Initial and Professional

The New York State Education Department’s Office of Teaching Initiatives has created an online system for colleges and universities to recommend candidates for certification. The system also allows candidates who have completed an approved teaching program to apply for certification. The system is made up of two parts:

                    3. Submission of required documentation to the recommending institution (Pace University)

                    4. An online application


A)     SUBMISSIONS TO PACE UNIVERSITY
As a candidates seeking a teaching certificate, your recommendation for New York State certification from the University will require you to submit several documents to the Pace School of Education office. (If you have already submitted these documents, please note so on the certification checklist.) All candidates must submit:

All Candidates must submit:
  1. Certificate of the Child Abuse Prevention Workshop
  2. Certificate of the Violence Prevention Workshop
  3. Undergraduate transcripts (official copies), with the degree conferred
  4. LAST: a photocopy of your LAST score report
  5. CST: a photocopy of your CST score report
  6. ATS-P: a photocopy of you ATS-P (video) score report, if applicable
Please submit these materials to:
Ms. S. Lerry
School of Education, Wright Cottage
861 Bedford Road
Pleasantville, NY 10570
 

B) ONLINE APPLICATION
In order to apply online you must create a TEACH login and password at the New York State Directory Services. Instructions are provided as you go through the self-registration process. To self-register and login to TEACH go to www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach and follow the instructions provided.
Remember to click “done” after each step.
Select Profile Links
This is where you will enter personal information, educational history, teaching position, and information about your current program at Pace.
Select Personal Information
Enter all personal information; make sure to click “save” or “add.”
Select Education Information
  1. Choose “All Other Programs and Coursework”
  2. Enter the requested information for your undergraduate degree (for the college that granted your undergraduate degree). Click “save” or “add.”
  3. If you have additional coursework or degrees, you will again select “All Other Programs and Coursework”; enter the information for these other degrees/coursework (each institution must have a separate entry).
When you have entered all prior coursework/degrees, you must then enter information on the current Pace program. To do this, you must choose “Approved New Your State Certification Programs: Select this radio button if you completed a New York State institution that leads to a recommendation for a teaching certificate.”
There is specific information that you must know and enter in this section in order to assure that your application is correctly processed. The responses you must enter are indicated below for each of the prompts:

Institution Name:
Pace University – Pleasantville
Award Title:
Masters of Science for Teachers (MST) OR Advanced Cert (Choose MST for those who do NOT already have a master’s degree.  Choose Advanced Cert. for who already have a master’s degree and only completing the 24-credit program.
Program Title/code:
Choose EITHER “26198 Alt Teacher Prep: Adolescence (Trans B)” for those in the MST program, OR “24509 Alt Teacher Prep (Trans C)”, for those in the Advanced Certificate program.
Major:
Select “Education”
Date Degree Received:
 
Attended From: 
 
Attended To: 
 
Number of Credits Earned: 
 

Remember to click “done” after each step.
Select Employment Information
If you have taught previously on the K-12 levels, enter that information. Click “add” or “save.”
Return to the “TEACH Home” page and click on “Online Application.”
Select “Apply for Certificate”
Click “next.”
You will need to complete the chart “Select Your Certificate Title”, by using the series of five drop-down selections to choose the title and type of teaching certificate for which you will apply. The selections differ depending on program and certification area. Please find your certification area below**, and make the indicated selections. Note: some of the selections you will make are not intuitive; it is imperative that you make the correct selections (see last page of this document).
The cost for each certificate is $50. When you have completed the online application process, you will be asked to enter a credit card to pay for the certification OR to print-out a payment voucher. You can either pay online or print out the voucher and mail in your voucher and payment.
If you have problems with the online application, you need to contact the TEACH Technical support by telephone Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. at (518) 486-6041 or via email at teachhelp@mail.nysed.gov . 
If you have other questions about certification or this process, please contact Carol Ross at (914) 248-2357 or Ms. S. Lerry at (914) 773-3872.
**CERTIFICATION PROCESSING – DROP-DOWN MENU
SCIENCE TEACHERS
For “Select you Area of Interest”: select “Classroom Teacher”
For “Select your Subject Area”: select “Biology” OR “Chemistry” OR “Earth Science” OR “Physics”
For “Select the Grade Level”: select “Adolescent – Grades 7-12”
For “Select the Title”: select “Biology 7-12” OR “Chemistry 7-12” OR “Earth Science 7-12” OR “Physics 7-12”
For “Select your Certificate Type”: select “Transitional B Certificate” OR “Transitional C Certificate”
MATHEMATICS TEACHERS (Math or Math Immersion)
For “Select you Area of Interest”: select “Classroom Teacher”
For “Select your Subject Area”: select “Mathematics”
For “Select the Grade Level”: select “Adolescent – Grades 7-12”
For “Select the Title”: select “Mathematics 7-12”
For “Select your Certificate Type”: select “Transitional B Certificate” OR “Transitional C Certificate”
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH TEACHERS
For “Select you Area of Interest”: select “Classroom Teacher – Foreign Languages”
For “Select your Subject Area”: select “Spanish” OR “French” OR “Italian”, etc.
For “Select the Grade Level”: select “Adolescent – Grades 7-12”
For “Select the Title”: select “Spanish 7-12” OR “French 7-12” OR “Italian 7-12”
For “Select your Certificate Type”: select “Transitional B Certificate” OR “Transitional C Certificate”