New York State Department of Education
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The New York State Education Department is the state education department in New York State. It is responsible for the supervision for all public schools in New York State, all standardized testing, as well as the production and administering all state tests and Regents Examinations.
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State exams
The NYS Education Department requires that all students in Grade 4 take state tests in the areas of Mathematics, English, Science, and Social Studies. All Grade 8 students are tested in these subjects as well as a Foreign Language test in a Language Other Than English of the student's choice. Regents exams are administered to the students up until their junior year of high school, in the subjects of English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and a LOTE (Language other than English). Students who decide not to study a foreign language may make up the regents credit by taking an appropriate number of business education, art, music, and technology classes.Teaching license requirements
In order to teach in New York State, the applicant must hold a valid New York State Teaching License. Most new certified teachers come from NYS-approved teaching programs in colleges or universities either in New York State or another state that has an agreement with New York State. Upon graduation, they must past the New York State Liberal Arts & Science (LAST) test, the Assessment of Teaching Skills Test-Written (ATS-W), and a Content Specialty Test (CST), appropriate to the subject the student wishes to teach. This initial teacher certification is temporary and will expire after a few years. To become a full-time, permanent teacher, the applicant must attend a NYS-approved teacher education program at a graduate school. This is not the only way to become a teacher, however.Foreign teachers and career changers
For students that have: , are changing careers, or did not graduate from a teacher education program, they can earn a teaching certificate by completing the above-mentioned tests, completing satisfactory work in college, and finally apply for a license for teaching with the NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives. Some new teachers will have college degrees in an academic field (e.g. English or History, but do not have a teaching certificate. If they wish to enter teaching, they must have a baccalaureate degree with a satisfactory GPA, take all of the above mentioned tests, and apply for a license with the Office of Teaching Initiatives.Teachers from another state
If a teacher moves to New York from a state that has an agreement with NY, all they have to do is apply for a teacher's license from the NYSED, and then two years later, completing all required tests. A teacher that has moved to New York that does NOT have an agreement with NYS, must have at least a bachelor's degree with satisfactory hours, complete all required tests, and then apply for the certificate. For teachers that wish to gain additional certification in another subject, they must have a valid NYS classroom teaching certificate, apply for the new certificate, complete 30 hours of satisfactory semester work, in the subject, and take a CST.Regents exams
See also
Sources
- [Official Website for the of Teaching Initiatives in New York State]
- [DeSales High School's Student/Parent Handbook]
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