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 Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:38 am Post subject: Certification for NYC? |
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| I've been giving some thought to moving back to NYC, and quite a few job ads require or prefer a NYS BPSS ESoL certificate. Any idea what's involved in getting that? |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: Re: Certification for NYC? |
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| I've been giving some thought to moving back to NYC, and quite a few job ads require or prefer a NYS BPSS ESoL certificate. Any idea what's involved in getting that? |
Here�s what New York State requires for those wanting to teach English to speakers of other languages (ESL or ESOL) in public schools:
Requirements for Permanent Certificate, English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Following are all possible pathways available to receive the certificate specified above. The specific requirements to satisfy each pathway are also listed.
Pathway: Approved Teacher Preparation Program
Requirements:
Hold a Valid Provisional Certificate - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Completion of a NYS Registered Program - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Institutional Recommendation - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Assessment of Teaching Skills - Performance/Video (ATS-P)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 2 Yrs
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: Certificate Progression
Requirements:
Hold a Valid Provisional Certificate - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Assessment of Teaching Skills - Performance/Video (ATS-P)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 2 Yrs
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
http://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do
Keep in mind that this is for the permanent certificate; there's a professional certificate after that.
Requirements for Professional Certificate, English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Following are all possible pathways available to receive the certificate specified above. The specific requirements to satisfy each pathway are also listed.
Pathway: Approved Teacher Preparation Program
Requirements:
Completion of a NYS Registered Program - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Institutional Recommendation - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 3 Yrs
Mentored Experience - 1 Yrs
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: Individual Evaluation
Requirements:
Education - Bachelors Degree
Minimum 2.50 Undergraduate GPA
General Core in Liberal Arts and Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Artistic Expression
College Coursework - Communication
College Coursework - Information Retrieval
College Coursework - Humanities
College Coursework - Written Analysis and Expression
College Coursework - Concepts in Historical and Social Sciences
College Coursework - Scientific Processes
College Coursework - Mathematical Processes
Content Core - Major or Equivalent in One of the Liberal Arts & Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Linguistics
College Coursework - English Grammar
College Coursework - Language other than English (including American Sign Language) - 12 S.H.
Pedagogical Core - 21 S.H.
College Coursework - Human Development and Learning
College Coursework - Teaching Students with Disabilities & Special Health-Care Needs
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills Methods - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
College Coursework - Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - 6 S.H.
College Coursework - Foundations of Education
Student Teaching - English To Speakers Of Other Languages - 40 Days
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Graduate Coursework Content Core - English to Speakers of Other Languages - 12 S.H.
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 3 Yrs
Mentored Experience - 1 Yrs
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: Individual Evaluation for Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate
Requirements:
Hold a Valid NYS Teaching Certificate
Content Core - Major or Equivalent in One of the Liberal Arts & Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Linguistics
College Coursework - English Grammar
College Coursework - Language other than English (including American Sign Language) - 12 S.H.
Pedagogical Core
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills Methods - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - 6 S.H.
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Graduate Coursework Content Core - English to Speakers of Other Languages - 12 S.H.
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 3 Yrs
Mentored Experience - 1 Yrs
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: Interstate Reciprocity
Requirements:
Education - Bachelors Degree
Valid Level 2 or Higher Cert AND 3 yrs exp, OR completion of approved program - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Graduate Coursework Content Core - English to Speakers of Other Languages - 12 S.H.
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 3 Yrs
Mentored Experience - 1 Yrs
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: Certificate Progression
Requirements:
Hold a Valid Initial Certificate - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Graduate Coursework Content Core - English to Speakers of Other Languages - 12 S.H.
Paid, full-time Classroom Teaching experience - 3 Yrs
Mentored Experience - 1 Yrs
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Pathway: National Board Certification
Requirements:
Hold a valid National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certificate - Early & Mid Childhood OR Early Adol, Adol & Young Ad - English as a New Language
Additional Education - Masters Degree
Graduate Coursework Content Core - English to Speakers of Other Languages - 12 S.H.
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Citizenship Status - INS Permanent Residence or U.S. Citizenship
Here's what's required for an initial certificate:
Requirements for Initial Certificate, English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Following are all possible pathways available to receive the certificate specified above. The specific requirements to satisfy each pathway are also listed.
Pathway: Approved Teacher Preparation Program
Requirements:
Completion of a NYS Registered Program - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
Institutional Recommendation - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Fingerprint Clearance
Pathway: Individual Evaluation
Requirements:
Education - Bachelors Degree
Minimum 2.50 Undergraduate GPA
General Core in Liberal Arts and Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Artistic Expression
College Coursework - Communication
College Coursework - Information Retrieval
College Coursework - Humanities
College Coursework - Written Analysis and Expression
College Coursework - Concepts in Historical and Social Sciences
College Coursework - Scientific Processes
College Coursework - Mathematical Processes
Content Core - Major or Equivalent in One of the Liberal Arts & Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Linguistics
College Coursework - English Grammar
College Coursework - Language other than English (including American Sign Language) - 12 S.H.
