Certification
Internship Certificate
The following table provides an overview of the Internship certificate. Candidates who held a New York State certificate are not eligible for the Internship certificate in the same area of the certificate held.
Description |
For the Internship certificate, candidates must be enrolled in a NYS registered graduate educator preparation program that leads to teacher, school counselor, school psychology, or educational leadership (school building leader, school district leader, and school district business leader) certification and includes an internship experience(s). Candidates must also have completed at least 50% of the semester hour requirement for the program. The program would submit an institutional recommendation for certification and must provide appropriate supervision. |
Validity |
The Internship certificate is valid for up to two years from its effective date and is not renewable. When the candidate completes or leaves the program, the certificate is no longer valid. |
Application Fee |
$50 |
Paper Certificate Printed? |
No. The Internship certification is verified in the TEACH system. |
Internship Definition
The Internship certificate enables candidates who are enrolled in a NYS registered graduate educator preparation program leading to teacher, school counselor, school psychology, or educational leadership certification to work in New York State public schools in the area of the certificate during their internship experience. An “internship” is the student teaching experience (or its equivalent) in teacher preparation programs, the full-time leadership experience in educational leadership programs, and the internship in school counselor and school psychology programs. Clinical experiences prior to the internship are not considered part of the internship (e.g., 100 clock hours of field experiences prior to student teaching are not part of the internship). Candidates must be supervised by program faculty and appropriately certified school personnel in the area of the certificate sought, according to the regulations and program requirements.
Institutional Recommendation for Certification
Candidates must have an institutional recommendation for certification to receive the Internship certificate. They are eligible for the Internship certificate if they have completed at least 50% of the semester hour requirement for the program and meet any additional criteria set forth by their institution. The educator preparation program could submit the institutional recommendation for this certificate for eligible candidates if they have:
- Met the 50% semester hour requirement and any additional institutional criteria,
- Not completed the internship for their program, and
- Been hired by a school district or BOCES for their internship, as defined above (e.g., clinical experiences prior to the internship are not considered part of the internship).
Candidates need to apply and pay the fee for the Internship certificate. After they have applied, received the institutional recommendation, and completed their fingerprint clearance, the certificate will automatically issue in the candidates’ TEACH account.
Since the Internship certificate enables candidates to work in New York State public schools during their internship experience, programs cannot submit the institutional recommendation for this certificate for candidates after their internship ends.
Validity Period
The Internship certificate is valid for up to two years. If a candidate who holds the Internship certificate leaves the educator preparation program prior to graduating, the program should immediately send an email to the Office of Teaching Initiatives to provide the date on which the candidate left the program, which will become the expiration date of the certificate.
When candidates successfully complete the educator preparation program, the Internship certificate is no longer valid when the program submits the candidates’ institutional recommendations for certification in the TEACH system (e.g., Initial and/or Professional, Provisional and/or Permanent).
Should a time extension beyond two years of the issued Internship Certificate be necessary AND the candidate is still enrolled in the educator preparation program, the certificate can receive one, three-year time extension. However, should the candidate leave the program or graduate, the time extension will expire. Please see the Time Extension webpage: Time Extension of a Transitional, Internship, or Residency Certificate