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Hire RightCaryl Cohen

NYC Charter School Center

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Todaysagenda

Cer$fica$on NCLBHighlyQualified CandidateProfilesandInterstateReciprocity RecruitmentBingo Fingerprin$ng CaseStudies

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Youfoundtheperfectcandidate,butdoesthis

personhavethenecessarycreden$alsto

behired?

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NYcharterschoolsareregulatedwithrespect

towhomtheycanhiretoworkintheirschools

TobecompliantwithFederal,Stateandauthorizersregula$ons,charterschoolsmustensure:

AllteachersareNewYorkStatecer$fied Averysmallnumberofuncer$fiedteacherscanworkincharterschools;alluncer$fiedteachersmustfall

underanuncer$fiedteacherexemp$on

AllteachersofcoreNoChildLeOBehindsubjectsarehighlyqualifiedfortheirassignments

AllteachingassistantshaveapplicableNewYorkStatecer$fica$on

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Whatdoesthismean?

Itisalwayseasiestforcharterschoolstobecompliantiftheyhire:

TeacherswhoareNewYorkStatecer0fiedin

thesubjectandgradelevelfortheirassignment

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CERTIFICATION

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Knowthebasicsaboutcerficaon:subject

andgrade

Ateachingcerficateisissuedforaparcularsubjectandgradelevel Forexample:ChildhoodEd1-6,MiddleSchoolGeneralist5-9,

Academicsubjects5-9and/or7-12),StudentswithDisabili$es

1-6andthenewStudentswithDisabiliesGeneralist7-12. CharterschoolsAREallowedtohavecerfiedteachersteachingoutoftheircerficaonsubjectorgradelevel

Inacharterschool,ateachercer$fiedinchildhoodeduca$on(grades1-6)CANteacheighthgrademath

However,thecharterschoolteacherMUSTprovethats/heisNCLBHighlyQualifiedforhis/herassignment

Specialeduca$onitisbesttohirecer$fiedspecialedteachers7


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UnderstandNYScerficaontypes

Therearemanytypesofcerficates Ini$al,Condi$onalIni$al,Professional,Permanent,TransB,Internship,etc.

Cer$ficatesarevalidforvaryinglengthsof$me(2years,3years,5years,noexpira$ondate)

ateacherwithanexpiredcer$ficateisUNCERTIFIED Somecer$ficatesareonlyvalidifthecer$ficateholderiscurrentlyinaspecificeduca$onalprogram(TransB,

Internship) Somecer$ficatesrequiretheholdertotaketestswithinaspecificperiodof$me(Condi$onalIni$al)

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Type Years Comments

EntryLevelAllcharterschoolteachersmusthavestateandfederalclearanceonTEACH

Ini$al 5 Completedapprovedteacherprepprogram(orequivalent),passedallNewYorkStatecer$fica$onexams,completedChildAbuseIden$fica$onandViolence

Preven$onworkshops(+Au$smforspecialed).LeadstoProfessional

Condi$onalIni$al

2 ut-of-statecer$fiedteacherseligibleforreciprocityandhave2yearstocompleteNewYorkStateexamsandworkshops.HaveLevelIITeaching

Cer$ficatefromanotherstateANDEITHERcompletedacomparableteacher

prepprogramRhave3yearsofteachingwithinthepast7years

TransB 3 Forpar$cipantsinalterna$vecer$fica$onprograms,i.e.,TeacherUatHunterCollege,TFA.MusthavepassedLASTandappropriateCSTupfront,both

workshops.SWDTransBcertholdersrequireanyCSTupfrontbutmustpass

theSWDCSTfortheIni$alcer$ficate.AllTransBholdersmustalsopassthe

ATS-W(eitherlevel)byprogramcomple$on.

Provisional 5 NolongerissuedforclassroomteachersfewleO.S$llissuedforschoolsocial

workers,guidancecounselorsandschoolpsychologistsInternship 2 Forpar$cipantsinNewYorkStateapprovedgraduateteacherprepprograms

whohavecompleted50%ofcoursework(holdnon-edbachelorsdegree)and

oneormoreoftheNewYorkStateexams

Addi$onalIni$al

SameasIni$al

Teacherswhoarecer$fiedinonesubjectandgradelevelwhomeetcriteriaforanIni$alinanothersubject/gradelevel.

