Certification
Regional Certification Offices
Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) are operated by Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).
The following BOCES Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) evaluate Classroom Teacher, Pupil Personnel Services, Teaching Assistants and Coaching applications. A limited number of these offices are open to the public. You should telephone in advance to determine availability.
If you choose to have a BOCES RCO evaluate your application for certification, you can send your documents to the BOCES or to the Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI), with the exception that colleges should send electronic transcripts to OTI (not to the BOCES).
Capital Region |
Eastern Suffolk |
Erie #1 |
Erie #2 - Chautauqua-Cattaraugus |
Genesee Valley 80 Munson Street LeRoy, NY 14482 (585) 344-7932 |
Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida |
Madison-Oneida (Certificate Progression only) Spring Road, P.O Box 168 Verona, NY 13478-0168 (315) 361-5512 |
Monroe #1 (eastside only) (Certificate Progression only) 41 O’Connor Road Foreman Center Fairport, NY 14450 (585) 383-2208 |
Nassau Administrative Center |
Oneida-Herkimer-Madison |
Onondaga-Cortland-Madison P.O. Box 4754 6820 Thompson Road Syracuse, NY 13221 (315) 433-2628 |
Orleans-Niagara 4232 Shelby Basin Road Medina, NY 14103 (716) 731-4176 Ext.2236 |
Oswego |
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany (GST BOCES) 459 Philo Rd, Bldg#11 Elmira NY 14903 (607) 654-2215 |
Otsego Northern Catskills P.O. Box 382 2020 Jump Brook Road Grand Gorge, NY 12434 (607) 588-6291 Ext.110 |
Rensselaer-Columbia-Greene (Questar III) 10 Empire State Blvd. Castleton, NY 12033 (518) 479-6883 |
Schuyler-Steuben-Chemung-Tioga-Allegany (GST BOCES) 459 Philo Rd, Bldg#11 Elmira NY 14903 (607) 654-2215 |
Sullivan County 6 Wierk Ave Liberty, NY 12754-2908 (845) 295-4021 |
Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex |
Western Suffolk |
The following BOCES Regional Certification Offices (RCOs) evaluate Coaching and Teaching Assistant applications only.
Broome-Delaware-Tioga |
Cayuga-Onondaga |
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming |
Dutchess County 5 BOCES Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 486-4800 ext. 217 |
Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego 352 Gros Blvd, Herkimer, NY 13350 |
Orange-Ulster |
Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga |
Southern Westchester |
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