NYS Teacher Requirements
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/ Click HERE to create your account!
There are new requirements for teachers/administrators who are required to register on their TEACH account every five years. This chart explains who is required to register and what CTLE requirements they are subject to based upon their teaching license.
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/Registration%20Table.pdf
For access to the TEACH website, please visit: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/login.html
Please keep in mind that this is different from the BEDS process that you do online (That is coming in early October when you verify teaching experience, base salary, course registration, student enrollment in each class and educational experience).
For some of you, registration on the TEACH system may be required unless you have applied for certification in the last five years or updated your account information. If you receive an error message, please follow the directions on retrieving your username and/or password. Unfortunately, neither the Human Resources Office nor the IT Office can assist you with this process. You must contact the TEACH HELP LINE at 518-486-6041 or submit the online form: https://secureforms.nysed.gov/ohe/tcert/technical.cfm
Thank you for your attention to this important matter!
Dave Perry
Beginning on July 1, 2016 individuals who hold a permanent or professional certificate in the classroom teaching service or educational leadership service (i.e., school building leader, school district leader, school district business leader) or a Level III Teaching Assistant certificate prior to July 1, 2016, shall apply for initial registration during the 2016-2017 school year during his/her month of birth and shall renew his/her registration in the last year of each subsequent five-year period thereafter. For example, an existing professional certificate holder that works in a NYS public school and has a date of birth of 3/20 would register during the month of March 2017. Their first Registration period would be 3/2017 through 3/31/2022. Permanently or Professionally certified classroom teachers, educational leaders and Level III Teaching Assistants practicing in a New York State school district or Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) must register as indicated. Practicing means employed 90 days or more during a school year by a single applicable school in a position requiring certification. Classroom teachers and educational leaders that hold Professional certificates and Level III Teaching Assistants practicing in a New York State school district or BOCES will be subject to CTLE requirements in addition to Registration requirements.
For more information, please click here: http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/news/newsitem05122015.html
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/ Click HERE to create your account!
For most veteran teachers, you will need to create a NY.GOV teach account. Below are the instructions.
https://www.screencast.com/t/xaXLNzPrTiM (Video that shows what you need to do)
How to create a Username and password or (Self Register)
Please go to the Office of Teaching Initiatives website here and click “Teach Online Resources”
On the next screen, please click the link “Create a NY.gov TEACH account”- On the next screen check off that you have not yet created a TEACH account.
On the next screen you will be creating a username, and please enter information into the required fields and on this page. Afterward you will receive an email from NY.gov. (Please note the username that is chosen is permanent) Please ensure the username chosen is under 10 characters.
Please click on the link in the email, and then follow the prompts to create a password. (If the email received from Ny.gov is received into your spam or junk folders, please drag the email to your inbox to avoid an error message)
After the password has been created, click “continue” or please go to http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/home.html and click “Login to TEACH”.
On the next screen enter your new username, and password. Once you have confirmed the required information, you will then be at your TEACH home page. From that page, you will see all of the online services available to you.
http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/selfreg_new.html