Teacher Certification Resources: Home

Official site for the New York State Teacher Certification Exams (NYSTCE).

Profiles programs, resources, services, & selective publications available through the Dept., which can be searched using keywords and subjects, or by selecting a major category of information. Shortcuts are provided to information regarding teacher certification, professional licensing, the New York State Library and New York State Archives, and employment opportunities. Also find links to Curriculum Resource Guides by subject, Assessment Guidelines and Educational Standards by discipline.

Official site for the Office of Teaching Initiatives contains news as well as certification requirements, the official portal for TEACH, and quick links for other education information.

"edTPA is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by teacher preparation programs throughout the United States to emphasize, measure and support the skills and knowledge that all teachers need from Day 1 in the classroom. For each handbook field, the placement is a Pre-Kindergarten to 12th grade classroom. edTPA is a subject-specific assessment that includes versions for 27 teaching fields. The assessment features a common architecture focused on three tasks: Planning, Instruction, and Assessment."

Search the MCNY Library for books, ebooks, and articles about the edTPA.