Office of Teaching Initiatives

Announcements

• NYSTCE Science Content Tests will be retired on August 9, 2026 | 3/18/2026
• Acceptance of Exams Other than the NYSTCE Towards New York State Educator Certification | 10/10/2025
• New Teaching Assistant Certificate Options | 10/8/2025
• Computer Science CST Requirement | 8/29/2025
• Second Update Child Abuse Identification Workshop | 8/29/2025
• New Due Date for Supplementary Certificate options for ESOL and Bilingual Extension | 8/29/2025
• Incidental Teaching Flexibility Extended | 7/22/2025
• Updated Policy for Verifying High School Diploma/High School Equivalency (HSE) | 5/14/2025
• Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate pathway – Content Core requirement reduced from 30 semester hours to 18 semester hours | 4/22/2025
• NYSTCE Certification Exam Waiver Process Now Available | 2/25/2025
• New Administrator Certificate and Superintendent Extension | 1/29/2025
• TEACHNY, a partnership between NYSED and TEACH.org, supports aspiring educators | 9/3/2024
• Emergency COVID-19 Certificates Set to Expire on 8/31/24 and 1/31/25 – Will Now Expire on 8/31/25 | 7/19/2024
• Child Abuse Identification and Reporting Workshop Requirements, including updated Mandated Reporter Components | 1/10/2024
• Time extension, Reissuance, and Renewal regulation changes as of August 2, 2023 | 8/18/2023
• New Indigenous Culture and Language Studies Certificate | 7/13/2023
• Earnings Limit for Retirees Working at School Districts and BOCES Suspended through June 30, 2027 | 5/16/2023
• Update to CLEP transcript submission process starting on August 1, 2023 | 5/12/2023
• School Building Leader Experience Requirements Updated | 4/26/2023
• Provisional School Counselor Deadline Extended (for NYS Program Completers Only) | 4/19/2023
• Computer Science Statement of Continued Eligibility (SOCE) Deadline Extended | 10/4/2022
• New Students With Disabilities (All Grades) Certificate Created | 9/14/2022
• New Literacy (All Grades) Certificate Created | 9/14/2022
• Additional Science Certificate Content Core Requirement Change | 6/20/2022
• Elimination of the edTPA Requirement for Certification | 4/12/2022
• Teacher Performance Assessment Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | 4/12/2022
• Elimination of the General Core in Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirement for Certification | 4/12/2022
• Revised Definition of a Year of Experience | 4/12/2022

**The Office of Teaching Initiatives is offering monthly trainings on the Registration, Re-registration, and CTLE requirements. This is available to district administrators and educators.**

Wednesday, May 13, 2026, 3:00pm will be the last training before summer. Trainings will resume in October 2026.

Click here to register.

• Applicants from Other States
• Becoming Certified
  
• Check Application Status
  
• Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE)/Registration
• Forms
  

• Name Change
• Reissuance / Renewals
• Submitting Documents
• TEACH Help
  
• Teaching Assistants
  
• Testing / Exams
  
• Time Extensions