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Teaching Licence Requirement:

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 pass the New York State Liberal Arts & Science test, the Assessment of Teaching Skills Test-Written, and a Content Specialty Test appropriate to the subject the student wishes to teach. This initial teacher certification is temporary and will expire after 5 few years.

To obtain a Professional certificate, the applicant must have completed a NYS-approved teacher education program at a college/university and hold a masters degree or above. Each state has different requirements to become a permanently certified teacher, and the requirements keep increasing. For example, professional certification in NYS requires three years of classroom teaching experience. It also requires being mentored by a certified teacher within the first year teaching. However NYS no longer offers permanent certification to those who haven't already been certified by Feb 2004.The Professional certificate replaces it.To maintain your professional certificate one must complete 175 hours of professional development every 5 years. These professional development hours are decreased by a few percentages for every year teaching in a non public school. One does not have to teach in New York State to maintain their certificate as many New York teachers teach in Connecticut and New Jersey. -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Education_Department

 NY is tough, I took the NTE's many years ago and took 11 years off to raise my family.  When I returned to teaching I had to take the NYS exams and make up 18 credits because they had split my degree in half.  I am dual certified and  they did not make it easy for me.

I'm wondering if I was certified in NJ or CT if it would have been easier to obtain NYS certification?  I'm guessing I would still have to comply with NYS regulations.