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 80-5 - REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CLASSROOM TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PRACTICE AND SPECIALIZED CREDENTIALS
Section 80-5.16 - Transitional E certificate for teaching specific occupational subjects
Universal Citation: 8 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 80-5.16
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) General requirements.
(1) A candidate for the
transitional E certificate must apply to the department for the certificate on
or before February 1, 2004 and upon such application qualify for such
certificate. A candidate who holds a valid transitional E certificate in a
specific occupational subject may be issued a provisional certificate in such
specific occupational subject, provided that upon such application the
candidate qualifies for the provisional certificate.
(2) Limitations. The transitional E
certificate shall authorize a candidate to teach only in a school district or
Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) that has provided a written
commitment to employ the candidate as a teacher of a specific occupational
subject and provide the candidate with mentoring during the first year of
employment under the transitional E certificate. The candidate shall provide
the department with adequate documentation of such a commitment from a school
district or BOCES.
(3) Time
validity. The transitional E certificate shall be valid for three years from
its effective date and shall not be renewable.
(4) The candidate shall meet the requirements
of subdivision (b) or (c) of this section.
(b) Transitional E certificate in health occupations, technical subjects, trade subjects, and specialized subject areas in agriculture, business and distributive education (occupational), and home economics (occupational) - as defined by the commissioner. Associate degree program.
(1) Education. The candidate shall
hold an associate degree in the occupational area for which certification is
sought from an institution whose program is registered or recognized by the
department.
(2) Experience. The
candidate shall have a minimum of two years of appropriate experience in blocks
of not less than three months in the occupation for which the certificate is to
be issued. (This experience, clearly related to the technology in which the
associate degree is granted, may be accrued either prior to or upon completion
of the associate degree program.)
(c) Transitional E certificate in trade subjects and specialized subject areas in agriculture, health occupations, and home economics (occupational) - as defined by the commissioner. Nondegree program.
(1) Education. The candidate shall
hold a high school diploma or its equivalent.
(2) Experience. The candidate shall have a
minimum of four years of appropriate experience in blocks of not less than
three months in the occupation for which the certificate is to be issued. (This
experience, clearly related to the occupation for which the certificate is to
be issued, may be accrued either prior to or upon completion of high school
graduation.)
(3) Examination. The
candidate shall have achieved a satisfactory level of performance on the New
York State Teacher Certification Examination communication and quantitative
skills test.
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