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Register with the Statewide Clearinghouse for Teacher Recruitment

Applications for teacher certification invite the applicant to indicate whether he/she desires to have his or her name, address and certificate title(s) provided to the Statewide Clearinghouse for Teacher Recruitment and to local school districts recruiting school professionals. An applicant who responds in the affirmative and whose eligibility for certification is subsequently established will have his/her name posted on the electronic Clearinghouse system.

A certified person's name with relevant certificate information will remain on the system for eight months from the date it was entered on the Clearinghouse. The system will be purged on a monthly basis. In order to reactivate or add his/her name to the clearinghouse for another eight months a certificate holder must pay a $25.00 fee and apply for a duplicate certificate (PDF).

Administrator access to the Office of Teaching's Public Inquiry System through the Internet requires VT100 emulation. Security for the system requires that each user have a fully qualified domain name that is properly registered. This requirement is designed to limit and control access to teacher certification records, on a view-only basis, that should be treated securely and confidentially at all times. To request access to the system, the school district superintendent should write a letter on district letterhead requesting access to the system.  A password and materials explaining how to gain access to the system will be mailed.

You can send your letter to:

Deborah Horton
Office of Teaching Initiatives
New York State Education Department
5N Education Building
Albany, New York 12234

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