NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REGULATIONS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Traditional Graduate Candidates - Transitional B Certificate:

·  The candidate has earned a baccalaureate degree with an appropriate major from an accredited institution of higher education based on four years of college study.

·  The candidate has passed all NYSTCE exams (ALST, EAS and CST in your content certification area) required for the Transitional B certificate.

·  The candidate has completed the required 200-hours pre-service program pursuant to the requirements of section 52.21 (b) (3) (xvii) of Commissioner’s Regulations through prior teaching responsibilities and required courses. (Assigned by your Program Advisor)

·  The applicant has matriculated into an Alt/Cert teacher education program leading to initial/ professional certification in the area of the Transitional B certificate.

Recommendation from Lehman College for a Transitional B Certificate

In addition, candidates must submit the following documents:

·  Must complete an application and pay the $50.00 fee to cover the processing of their Transitional B certificate using their TEACH on line account at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/

·  Must provide documentation of having completed the following workshops to the Certification Office in Carman Hall B-33 or email

  1. Completion of the Child Abuse Detection Workshop
  2. Completion of the School Violence Intervention and Prevention Workshop
  3. DASA (Dignity for All Students Act)

If the mandated workshops appear on your TEACH account, then we do not need

Please note: If you want your workshops appear on your TEACH account, then mail workshops to NYSED. Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI)

89 Washington Avenue – 5N Education Building

Albany, NY 12234

or

Fax the workshops to 518 473-0271

·  Submission of fingerprints to the Office of School Personnel Review and Accountability (OSPRA). If the candidate has been fingerprinted at NYCDOE, then they must submit an OSPRA 104 authorization form. https://www.pdffiller.com/en/project/64359194.htm?form_id=100117965

·  Once all of the above requirements are completed, please contact your Certification Officer, Ruth Jordan for an institutional recommendation at or

Please note: Transitional B certificates are valid for three years and your certificate will be issued electronically.

Lehman College · The City University of New York

Ruth Jordan, Certification Officer

Division of Education – Carman Hall, Room B-33

250 Bedford Park Blvd. West

Bronx, New York 10468

(718) 960-8423