NY Educ L § 3006-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils Article 61 - Teachers and Supervisory and Administrative Staff 3006-A - Registration and Continuing Teacher and Leader Education Requirements for Holders of Professional Certificates in the Classroom Teaching Service, Holders of Level Iii Teaching Assistant Certificates, Holders of Professional Certificates in the Educational Leadership Service.

§  3006-a.  Registration  and  continuing teacher and leader education   requirements for holders of professional certificates in  the  classroom   teaching  service, holders of level III teaching assistant certificates,   holders of  professional  certificates  in  the  educational  leadership   service.  1.  a.  Commencing with the two thousand sixteen--two thousand   seventeen school year, each holder of a professional certificate in  the   classroom  teaching  service,  holder  of a level III teaching assistant   certificate and holder of a professional certificate in the  educational   leadership  service  shall be required to register every five years with   the department to practice in  the  state  and  shall  comply  with  the   provisions  of  the continuing teacher and leader education requirements   set forth in this section.b. Any of the certified individuals described in paragraph a  of  this   subdivision  who  do  not  satisfy  the  continuing  teacher  and leader   education requirements shall not  practice  until  they  have  met  such   requirements   and  have  been  issued  a  registration  or  conditional   registration certificate.c. In accordance with the intent of this section, adjustments  to  the   continuing  teacher  and  leader education requirement may be granted by   the department  for  reasons  of  health  certified  by  a  health  care   provider,  for  extended  active  duty  with  armed forces of the United   States, or for other good cause acceptable to the department  which  may   prevent compliance.d. Any certificate holder who is not practicing as a teacher, teaching   assistant   or  educational  leader  in  a  school  district,  board  of   cooperative educational services, or nonpublic school that is  providing   instruction  pursuant  to  subdivision two of section thirty-two hundred   four of this title in this state shall be  exempt  from  the  continuing   teacher  and  leader  education requirement upon the filing of a written   statement with the department declaring such status.  Any  holder  of  a   professional  certificate in the classroom teaching service, holder of a   level III teaching assistant certificate and holder  of  a  professional   certificate  in  the educational leadership service who resumes practice   during the five-year registration period  shall  notify  the  department   prior  to  resuming  practice and shall meet such continuing teacher and   leader education  requirements  as  prescribed  in  regulations  of  the   commissioner.2.  a. During each five-year registration period beginning on or after   July first, two thousand sixteen, an applicant  for  registration  shall   successfully  complete  a  minimum  of  one  hundred hours of continuing   teacher and leader  education,  as  defined  by  the  commissioner.  The   department  shall  issue  rigorous  standards for courses, programs, and   activities,  that  shall  qualify  as  continuing  teacher  and   leader   education pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, a peer   review  teacher,  or  a  principal  acting  as  an  independent  trained   evaluator, conducting a classroom observation as  part  of  the  teacher   evaluation  system  pursuant  to section three thousand twelve-d of this   article may credit such time towards his or her continuing  teacher  and   leader effectiveness requirements.b.  Nothing  in  this  section shall limit the ability of local school   districts to agree pursuant to collective bargaining to additional hours   of professional development or continuing teacher  or  leader  education   above the minimum requirements set forth in this section.c. A certified individual who has not satisfied the continuing teacher   and  leader  education  requirements  shall  not  be  issued a five-year   registration certificate by the department and shall not practice unless   and until a registration  or  conditional  registration  certificate  is   issued as provided in subdivision three of this section. For purposes of    this subdivision, "continuing teacher and leader education requirements"   shall  mean  activities  designed  to  improve  the  teacher or leader's   pedagogical and/or leadership  skills,  targeted  at  improving  student   performance,  including but not limited to formal continuing teacher and   leader  education  activities.  Such  activities   shall   promote   the   professionalization of teaching and be closely aligned to district goals   for   student   performance  which  meet  the  standards  prescribed  by   regulations of the commissioner. To fulfill the continuing  teacher  and   leader  education  requirement,  programs  must  be  taken from sponsors   approved by the department, which shall include but not  be  limited  to   school districts, pursuant to the regulations of the commissioner.3.  The  department,  in  its  discretion,  may  issue  a  conditional   registration to a teacher, teaching assistant or educational leader in a   school district, board of cooperative educational services, or nonpublic   school that is providing instruction  pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of   section thirty-two hundred four of this title in this state who fails to   meet   the   continuing   teacher   and  leader  education  requirements   established in subdivision two of this section but who agrees to make up   any deficiencies and take any additional continuing teacher  and  leader   education  which  the  department  may  require.  The  duration  of such   conditional registration shall be  determined  by  the  department.  Any   holder  of a professional certificate in the classroom teaching service,   holder of a level III teaching assistant  certificate  or  holder  of  a   professional  certificate  in the educational leadership service and any   other certified individual required  by  the  commissioner  to  register   every  five  years  who  is  notified  of the denial of registration for   failure to submit evidence, satisfactory to the department, of  required   continuing  teacher  and leader education and who practices without such   registration,  shall  be  subject  to  moral  character   review   under   subdivision seven of section three hundred five of this chapter.