Certification

Regional Certification Offices

Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) are operated by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES). 

The following BOCES Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) evaluate Classroom Teacher, Pupil Personnel Services, Teaching Assistants and Coaching applications. A limited number of these offices are open to the public. You should telephone in advance to determine availability. 

If you choose to have a BOCES RCO evaluate your application for certification, you can send your documents to the BOCES or to the Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI), with the exception that colleges should send electronic transcripts to OTI (not to the BOCES).

Capital Region
900 Watervliet Shaker Road
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 862-4918
certification@neric.org

Dutchess County
(Certificate Progression only)
5 BOCES Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
(845) 486-4800
vanessa.sotomayor@dcboces.org

Eastern Suffolk
201 Sunrise Highway
Patchogue, NY 11772
(631) 687-3020
teachercert@esboces.org

Erie #1
355 Harlem Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
(716) 821-7194

Erie #2 - Chautauqua-Cattaraugus
8685 Erie Road
Angola, NY 14006
(716) 549-4454

Genesee Valley
80 Munson Street
LeRoy, NY 14482
(585) 344-7932

Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida
20104 State Route 3
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 779-7000 jlbcertification@boces.com https://www.boces.com/

Madison-Oneida
(Certificate Progression only)
Spring Road, P.O Box 168
Verona, NY 13478-0168
(315) 361-5512
Monroe #1 (eastside only)
(Certificate Progression only)
41 O’Connor Road
Foreman Center
Fairport, NY 14450
(585) 383-2208

Nassau Administrative Center
Teacher Certification Office

P. O. Box 9195
Garden City, New York 11530-9195
(516) 396-2368
tchrcert@nasboces.org

Oneida-Herkimer-Madison
(Certificate Progression only)
Box 70, Middle Settlement Road
New Hartford, NY 13413
(315) 793-8562

Onondaga-Cortland-Madison
P.O. Box 4754
6820 Thompson Road
Syracuse, NY 13221
(315) 433-2628
certification@ocmboces.org
OCM BOCES

Oswego
179 County Rte. 64
Mexico, NY 13114
(315) 963-4216
lspencer@citiboces.org

Otsego Northern Catskills
P.O. Box 382
2020 Jump Brook Road
Grand Gorge, NY 12434
(607) 588-6291
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene (Questar III)
10 Empire State Blvd.
Castleton, NY 12033
(518) 479-6883
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany (GST BOCES)
459 Philo Rd, Bldg#11
Elmira NY 14903
(607) 739-3581
Sullivan County
15 Sullivan Ave
Liberty, NY 12754
(845) 295-4000
certifications@scboces.org

Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex
267 Ballard Road, Suite 5
Wilton, NY 12831
(518) 581-3370
certification@wswheboces.org

Western Suffolk
507 Deer Park Road
PO Box 8007
Huntington Station, NY 11746-9007
(631) 549-4900
certification@wsboces.org

 

 

The following BOCES Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) evaluate Coaching and Teaching Assistant applications only.

Broome-Delaware-Tioga
435 Glenwood Road
Binghamton, NY 13905-1699
(607) 766-3829

Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming
1825 Windfall Road
Olean, NY 14760
(716) 376-8374
certifications@caboces.org
Website

Cayuga-Onondaga
1879 West Genesee Street Road
Auburn, NY 13021
(315) 253-0361
aryerson@cayboces.org

Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego
352 Gros Blvd
Herkimer, NY 13350
315-867-2000

Orange-Ulster
53 Gibson Road
Goshen, NY 10924
(845) 291-0140

Orleans-Niagara
4232 Shelby Basin Road
Medina, NY 14103
(716) 731-6800 Ext. 2236

Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga
555 Warren Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 257-1551 xt 1047

Southern Westchester
17 Berkley Drive
Rye Brook, NY 10573
(914) 937-3820



 

Last Updated: February 29, 2024