New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter C - Teacher › Part 80 - Requirements for Teachers' Certificates and Teaching Practice › Subpart 80-1 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES › Section 80-1.1 - Application of this Subpart and definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
					 Candidates who are subject to the requirements of Subparts 80-2, 80-3, 80-4 and
					 80-5 of this Part, shall also be subject to the requirements of this Subpart,
					 unless the subject matter or terms of the requirements in this Subpart or such
					 other Subparts prescribe otherwise.
(b)
Definitions.
The definitions prescribed in this subdivision shall also
						be applicable to Subparts 80-2, 80-3, 80-4 and 80-5 of this Part, unless
						otherwise prescribed in this subdivision. As used in this Subpart:
(1)
Academic subject
means
					 one of the following subjects offered in secondary schools: English, world
					 languages, mathematics, the sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, earth
					 science, general science) and citizenship education (civics, economics,
					 economic geography, geography, history, political science, sociology) and such
					 other similar subjects.
(2)
Administrative and supervisory service
means services provided
					 in the public schools of the State by individuals certified as school district
					 administrator, school administrator and supervisor, or school business
					 administrator.
(3)
Adult,
					 community and continuing education
means those educational services
					 provided by boards of education, boards of cooperative educational services and
					 vocational education extension boards primarily to individuals who are not on
					 the regular day school register of a school district.
(4)
Adult literacy education
means any approved non-credit bearing course or program leading to a secondary
					 school credential for individuals who are not on the regular day school
					 register of a school district.
(5)
Annotation of a teaching certificate
means the recognition
					 that the holder of an appropriate valid teaching certificate has additional
					 pedagogical knowledge, skills and experiences attained on a voluntary
					 basis.
(6)
Avocational
					 subjects
are those subjects which involve instruction in recreational
					 or leisure-time activities and which are not offered to:
(i) prepare students for a high school
					 diploma or a high school equivalency diploma; or
(ii) assist students to read, write and
					 understand English as a second language; or
(iii) provide entry level occupational
					 training or occupational skill upgrading.
(7)
Baccalaureate
means a
					 degree awarded upon the satisfactory completion of an approved four-year post
					 secondary curriculum offered by a recognized institution of higher
					 education.
(8)
Career and
					 technical education
means career and technical education as defined in
					 section
					 100.1  of this
					 Title.
(9)
Certificate of
					 qualification
means a credential evidencing the holder is eligible for
					 a provisional certificate in the area noted thereon.
(10)
Commissioner
means
					 Commissioner of Education.
(11)
Common branch subjects
means any or all of the subjects
					 usually included in the daily program of an elementary school classroom such as
					 arithmetic, civics, visual arts, elementary science, English language,
					 geography, history, hygiene, physical activities, practical arts, reading,
					 music, writing, and such other similar subjects.
(12)
Classroom teaching
					 service
means teaching service in the public schools of New York
					 State, which requires certification pursuant to this Part, excluding pupil
					 personnel service or administrative and supervisory service.
(13)
Course
means study
					 offered or accepted by a recognized institution of higher education or approved
					 by the Commissioner of Education.
(14)
Department
means the
					 Education Department of the State of New York.
(15)
Early childhood
					 education,
for purposes of Subpart 80-3 of this Part, means the
					 instructional program provided children from birth to grade two.
(16)
Early childhood grades
,
					 for purposes of Subpart 80-2 of this Part, means nursery school, kindergarten
					 and grades 1 through 3.
(17)
Early secondary grades
means grades 7 through 9.
(18)
Elementary school
means
					 a school organized to give instruction in grades 1-6 and the
					 kindergarten.
(19)
Extension of a teaching certificate
means the required
					 authorization for the holder of an appropriate valid teaching certificate to
					 teach an additional student population, grade or subject not otherwise
					 authorized by the certificate held.
(20)
Graduate course
means a
					 course creditable toward a graduate degree granted by a recognized institution
					 of higher education or approved as of graduate grade by the Commissioner of
					 Education.
(21)
Graduate
					 degree
means a master's or doctor's degree awarded upon the
					 satisfactory completion of an approved program of study offered by a recognized
					 institution of higher education.
(22)
Initial certificate
means the first teaching certificate obtained by a candidate that qualifies
					 that individual to teach in the public schools of New York State for candidates
					 who are required to meet the requirements of Subpart 80-3 of this Part,
					 excluding the transitional certificate and temporary license.
(23)
Instructional support
					 services
, for purposes of section
					 80-5.21 
					 of this Title, shall mean professional learning, pedagogical support, technical
					 assistance, consultation, and/or program coordination offered by teachers to
					 other school personnel including, but not limited to: conducting workshops,
					 study groups, and demonstration lessons; modeling instruction; providing
					 feedback, coaching, mentoring and other professional support for instruction
					 staff; providing training in best instructional practices in specific content
					 areas; assisting instructional staff in analyzing student performance data and
					 differentiating instruction to meet the needs of all students; coordinating the
					 provision of special education services; developing and promoting a culture of
					 reflective instructional practice; providing curriculum and assessment
					 resources to instructional staff; providing information and support on
					 technology tools to extend and support student learning; assessing curriculum
					 development or professional learning needs; and such similarly related
					 work.
(24)
Internship
					 certificate
means the certificate issued a student in a registered or
					 approved graduate program of teacher education which includes an internship
					 experience(s) and who has completed at least one-half of the semester hour
					 requirement for the program and may, at the request of the institution, be
					 issued an internship certificate.
