Saturday, October 15, 2016

DON'T FORGET TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE DURING YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH

One of the many provisions of the infamous Education Transformation Act of 2015 concerns teachers registering with the State Education Department. Here is what the UFT is saying in the weekly Chapter Leader Newsletter:

The new state certification requirements that took effect this year have prompted many questions. Here are the highlights in a nutshell: Permanently certified teachers, professionally certified teachers and Level III certified paraprofessionals are required to register with the State Education Department in the month of their birth. During the five-year period starting on July 1, 2016, professionally certified teachers and Level III certified paraprofessionals are also required to collect a total of 100 PD hours, now called Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours, by a state-approved provider such as the UFT Teacher Center. Members now have to keep their own records. Encourage members to put documentation of workshops they have attended in a CTLE folder. For more details, read the New York Teacher story about the revised certification requirements and this review of the various types of teaching certificates

Below it says this:

Certification
Remind members about new certification requirements : The State Education Department has published two online step-by-step guides to help members navigate the changes on how the state manages certification and tracks professional development hours. Members can consult the TEACH account guide for help creating their accounts and then use the registration requirements guide to complete registration. Although these changes went into effect on July 1, members register during the month of their birth. For information about the new registration process, including who must register and when they should register, and how members will track professional development hours, also known as Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) hours, you can read the information on the UFT website and review the chart designed by the UFT certification staff  for specific details on how these changes affect your members. To register, teachers and paraprofessionals should go to the login page for TEACH. Members without a TEACH account must create one before logging on to TEACH.  Please note: Teachers who hold Initial, Transitional A, Transitional B, Internship or Conditional Initial certificates and paraprofessionals who hold Level I or Level II Teaching Assistant certificates DO NOT need to register. Members with a professional or Level III teaching certificate issued after July 1, 2016 were registered automatically.


10 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I am very glad that I am literally the only teacher at my school with NYS permanent certification. (That means NO reporting professional development nonsense)

Anonymous said...

how do I know what certification I have?
20 years experience in june.
do I need thepd hours?
my union guy doesn't know for sure

Anonymous said...

Go to NYSED.gov. They have a page for teacher certification lookup. You type in your full name and it lists your certification, when you got it, and if/when it expires. It is fun to check out to see how long other teachers and admins in your building have been teaching too!!!

Anonymous said...

I went on the cert lookup link, but nothing showed.

Anonymous said...

Have the city decided what counts toward the PD hours?

Anonymous said...

My name isnt even listed in the teacher lookup-lol
i recieved permant cert in 1999.
Do i need the pd hours?
i can't tell!!!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the heads up!

Anonymous said...

Generally, if you started teaching before 2004 and met all of your requirements, you should have a permanent license. Professional licenses were issued starting in 2004.

Anonymous said...

My name also isn't listed in the teacher lookup. TEACH also mentions that the list that they have only has people certified after 1986. I've been certified since 1976. Now what do I do?