The College of Saint Rose
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Albany New York 12203
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NYS Teacher Certification Requirements

Instructions for those graduating on or after December 2006:
(Please read all instructions and notes/exceptions before submitting your application)

The New York State Education Department has a new online processing system for NYS Teacher Certification called TEACH. The College of Saint Rose will be utilizing this new system beginning with students graduating in December, 2006. You will no longer be filing a paper application. You do not need to send transcripts to the State. Everything, including payment, will be done online though the TEACH system.

Click HERE to download the appropriate “Student Application Information Sheet” for the certificate that you are applying for. Please be sure to choose the appropriate set of instructions for your degree and certificate type (initial/professional – provisional/permanent). This sheet will give you step by step instructions to apply for your certificate(s) through the TEACH system.

You can submit your teacher certification application through the TEACH system at any time before or after you graduate. However, your application will not be reviewed by NYSED until after The College of Saint Rose sends our recommendation. The college will automatically send this recommendation approximately 3 weeks after the end of your last semester. For example, recommendations for December, 2006 graduates will be sent to the NYS Education Department around January 8, 2007.

We will not automatically recommend any student that has a hold on their account. This includes holds for unpaid bills, parking tickets, library, or any other outstanding financial obligation to the college. After you clear your hold, it is your responsibility to contact us at certification@strose.edu so that we can send your recommendation to the State.

You and your potential employers can check your certification status online at any time. Therefore, The College of Saint Rose will no longer be issuing letters confirming your pending certification status with NYSED.

At the bottom on each “Student Application Information Sheet” is contact information for the NYS Education Department should you have problems with the TEACH system. If you have problems filling out your application or have any questions about certification, please email us at certification@strose.edu.

Instructions for those who graduated before December 2006:

The instructions listed above for those graduating on or after December 2006 are the same instructions as you will follow with one LARGE exception. Since you graduated before the online system went in place, you will not be automatically recommended for certification. After you are done filling out your online application, you MUST contact us at certification@strose.edu to request that we recommend you for certification. Please include your name, student ID number, date of graduation, and certificate(s) that you are applying for. We will process your request within 48 hours and you will be able to see the recommendation on your TEACH account as soon as we send it through.

Important Notes/Exceptions:

The College of Saint Rose can only send our recommendation to the State for degrees that you have received from us. If you are applying for a certification area based on a degree that you received elsewhere, you will need to apply on your own. To do this online, be sure to select “Pathway: Individual Evaluation” when prompted to select your pathway.

For Example: If you have a Bachelor Degree from SUNY in Childhood Education and a Master’s Degree from Saint Rose in Literacy we can only recommend you for your Literacy degree. You will need to apply on your own for the Childhood Education certification

We will only send automatic recommendations for degrees awarded on or after December 2006. If you are applying for certification based on a degree previously awarded by The College of Saint Rose, you MUST contact us at certification@strose.edu so that we can send your recommendation manually. Please include your name, student ID number, date of graduation, and certificate(s) that you are applying for. We will process your request within 48 hours and you will be able to see the recommendation on your TEACH account as soon as we send it through.

For Example: You graduated from Saint Rose with your Bachelor’s in Childhood Education in May of 2004 and your Master’s in Literacy in December of 2006. We will automatically send in a recommendation for your Literacy degree, but if you are applying for (professional) certification in Childhood Education you will need to contact us so that we can manually recommend you.

If you are applying for the 5-6 or 7-9 extension, you will need to apply for two different certificates. The first would be the main certificate, and the second would be for the extension. Please repeat “Step 2” on the “Student Application Information Sheet” and choose the appropriate extension. You will then need to contact us at certification@strose.edu so that we can send your recommendation to the State for this extension.

The College of Saint Rose can only recommend you one time per degree.
For Example: You graduated in 2004 with your MSED in Childhood Education, and at that time we recommended you for your Initial Certification. You are now ready to apply for your Professional certification in Childhood Education. You will need to apply on your own for this certificate via the TEACH system, through individual evaluation rather than institutional recommendation. The same rules apply if you are going from provisional to permanent certification. The reasoning behind this is that our recommendation for certification is simply a verification that you have completed your program here. NYSED will not allow us to recommend you a second time since we have already verified your degree once before and there is nothing new to report.

Click below to download the appropriate “Student Application Information Sheet”.

Student Application Information Sheets
Initial Certifications

Student Application Information Sheets
Professional Certifications

Student Application Information Sheets
Provisional/Permanent Certifications