List of TEACH Services

Below is a complete list of services TEACH provides to each user group:

Applicants for teacher certification, including administrative and pupil personnel services professionals

• Apply for a certificate
   
• Check the status of your application
   
• Apply for a duplicate certificate
   
• View/update your profile (update address, request a name change or social security update, etc.)
   
• View your certification record
   
• View/update your professional development record
   
• Apply for fingerprint clearance
   
• View the status of a fingerprint clearance request

Applicants for fingerprint clearance for employment in New York State school districts

• Apply for fingerprint clearance
   
• View the status of your fingerprint clearance request

Colleges/Universities

• View a candidate’s certification record
   
• Enter college recommendations for candidates (individually or through a batch process)
   
• Obtain status updates on your college recommended applicants
   
• Confirm Provisional or Initial certification for graduate program candidates
   
• View a report of candidate recommendations entered by your college
   

Public Schools

• View an employee/prospective employee’s certification, fingerprint, and employment history
   
• Enter Superintendent Statements for a Supplementary Certificate
   
• Obtain application status updates on current or potential employees
   
• Confirm the self-reported teaching experience of a prospective teacher
   
• Submit a request for fingerprint clearance for a prospective employee
   
• Report the termination of an employee
   
• View a report of fingerprint clearances requested
   
• View/update professional development hours completed by teachers they employ