OverviewofNYSteachingcerficatetypesentrylevel

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Type Year

s

Comments

AdvancedLevel-Allcharterschoolteachersmusthavestateandfederalclearanceon

TEACH

Professional NA Mastersdegree,3yearsoffull$meteaching,passedallNew

YorkStateexams,completedbothworkshops.Willrequire#

professionaldevelopmenthourstomaintaincer$ficate.MastersinthesubjectareaRinanotherareathatCULD

leadtoanaddi$onalSEDcer$ficateareacceptable.Ifmasters

isinatotallyunrelatedarea,then12graduatecreditsinthe

subjectoftheteachingcer$ficatewillberequired.

Permanent NA S$llissuedtoteacherswhohaveprovisionalcertsandtoschool

socialworkers,guidancecounselors,schoolpsychologists.

OverviewofNYSteachingcerficatetypesadvancedlevel

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CerficaonPathways

vApprovedteacherprepara$onprogramvIndividualevalua$onvCannotapplyforChildhoodEd1-6asafirstcer$ficateviathispathway

vIndividualevalua$onforaddi$onalcer$ficatesvNa$onalBoardCer$fica$onvInterstatereciprocityvCondi$onalIni$al-2yearsforNYSexamsvFullreciprocityincludesNYSexams

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Whatdoesitmeanifateacherhasacerficate

fromanotherstate?

Ateacherwhohasanout-of-statecer$ficateisUNCERTIFIEDtoteachinNewYorkun$ls/heappliesforcomparableNYScer$fica$on

Teacherswithout-of-statecer$ficatesshouldapplyonTEACHforthecomparableNYScer$ficateviatheInterstateReciprocitypathway

NoguaranteethattheteacherwillbeeligibleforNewYorkStatecer$fica$on

Manycandidateswhoreceivedout-of-statecer$fica$onthroughanalterna$vecer$fica$onprogramARENTELIGIBLEforNewYorkStatereciprocity

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CommonHiringProblems

Hiringateacherwho Isfromoutofstatebutineligibleforreciprocityor; HascompletedaNYCDETransBprogrambutnevercompletedtheATS-Wandwillnotberecommendedforcer$fica$onat$meofhireor;

Hasanexpiredcer$ficateandhasappliedfora$meextensionbuts$llneedstotakeandpasstheapplicable

CST

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NCLB HIGHLY QUALIFIED

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WhatisNCLBHighlyQualified?

TheFederalgovernmentgivesenormousamountsofmoneytostatesundervariousTitleprogramsTitleI,TitleII,etc.

In2001,CongresspassedNoChildLeOBehind(NCLB)whichrequiresstatestomeetcertainacademicstandardstocon$nuereceivingthesefederalfunds

nekeyrequirementisthatteachersofNCLBcoresubjectsmustprovethattheyarehighlyqualifiedfortheirassignments

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WhataretheNCLBcoresubjects?

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NCLBCoreAcademicSubjectAreas

English Reading Languagearts Mathema$cs Science History

Geography Economics Civicsandgovernment LanguagesotherthanEnglish

(LTE)

Thearts:art,dance,music,

theatre(includingpublic

speaking),

drama


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Howdoesaschoolproveateacherishighly

qualifiedforanassignment?

USETHENCLBCHECKLIST

Theeasyway Theteacheriscer$fiedinthesubjectandgradelevelofhis/her

assignment

Themorecomplicatedway Teacheriscer$fiedissomethingotherthanassignmentand

mustdemonstrateHQstatusdependingonleveloftheassignmentandnewnesstoteaching.

Teacherisuncer$fied

TeachercannotproveHQstatusviaapplicableexamorhavingmajoredinthesubjectsoneedstousetheHUSSEtodocument100pointsontherubric

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NCLBCHECKLIST

Federalguideliness$pulatethattheschoolmustmaintainHQrecordsonfileforsixyearsaOertheteacherisnolongeremployedintheschool

TheNCLBchecklistisportablewithinNewYorkState TheburdenofproofisontheSCHL Charterschoolleaders/opsdirectorsshouldcheckthe

TEACHdatabasetoverifytheinforma$on

MAKESURETHATYUREVIEWTHEBEDSSURVEYSBEFRESUBMISSINTTHESEDANDENSURETHATTHISINFRMATINCRRELATESWITHTHENCLBCHECKLIST

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UsingtheNCLBChecklist

NEWNESSTTHEPRFESSIN

New

Cer$fied:Insidethefirstyearfollowingtheeffec$vedateoftheteachersfirstever(in-stateorout-of-state)teachingcer$ficateoffirstyearof

employmentinapublicschool

Uncer$fied:Insidethefirstyearthats/hemeetsthecer$fica$onexemp$on

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UsingtheNCLBChecklist(cont.)

