Teacher of Adolescence Education/Students with Disabilities

Satisfactory completion of all requirements for the MS in Education programs in Childhood Education, Childhood Education/Students with Disabilities, Adolescence Education, Adolescence Education/Students with Disabilities, Students with Disabilities with Annotation Extension in Severe/Multiple Disabilities and Teachers of the Blind/Visually Impaired lead to institutional recommendation for both initial and professional certification through the NYS Education Department. In addition to degree conferral, all candidates for certification must meet NYS Education Department requirements as follows:  

Initial Certification:

• Application to www.nysed.gov for TEACH account
• Satisfactory completion of the following mandated tests:
  • Educating All Students (EAS)
  • Content Specialty Tests-per certification area:
    • Childhood Education: Multisubject Grades 1-6
    • Adolescence Education: Content Spe-cialty Test in Academic Area—English, Math, Science, Social Studies, World Languages
    • Students with Disabilities
    • Multisubject Grades 7-12/SWD Gener-alist (Adolescence)
    • Teacher of the Blind/Visually Impaired
  • Educative Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)
• Successful fingerprinting clearance through https://www.identogo.com/
• Completion of mandated seminars in Child Abuse Identification/Reporting, Project SAVE, Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)

Professional Certification:

• 3 years of compensated teaching experience
• Verification of first year mentorship
• Application to www.nysed.gov for additional certification
• Content Specialty Tests in additional certification area