Pedagogical Core - 21 S.H.
College Coursework - Human Development and Learning
College Coursework - Teaching Students with Disabilities & Special Health-Care Needs
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills Methods - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
College Coursework - Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - 6 S.H.
College Coursework - Foundations of Education
Student Teaching - English To Speakers Of Other Languages - 40 Days
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Pathway: Individual Evaluation for Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate
Requirements:
Hold a Valid NYS Teaching Certificate
Content Core - Major or Equivalent in One of the Liberal Arts & Sciences - 30 S.H.
College Coursework - Linguistics
College Coursework - English Grammar
College Coursework - Language other than English (including American Sign Language) - 12 S.H.
Pedagogical Core
College Coursework - Teaching Literacy Skills Methods - 3 S.H.
College Coursework - Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - 6 S.H.
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Workshop - Child Abuse Identification
Workshop - School Violence Intervention and Prevention
Fingerprint Clearance
Pathway: Interstate Reciprocity
Requirements:
Education - Bachelors Degree
Valid Level 2 or Higher Cert AND 3 yrs exp, OR completion of approved program - English To Speakers Of Other Languages
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Liberal Arts & Science Test (LAST)
New York State Teacher Certification Exam - Secondary Assessment of Teaching Skills (ATS-W)
Content Specialty Test (CST) - ESOL
Fingerprint Clearance
Pathway: National Board Certification
Requirements:
Hold a valid National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certificate - Early & Mid Childhood OR Early Adol, Adol & Young Ad - English as a New Language
Fingerprint Clearance
http://eservices.nysed.gov/teach/certhelp/CertRequirementHelp.do
For the website link, select Classroom Teacher, English to Speakers of Other Languages, Pre-K to 12 - All Grades, English To Speakers Of Other Languages, and the type of certificate (Inital, Internship, Permanent, Professional, Supplementary, Transitional B, or Transitional C). |
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sweeney66
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:19 am Post subject: certification for NYC? |
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Thanks for that! I wasn't getting much joy from the website. Looks daunting, does all that apply to adult education programs as well?
"Children are beautiful people, in other teachers classrooms!" |
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Chancellor
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Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: certification for NYC? |
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| sweeney66 wrote: |
| Thanks for that! I wasn't getting much joy from the website. Looks daunting |
Well, the links all took you to the same place (I didn't realize that when I had copied the URLs from the actual pages of the website). I think one of the reasons it looks so daunting is all the college coursework (much of which you would obtain simply by pursuing a four-year degree in Education). It appears that what it comes down to is they want you to have at least the same level of certification that other public school teachers have.
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, does all that apply to adult education programs as well?
"Children are beautiful people, in other teachers classrooms!" |
I'm not sure this would apply to teaching adults, except perhaps in a college/university setting where you'd likely have to meet the requirements for being a college/university teacher. |
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sweeney66
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| Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:18 am Post subject: Certification for NYC? |
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| Thanks for your replies. My BA is in Spanish, and I have a CELTA and two years teaching in Mexico. The tentative plan is to return and do an MA TESOL, but of course I need to work while I'm doing it. I'm optimistic about working in community center/ library/YW-YH type settings. Well, its a ways off..just thinking ahead. Again thanks |
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Chancellor
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Posts: 1337
Location: Ji'an, China - if you're willing to send me cigars, I accept donations :)
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Certification for NYC? |
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| sweeney66 wrote: |
| Thanks for your replies. My BA is in Spanish, and I have a CELTA and two years teaching in Mexico. The tentative plan is to return and do an MA TESOL, but of course I need to work while I'm doing it. I'm optimistic about working in community center/ library/YW-YH type settings. Well, its a ways off..just thinking ahead. Again thanks |
Since you have a B.A. in Spanish, maybe you should consider an MA in applied linguistics. |
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sweeney66
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:15 am Post subject: Certification for NYC? |
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| hmmm...checked out what cuny offers, and I think the MA TESOL is more my right hemisphere dominate style... (been reading up on that lately)my real fascination is ...how does learning work? how can we make it better? I am a product of alternative education, mostly, and I really relate to "Smart adults failed by the system" mostly who you find in Adult Ed.I teach efl in mexico, and lots of my smartest most dedicated, most hard-working students don't do very well on grammar tests... they have talents not being addressed by the the program I teach... |
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