Certification
Permit authorizing service under an out-of-state certificate for certain servicemembers and spouses
| Permit authorizing service under an out-of-state certificate for certain servicemembers and spouses | |
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Description |
A military servicemember or servicemembers’ spouse who relocates their residency because of a military order or orders for military service in New York State; holds a valid, comparable educator certificate or license in good standing in another U.S. state or jurisdiction; and has actively used such certificate or license during the two years immediately preceding the relocation may practice under the out-of-state certificate or license in New York State if he or she meets the requirements for a permit. |
Validity |
Please see below. |
Application Fee |
None |
Paper Certificate Printed? |
No, this permit is NOT printed at the time of issuance. Please verify this permit in the TEACH System. |
Other Options
If a military servicemember or their spouse holds a valid, comparable out-of-state educator certificate and has completed three years of acceptable experience, they may be eligible for the Initial certificate (teachers, school building leaders, and school counselors) or the Professional certificate (school district leaders or school district business leaders) through the “Endorsement of a Certificate” pathway and choose to pursue that certificate type instead of this permit. Information about this pathway is available on the Endorsement of a Certificate webpage.
Military servicemembers or their spouses who hold a valid, comparable out-of-state educator certificate, but are not eligible for this permit because they do not have two years of acceptable experience immediately preceding the relocation, may be eligible for the Transitional J certificate. The Transitional J certificate requirements are described on the Search Certification Requirements webpage.
Attestation
For the permit, the military servicemember or their spouse must attest that they submit to the full disciplinary and regulatory authority of the Board of Regents and the New York State Education Department, including but not limited to standards of practice, discipline, and fulfillment of any continuing education requirements for the area in which the permit is issued. To satisfy this requirement, they must complete and send this attestation form.
Validity Period
The permit is valid for the duration of the military order or orders for service in New York State or for the time period during which the out-of-state certificate or license is valid, whichever length of time ends first. However, that if disciplinary action is taken against the permit holder by the other state or jurisdiction in which they hold a certificate or license, the permit shall no longer be valid as the servicemember or servicemember’s spouse would no longer be in good standing in such other state or jurisdiction.
- If the military order or orders do not include an expiration date and the out-of-state certificate or license does not include an expiration date, the permit will not have an expiration date until such order or orders are revised or updated or the out-of-state certificate or license is updated to include an expiration date.
- If the duration of such order or orders changes, the permit holder must send an email to the Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI) at tcert@nysed.gov and provide the revised or updated military order or orders for service in New York State showing the updated expiration date of such orders.
- If the time period during which the out-of-state certificate or license is valid changes, the permit holder must send an email to OTI at tcert@nysed.gov and provide documentation showing the updated certificate or license expiration date.
- If disciplinary action is taken against the permit holder by the other state or jurisdiction in which they hold a certificate or license, the permit holder shall notify OTI by sending an email to tcert@nysed.gov.
- OTI will change the expiration date of the permit based on the revised or updated military order or orders for service in New York State that show a new or updated expiration date of such orders or documentation showing the updated end date of service or certificate or license expiration date.
Individuals who hold a valid permit are subject to the moral character review process pursuant to Part 83 of the Commissioner’s regulations. Failure to provide revised or updated military order or orders for service in New York State and/or documentation showing an updated certificate or license expiration date may constitute grounds for a moral character review.
Tenure and CTLE
Individuals who hold a valid permit in the classroom teaching service, pupil personnel service, or as a school building leader and are employed as a full-time educator will be considered a professional educator and appointed to tenure or to a probationary period in a tenure area. They will also be subject to any evaluation requirements pursuant to Part 30 of the Rules of the Board of Regents
For classroom teachers and building principals, in order to be appointed to tenure, such educators shall be subject to the same requirements prescribed in the Education Law related to satisfactory service and annual evaluations as any other classroom teacher or building principal.
Additionally, individuals who hold this permit in the classroom teaching service or educational leadership service for five or more years are subject to the continuing teacher and leader education (CTLE) requirements pursuant to Part 80-6 of the Commissioner’s regulations.