(25)
Occupational subject
means one of the following subjects offered in the elementary and secondary
					 schools: agriculture, business and distributive education (occupational),
					 health occupations, home economics (occupational), technical and
					 trade.
(26)
Permanent
					 certificate
means the final teaching certificate obtained by a
					 candidate that qualifies that individual to teach in the public schools of New
					 York State for candidates who are required to meet the requirements of Subpart
					 80-2 of this Part.
(27)
Professional certificate
means a teaching certificate obtained
					 by a candidate who meets the requirements of Subpart 80-3 of this Part that
					 qualifies that individual to teach in the public schools of New York State.
					 Such certificate shall be continuously valid.
(28)
Professional education
means a course(s) specifically related to the certificate for which application
					 is made and offered by a recognized institution of higher education or approved
					 by the Commissioner of Education.
(29)
Provisional certificate
means the first teaching certificate obtained by a candidate that qualifies
					 that individual to teach in the public schools of New York State for candidates
					 who are required to meet the requirements of Subpart 80-2 of this Part,
					 excluding the temporary license.
(30)
Pupil personnel service
means one of the following services offered in elementary and secondary
					 schools: school attendance teacher, school counselor, school dental hygiene
					 teacher, school nurse-teacher, school psychologist and school social
					 worker.
(31)
Recognized
means approved by the Commissioner of Education or
					 by an approved regional or national accrediting agency.
(32)
Regents
means the Board
					 of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
(33)
School
means a unit
					 organized to provide instruction at the elementary, middle or secondary
					 education level.
(34)
Semester hour
means semester hour as defined in section
					 50.1  of this
					 Title.
(35)
Special
					 subject
means, for purposes of Subpart 80-2 of this Part, one of the
					 following subjects offered in the elementary and secondary schools: art,
					 business and distributive education (general), dance, home economics (general),
					 health, music, physical education, recreation, speech and technology
					 education.
(36)
Specific
					 career and technical subject within the field of agriculture, business and
					 marketing, family and consumer sciences, health, a technical area or a
					 trade
means, for purposes of Subpart 80-3 of this Part, a specific
					 career and technical subject within such fields which does not require a
					 baccalaureate degree for the initial certificate.
(37)
Student teaching
means
					 a structured, college-supervised learning experience for a student in a teacher
					 education program in which the student teacher practices the skills being
					 learned in the teacher education program and gradually assumes increased
					 responsibility for instruction, classroom management, and other related duties
					 for a class of students in the area of the certificate sought. These skills are
					 practiced under the direct supervision of the certified teacher who has
					 official responsibility for the class.
(38)
Superintendent
means a
					 superintendent of a public system in New York State.
(39)
Teacher
means the
					 holder of a valid teacher's certificate issued by the Commissioner of
					 Education.
(40)
Technical
					 subject
is a subject designed to prepare pupils for useful employment
					 in a technical occupation such as architectural drafting and building
					 construction, aeronautics, electricity-electronics, fashion design, industrial
					 chemistry, industrial design and advertising art, instrumentation and control
					 systems, mechanical design and construction, structural drafting and design and
					 such other similar subjects.
(41)
Trade subject
is a subject designed to prepare pupils for
					 useful employment in a trade or industrial occupation such as air conditioning
					 and refrigeration, automotive industries, aviation trades, construction
					 drafting, electro-mechanics, electronics, food preparation, graphic arts,
					 industrial cooperative, maintenance and repair, metal trades, personal service,
					 public service, textile production and fabrication and other such similar
					 subjects.
(42)
Transitional
					 A certificate
means the first teaching certificate obtained by a
					 candidate that qualifies that individual to teach a specific career and
					 technical subject in the public schools of New York State, subject to the
					 requirements and limitations of this Part, and excluding the initial
					 certificate, transitional B certificate, and transitional C
					 certificate.
(43)
Transitional B certificate
means the first teaching
					 certificate obtained by a candidate enrolled in an alternative teacher
					 certification program, as prescribed in section
					 52.21 
					 of this Title, that qualifies that individual to teach in the public schools of
					 New York State, subject to the requirements and limitations of this
					 Part.
(44)
Transitional C
					 certificate
means a teaching certificate obtained by a candidate
					 holding an appropriate graduate academic or graduate professional degree and
					 enrolled in an intensive program leading to a professional certificate that
					 qualifies that individual to teach in the public schools of New York State,
					 subject to the requirements and limitations of this Part.
(45)
Transitional G
					 certificate
means the first teaching certificate obtained by a
					 candidate who holds an appropriate graduate degree in science, technology,
					 engineering or mathematics and has two years of acceptable experience teaching
					 in a post-secondary institution, that qualifies that individual to teach in the
					 public schools of New York State, subject to the requirements and limitations
					 of this Part, and excluding the provisional certificate, initial certificate,
					 internship certificate, conditional initial certificate, transitional A
					 certificate, transitional B certificate and transitional C
					 certificate.
(46)
Upper
					 elementary grades
means grades 4 through 6.
(47)
Year of experience for permanent
					 or professional certification
means a minimum of 180 days in a
					 12-month period of full-time satisfactory experience, or its equivalent, in an
					 educational setting acceptable to the Department.
(48)
Year of occupational or work
					 experience
means a minimum of 10 months in a calendar year of
					 full-time satisfactory employment in an appropriate occupational
					 field.