highway
Patchogue, NY 11772
(631) 687-3020
Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego
6678 Cty Rd 32
East River Road
Norwich, NY 13815-3554
(607) 335-1309
Oneida-Herkimer-Madison
Box 70, Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, NY 13413
(315) 793-8562
Western Suffolk II
P.O. Box 8007
Huntington Station, NY 11746-9007
(631) 549-4900
Erie #1
355 Harlem Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 821-7194
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison
P.O. Box 4754
Syracuse, NY 13221
(315) 433-2628
Sullivan County
6 Wierk Ave
Liberty, NY 12754-2908
(845) 292-0082
Erie #2 - Chautaugua-Cattaraugus
8685 Erie Road
Angola, NY 14006
(716) 549-4454
Orange-Ulster
53 Gibson Road
Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 291-0140
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga
555 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 257-1551
ext. 309
Franklin-Essex- Hamilton
23 Huskie Lane Malone, NY 12953
(518) 483-5230
Orleans-Niagara
4232 Shelby Basin Road
Medina, NY 14103
(716) 731-4176 Ext.2236
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex
1153 Burgoyne Ave, Suite 2
Fort Edward, NY 12828-1134
(518) 746-3370
Genesee Valley
80 Munson Street
LeRoy, NY 14482
(585) 344-7932
Oswego
179 County Rte. 64
Mexico, NY 13114
(315) 963-4216

Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES*
No Regional Certification Office
Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery
2755 State Highway 67
Johnstown, NY 12095
518-736-4360
Otsego Northern Catskills
Frank W. Cyr Center
159 West Main St.
Stamford, NY 12167
(607) 652-1252
 
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
352 Gros Boulevard
Herkimer, NY 13350
(315) 867-2007
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene
(Questar III)
10 Empire State Blvd.
Castleton, NY 12033
(518) 477-8771
 

* For those applicants residing in the area served by this BOCES or who are seeking employment in a school district served by this BOCES, please direct applications and other inquiries concerning certification issues to Genesee Valley BOCES.

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