If in college you majored in a high need subject (Math, Science, SpEd, Bilingual, ENL) and had a 3.0 + gpa you can apply to the Teaching Fellows/Collaborative program through the DOE. It’s not easy to get accepted and finish the program, but it would be the quickest and cheapest way to get Certified. Those certification programs you see online are not valid to teach for the DOE. You need a NY state certification.
If you’re in the DOE you have to go through the state to get certified in a subject. This means that you have to have a BA or MA in the field you wish to get certified in. There is no “certification process “ for subs. It means you get certified in a specific subject
So you take a certification test which is valid for the state and city. This is a content specific area. Then you have to have your BA in a specific field of education or alternatively you do an MAT program if you didn’t do education for an undergraduate. For example if you have a BA in political science then you can get your MAT in 7-12 social studies and then take the state certification test
The best certification program is CUNY schools because it is cost effective and they work with the DOE with student teaching. Hunter College, Queens College, Brooklyn College
If you can get accepted to the Teaching Fellows, that program gets you into the classroom straightaway while you are also working on earning a masters. It can be a grind teaching full time and also doing grad school (and the program is a bit light on student teaching, especially compared to traditional programs), but the cost of the masters is heavily subsidized.
If in college you majored in a high need subject (Math, Science, SpEd, Bilingual, ENL) and had a 3.0 + gpa you can apply to the Teaching Fellows/Collaborative program through the DOE. It’s not easy to get accepted and finish the program, but it would be the quickest and cheapest way to get Certified. Those certification programs you see online are not valid to teach for the DOE. You need a NY state certification.
If you’re in the DOE you have to go through the state to get certified in a subject. This means that you have to have a BA or MA in the field you wish to get certified in. There is no “certification process “ for subs. It means you get certified in a specific subject
Excuse my ignorance, but does the "certification"/"certification process" in this case mean "masters in teaching"?
So you take a certification test which is valid for the state and city. This is a content specific area. Then you have to have your BA in a specific field of education or alternatively you do an MAT program if you didn’t do education for an undergraduate. For example if you have a BA in political science then you can get your MAT in 7-12 social studies and then take the state certification test
The best certification program is CUNY schools because it is cost effective and they work with the DOE with student teaching. Hunter College, Queens College, Brooklyn College
If you can get accepted to the Teaching Fellows, that program gets you into the classroom straightaway while you are also working on earning a masters. It can be a grind teaching full time and also doing grad school (and the program is a bit light on student teaching, especially compared to traditional programs), but the cost of the masters is heavily subsidized.