Notnew

Cer$fied:AOerthefirstyearfollowingtheeffec$vedateoftheteachersfirsteverteachingcer$ficate

RaOerthefirstyearoffull-$meequivalentteachinginapublicschool

Uncer$fied:AOerthefirstyearfollowingthedatethats/hehasmetoneofthecer$fica$onexemp$on

criteria

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WhataboutUNCERTIFIEDteachers?

Aschoolmusts$llprovethatanyuncer$fiedteachersareNCLBHighlyQualifiedfortheircore

subjectassignment(s)

However,ifaschoolhasNEteacherovertheallowablenumberofuncer$fiedteachers

NewYorkStatewillnotconsidertheteachertobeHighlyQualified

Schoolisnolonger100%HighlyQualified Schoolisoutofcompliance!!!

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CANDIDATE PROFILES

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Typicalcerficaonstatusofcandidates

1. NewYorkStatecer$fieda. inasubjectthatisthesameashis/herassignmentb. inadifferentsubjectfromhis/herassignment

2.Cer$fiedinastateotherthanNewYorkandhascompletedatradi&onalteacherprepara&onprogram

3. Cer$fiedinastateotherthanNewYorkandhascompletedanalterna&veteachercer&fica&onprogram

4. Uncer$fied23


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Candidate1:NewYorkStatecerfied

AlwayscheckEntryLevelcer$ficatesforEXPIRATINdate

Candidate1a:Cer$fiedandteachinginsamesubject/gradelevel Goodtogo!

Candidate1b:Cer$fiedandteachingindifferentsubject/gradelevel

Remember:charterschoolsareallowedtohavecer$fiedteachersteachingoutoftheircer$fica$onsubject/gradelevel TeachermustbeHighlyQualifiedforhis/herteaching

assignment(s)ifteachinganNCLBcoresubject

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Candidates2and3:Out-of-statecandidates

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CandidatecanapplyviainterstatereciprocityforacomparableNewYorkStateteachingcer$ficate HWEVERreciprocityisnotguaranteed SEDisnotconsistentingran$ngreciprocity Ifacandidatehasanout-of-statecer$ficatebutisfoundtobe

ineligibleforaNewYorkStatecer$ficate,s/heisUNCERTIFIED!

Howtodetermineifacandidateislikelytogetcer$fica$on:

Copyofout-of-statecer$ficate(s)LKATDATES! Alltranscripts:undergraduateandgraduate(ifapplicable) Resumeshowingnumberofyearsofteachingexperience

checkwithreferencesthatthisdataiscorrect


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Determiningthelikelihoodthatacandidate

willbeabletogetinterstatereciprocity

Recognizedcer$ficate

Educa$onalbackground

Alterna$vecer$fica$on

Yearsanddatesofteaching

Subjectcompetencyfromcoursework

Tradi$onalteacherprepprogram

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Isthecandidatesout-of-statecerficate

recognizedbyNewYorkState?

Therearetwobasiclevelsofout-of-statecer$ficates LevelIgenerallynotacceptableforreciprocity LevelIIacceptableforreciprocity

AcceptableCer$ficatesfromtherStates:UsetolookupifNYstatewillaccepttheout-of-statecer$ficateforreciprocity

Ifthecer$ficatedoesnotappearinthedirectory,checktheexpira$ondateofthecer$ficate:noexpira$ondateorgenerally5yearsareusuallyacceptablebyNewYorkState

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Whatistheout-of-statecandidates

educaonalbackground?

