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 80-2 - 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 80-2.7 - Certificate valid for reading teacher

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Preparation.
Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this section, a
						candidate for a certificate as a reading teacher shall meet the requirements of
						either paragraph (1) or (2) of this subdivision.
(1) Provisional certificate. A provisional
					 certificate will be issued as follows:
(i)
					 Completion of an approved program registered by the department. A provisional
					 certificate will be issued upon completion of a graduate program culminating in
					 a master's degree which is registered or approved by the department for the
					 preparation of teachers of reading.
(ii) Alternative completion of requirements.
					 A provisional certificate will be issued upon evidence that the candidate has
					 completed 24 semester hours of graduate study in reading and a
					 college-supervised practicum in reading, and holds a master's degree from a
					 regionally accredited institution of higher education or from an institution
					 authorized by the Regents to confer such degrees and the programs of which are
					 registered by the department. The department will recognize the successful
					 completion of one or more parts of the two- part graduate-level college
					 proficiency examination in reading as equivalent to up to 15 semester hours of
					 graduate study in reading. One year of paid, full-time experience as a reading
					 teacher on the elementary and/or secondary level may be accepted in lieu of the
					 college-supervised practicum in reading when such experience is verified by the
					 employing school district administrator.
(iii) Examinations for provisional
					 certificate.
(a) Each candidate for a
					 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.
(b) 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.
(iv) A provisional certificate shall be valid
					 for five years from its effective date and is renewable subject to the approval
					 of the commissioner for good cause shown as defined in section
					 80-1.6 
					 of this Part, except that the commissioner shall not accept applications for
					 such renewals which are submitted to the commissioner after February 1,
					 2004.