Certification

Types of Certificates and Licenses


Certificates Currently Available for Applicants

 

Certificates No Longer Available for Issuance

  • School Administrator and Supervisor - Provisional Certificate
    Validity: Valid for five years

  • Classroom Teacher - Permanent Certificate
    Valid for life, unless revoked or suspended for cause by the New York State Education Department

  • Classroom Teacher - Provisional Certificate
    Validity: Valid for five years

  • Classroom Teacher - Transitional E Certificate
    Validity: Valid for three years

  • Teaching Assistant - Continuing Certificate
    Validity: the certificate is valid continuously, except when the holder has not been regularly employed as a teaching assistant in the public schools of New York for a period of five consecutive years, in which case the validity of the certificate shall lapse.
Last Updated: February 19, 2019