Therearetwotypesofteacherprepara$onprograms

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Tradional

Canbeundergraduateorgraduateprograminteachereduca$on

leadingtostate

cer$fica$oninaspecific

subjectandgradelevel

Includesstudentteaching

Alternave

Mayormaynotbeaffiliatedwithacollege

Oenteachfull-$mewhileinprograminlieu

ofstudent-teaching

Mayormaynotleadtoamastersdegreeinthatstate


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HowcanItellifateachercompletedanout-of-

statetradionalteacherprepprogram?

Lookatthetranscript DoesitsaythattheteachercompletedanNCATE/state-approvedprogramleadingtocer$fica$on

Isstudent-teachinglistedonthetranscript?

Didtheindividualmajorineduca$on? Ifthecandidatescer$ficateisrecognizedandtheeduca$onalbackgroundistradi$onalteacherprep

NewYorkislikelytograntreciprocity

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Howaboutcandidateswhocompleteout-of-

statealternavecerficaonprograms?

Twomorefactorsforreciprocity

1. Numberofyearsteachingunderthecer$ficate NewYorkrequires3yearsteachingexperience(2oftheseyearsmustbeinthesubjectandleveloftheNYScer$ficatesought)

ThisisoOenadealbreakerforTFAcandidates,sinceTFAisonly2years

2. Didthecandidatemajorordosignificantcourseworkinthecer$ficatesubject?NewYorkdoesnotacceptotherstatessubjectmaertests

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Candidate4:Thegreatestteacherinthe

worldbutuncerfied

#1-Makesurethatschooldoesnothavetoo

manyuncer$fiedteachers

#2-Makesurethatteachermeetsoneof

thecer$fica$onexemp$oncriteria

#3MakesurethattheteacherisHQforher/his

assignment

#4-Moveuncer$fiedteacherstocer$fica$onviaindividualevalua$onRNYCTransBprogramRcomple$onofan

approvedNewYorkStateteacherprepmasters

degreeprogram

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#1Donothiretoomanyuncerfiedteachers

Charterschoolsareonlyallowedtohireaverysmallnumberofuncer$fiedteachers

Noschoolcanhavemorethan5teachersor30%oftheteachingstaffuncer$fied,whichevernumberislower

Thecountofuncer$fiedteachersisinctober,whenBEDSsurveytakesplace

Ateacherwhohasappliedforcer$fica$onisUNCERTIFIEDun$lcer$fica$onhasbeenissuedandappearsontheTEACHsystemwithaneffec$vedate

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#2Theuncerfiedteacherexempon

Uncer$fiedteachersMUSTmeetoneofthefourexemp$onstobeabletoworkatacharterschool:

Threeyearspriorteachingexperience;or Tenureortenuretrackcollegefaculty;or TwoyearsTFAexperience;or Excep$onalexperience-possessesexcep$onalbusiness,professional,ar$s$c,athle$cormilitaryexperience

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#3UncerfiedteachersmustsllbeHQfor

theirassignment

IftheteacheristeachinganNCLBcoresubject,s/hemustbeHQforallteachingassignments

UsetheapplicableNCLBchecklisttoverifythattheteacherisHQ

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NCLBCoreAcademicSubjectAreas

English Reading Languagearts Mathema$cs Science History

Geography Economics Civicsand

government

LanguagesotherthanEnglish

(LTE)

Thearts:art,dance,music,theatre

(includingpublic

speaking),

drama


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#4Rapidlymoveuncerfiedteachersto

cerficaon

Theabilitytohireuncer$fiedteachersispreciouspushuncer$fiedteacherstobecomecer$fied

SEDsIndividualEvalua$onpathwayishowteacherscanbecomecer$fiedwithoutgoingthroughateacherprep

oralterna$vecer$fica$onprogram Acandidatesbackgroundcanstopthemfrom

cer$fica$onthroughtheIndividualEvalua$onpathway.Avoidteacherswho:

WouldwanttheirfirstcerficateinChildhoodEducaon,gradesviaindividualevaluaon HaveaGPAlessthan2.5 Haveforeigndocuments

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#4Rapidlymoveuncerfiedteachersto

cerficaon(cont.)

TheCharterCenteroffersonlinemonthlyworkshopstohelpteachersgetcer$fica$on

Nextworkshop:completedwebformsaredueWednesday,March9,2011.(Availabletopar&cipa&ngschoolsonly.)

