What this solves
A certification search gives you requirements. This gives you an order
New York’s official search remains the final record for your exact certificate. The finder builds personalized checklists for supported first-certificate and Professional paths, and directs other goals to the complete official requirements.
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Choose the route
Start with the route that matches the preparation and credentials you already have.
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Check the work
Mark the degree, experience, coursework, workshops and exams already finished.
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Open the next step
Go directly to NYSED or NYSTCE when the action must happen there.
Personalized paths and official guidance
New York only
First New York teaching certificate
A checklist for six listed titles through a current New York college teacher preparation program, when EAS (201) and the required subject tests are confirmed with no waiver. Childhood Education (grades 1–6) requires the separate EAS test and three Multi-Subject parts. Other starting points lead to the appropriate official New York page without a personalized checklist.
Initial classroom teacher to Professional
Approved-program progression or certificate progression, with the master’s degree, 540-day experience, mentoring, workshops and TEACH application kept in order.
Another classroom certificate
Official guidance to NYSED’s exact-title requirements search. This finder does not create a personalized additional-certificate checklist.
Initial School Building Leader
Official guidance to the complete NYSED requirements for your situation. This finder does not create a personalized School Building Leader plan.
Where the finder stops
Some routes need facts this page does not collect
Career and technical education, pupil personnel titles, Speech and Language Disabilities progression, out-of-state leadership programs and subjects outside the exam list used here still go to the appropriate official page.
New York certification questions
How do I get my first New York teaching certificate?
This finder builds a first-certificate checklist only for a current New York college teacher preparation program leading to one of six listed titles, after your program or TEACH confirms EAS (201) and the required subject tests with no waiver. Childhood Education (grades 1–6) requires the separate EAS test and three Multi-Subject parts. For alternative programs, Individual Evaluation, out-of-state programs, foreign credentials, National Board certification and other titles, it takes you to New York’s official route or requirements search.
How do I move from an Initial to a Professional New York teaching certificate?
NYSED’s progression route generally includes an acceptable master’s degree, three years or 540 days of acceptable experience, mentored experience, required workshops and an application in TEACH. Whether a New York college entered a Professional recommendation determines the application path and current fee.
Can I add another subject to my New York teaching certificate?
The exact certificate title and grade level control the requirements. This finder sends you to NYSED’s official requirements search for the complete current route, coursework, examination and application requirements; it does not build a personalized additional-certificate checklist.
Which test is required for an additional New York certificate?
Use NYSED’s requirements search for the complete current requirements for the exact certificate title and grade level. A broad subject choice is not enough for this finder to identify a personalized examination requirement.
Can this finder plan a School Building Leader certificate?
This finder provides official guidance for School Building Leader certification rather than a personalized plan. Use the linked NYSED requirements page for the complete current requirements for your situation.
Official sources
Reviewed 2026-08-30
Childhood Education sources
Childhood Education checklist reviewed 2026-10-25. Check again by 2026-11-12.