Mandated Workshops for All School Professionals
These workshops must be posted on your TEACH account or the Certification Officer must verify their completion before entering your recommendation for New York State teacher certification.
- Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse
- School Violence Prevention
- New workshop: All school professionals applying for a New York State teaching certificate or license on or after December 31,2013 are required to complete the new DASA workshop, Dignity for All Students Act, training on the social patterns of harassment, bullying and discrimination. Unfortunately there are no approved providers at this time. The implementation date has been revised from July 1, 2013. Refer to http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/dasa-applicant.html Check that site for information on completing the requirement. As soon as we have information on how to complete this requirement we will post the information on this site and send out announcements.
- Needs of Students with Autism (required if you are seeking certification for Students with Disabilities for a program completed before September 1, 2008, or an extension certificate in Students with Disabilities, or for students in Speech-Language Pathology who have not completed course Sp. 7317 or 7319)
If you must complete your workshops, you can complete them as follows:
- Specialized Programs at Brooklyn College: 718.951.5448
- Online:
Child Abuse Identification and Reporting
Child Abuse Workshop
School Violence Prevention and Intervention
School Violence Prevention Workshop
Needs of Students With Autism - United Federation of Teachers: 212.475.3737
If Your Workshops Are Not Posted on Your TEACH Account
Option A
Mail the originals to:
Office of Teaching Initiatives
New York State Education Department
89 Washington Avenue, 5N EB
Albany, NY 12234
Keep copies in your files.
Option B
You may fax, e-mail or mail copies of your workshops certificates to the certification officer or hand deliver them during certification office hours. Do not send documents with your full Social Security number; just send the last four digits. These workshops will not be posted on your TEACH account unless you send them to the Office of Teaching Initiatives; the college recommendation for certification will attest that they were completed. Keep your certificates in your files in case they are ever asked for in the future.