Schoolleaders/Ops/HR:Forwardthislink(

www.nyccharterschools.org/teacher-cer$fica$on-

evalua$on-forms)toyourteachersseekingNewYork

Stateteachingcer$fica$on

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RECRUITMENT BINGO

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1.Howmanyuncer$fiedteachersisaschoolpermiedtohire?

2. Canapersonwithoutabachelorsdegreebehiredasanuncer$fiedteacher?

3. Cancharterschoolhireacer$fiedchildhooded.teachertoteach7thgrademath?

4. WhatpercentageofcoresubjectteachershavetobehighlyqualifiedunderNCLB?

RecruitmentBingo

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RecruitmentBingo

5.WhatdoesateacherwithaCondi$onalIni$alcer$ficateneedtodowithintwoyears?

6. Whatsubjectandlevelcannotbeappliedforviaindividualevalua$onasafirstcer$ficate?

7. HowmanyyearsofteachingareneededforaCondi$onalIni$albasedonanalterna$ve

cer$fica$onprogram?

8.WhatistheminimumGPAanuncer$fiedteachermusthavetoapplyforNewYorkStatecer$fica$on?

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9.HowdoestheCharterCenterhelpuncer$fiedteachersonthepathtocer$fica$on?

10.Whatcer$ficateisissuedtoout-of-statecer$fiedteacherswhohavenotcompletedapplicableNew

YorkStatecer$fica$onexams?11.WhichofthefollowingisNTanHQcoresubject?

Math,Phys.Ed.orElementaryEd?

12.Whatdocumentcannotbeusedasastand-alonetoverifyateachersemploymenteligibility?

RecruitmentBingo

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13.WhatisateachersfirststepinapplyingforaNewYorkStatecer$ficate?

14.IfateacherdoesnothavefingerprintclearanceonTEACH,wheredoess/hegetfingerprinted?

15.Whenallelsefailswhatdoyoudo?

RecruitmentBingo

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FINGERPRINTING

Allemployeesmustbefingerprintedandclearedforemployment

Employeesmustapplyandpaythe94.25applica$onfeeonTEACH

Foundersmustfollowtheguidelinesestablishedbytheirauthorizer

ProvideacopyoftheCentersFingerprintFlowcharttostaffsotheycandeterminetheappropriatepathway.

VolunteerscannotbeprintedattheCenterinasmuchastheSEDisresponsibleforclearanceforschoolemployees.

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UsefulResources:Handouts

Pre-hirechecklist Pre-hire/Reciprocityflowcharts Interstatereciprocitytable AcceptableCer$ficatesfromtherStates NCLBChecklistsandHUSSErubrics HowtoestablishaTEACHaccount(forteachers) Howtoestablishanadministra$veTEACHaccount FingerprintFlowchartforCharterSchoolStaff

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UsefulResources:Links

NewYorkStateCer$fica$onwww.highered.nysed.gov/tcert

NewYorkStateTeacherCer$fica$onExamswww.nystce.nesinc.com

CommonlyUsednlineWorkshopsChildAbuseIden$fica$on,ViolencePreven$onandAu$sm(StudentswithDisabili$es$tles)www.workshopsexpress.com

www.laboratoryconsulta$onservices.com

NYCCharterSchoolCenterwww.nyccharterschools.org

Listofacceptableout-of-statecer$ficateshp://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/cer$ficate/levelcert.html

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UsefulResources:Links

UpdatedNCLBFactSheethp://www.p12.nysed.gov/nclb/guidance/memos/

03-2008.html

EverythingyouneedtoknowaboutNYScer$fica$onandsomethingsyoudontneedtoknow

hp://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/

topics_az.html

GuidetoWhoMustBeFingerprintedwww.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/ospra/

fingerprin$ngcharts.html

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HOTOFFTHEPRESSFROMTHENYSED!

TheNYSEDhasestablishedanewcer$ficate$tleTeachersofStudentswithDisabili$es,grades7-12Generalist.

TherewillbeaMul$-Subject7-12ContentSpecialtyTestbutitiscurrentlyindevelopmentsoapplicantswhoapplybeforethisCSTisavailablewillbeexempt.

InterestedindividualsmayviewtherequirementsonTEACHinSearchCer$fica$onRequirementsviathe

followinglink:hp://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do

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