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Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENTChapter II - Regulations of the CommissionerSubchapter C - TeacherPart 80 - Requirements for Teachers' Certificates and Teaching Practice
Subpart 80-2 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATES IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING SERVICE APPLIED AND QUALIFIED FOR ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY 1, 2004, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY SERVICE APPLIED FOR ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, AND THE PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICE (EXCEPT FOR CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOL COUNSELING APPLIED AND QUALIFIED FOR ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 2, 2023)
Section 80-2.14 - Certificates valid for teaching a special subject

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 8 § 80-2.14

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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 19, May 8, 2024
Section 80-2.14 - Certificates valid for teaching a special subject
(a)Provisional certificate.
(1) Preparation. The candidate shall have completed a four- year program of collegiate preparation, including the baccalaureate degree at a regionally accredited higher institution or by a higher institution approved by the New York State Education Department. The collegiate study shall include:
(i) 12 semester hours in the professional study of education and a college-supervised student teaching experience;
(ii) 36 semester hours in appropriate technical courses in the subject for which the certificate is issued.
(2) Examinations for provisional certificate.
(i) Each candidate for the provisional certificate who is issued a certificate of qualification with a date of issuance prior to September 2, 1999, or each candidate who was not issued such certificate but who is issued the provisional certificate with a date of issuance prior to September 2, 1999, shall submit evidence of having achieved a satisfactory level of performance on either the NTE Core Battery tests or the liberal arts and sciences portion and the written assessment of teaching skills portion of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations.
(ii) Each candidate who is issued the provisional certificate with a date of issuance on or after September 2, 1999 shall submit evidence of having achieved a satisfactory level of performance on the liberal arts and sciences portion and the written assessment of teaching skills portion of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations, except that such candidate who has achieved a satisfactory level of performance on the NTE Core Battery tests prior to September 2, 1999 shall be permitted to substitute such performance on the NTE Core Battery tests for a satisfactory level of performance on the liberal arts and sciences portion and the written assessment of teaching skills portion of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations.
(3) Time validity. The provisional certificate shall be valid for five years from date of issuance.
(4) Occupational experience. A minimum of one year of approved and appropriate experience in a distributive occupation is required for a distributive education certificate.
(b)Permanent certificate.

The candidate shall have completed two years of school experience as a special subject(s) teacher and a master's degree functionally related to the field of teaching service, as defined by the commissioner. The total program of preparation shall include the preparation required for the issuance of the provisional certificate.

(c)Substitution.

One year of paid, full-time teaching experience on the level for which certification is being sought may be accepted in lieu of the college-supervised student teaching, but only when such experience carries the recommendation of the employing school district administrator.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 8 § 80-2.14

Amended, New York State Register, Volume XXXVI, Issue 27, effective 7/9/2014
Amended New York State Register December 24, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 52, eff. 12/24/2019