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
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs § 80-1.1
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
(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)
Certification
examination means an examination that is one of the New York State
Teacher Certification Examinations or another examination, as determined by the
Department, that is developed for the purpose of educator certification. Such
examination must be aligned with State learning standards or professional
education organization standards, as appropriate, and developed in accordance
with national industry and professional standards for educational
testing.
(11)
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 educational leadership service.
(12)
Commissioner means
Commissioner of Education.
(13)
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.
(14)
Content knowledge certification
examination is a certification examination that assesses candidates'
knowledge of the area of the certificate for certificates in the classroom
teaching service, educational leadership service, or title school counselor, or
for applicable extensions pursuant to section 80-4.3 of this Part.
(15)
Course means study
offered or accepted by a recognized institution of higher education or approved
by the Commissioner of Education.
(16)
Department means the
Education Department of the State of New York.
(17)
Early childhood
education, for purposes of Subpart 80-3 of this Part, means the
instructional program provided children from birth to grade two.
(18)
Early childhood grades,
for purposes of Subpart 80-2 of this Part, means nursery school, kindergarten
and grades 1 through 3.
(19)
Early secondary grades means grades 7 through 9.
(20)
Elementary school means
a school organized to give instruction in grades 1-6 and the
kindergarten.
(21)
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.
(22)
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.
(23)
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.
(24)
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.
(25)
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.
(26)
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.
(27)
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.
(28)
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.
(29)
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.
(30)
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.
(31)
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.
(32)
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.
(33)
Recognized means approved by the Commissioner of Education or
by an approved regional or national accrediting agency.
(34)
Regents means the Board
of Regents of the University of the State of New York.
(35)
School means a unit
organized to provide instruction at the elementary, middle or secondary
education level.
(36)
Semester hour means semester hour as defined in section
50.1 of this Title.
(37)
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.
(38)
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.
(39)
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.
(40)
Superintendent means a superintendent of a public system in
New York State.
(41)
Teacher means the holder of a valid teacher's certificate
issued by the Commissioner of Education.
(42)
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.
(43)
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.
(44)
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.
(45)
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.
(46)
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.
(47)
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.
(48)
Upper
elementary grades means grades 4 through 6.
(49)
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.
(50)
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.
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