Hello Literacy Education Community! We hope you all are doing well in these most unusual times.
No matter whether you’re a student, a teacher, or both right now — you are likely experiencing some type of online educational experience in your life at the moment. We hope it is going as smoothly as possible!
Please read ahead for updates on the GRE deadline & certification exam information.
GRE
If you have been accepted into the program and started your coursework, but still need to submit your GRE scores by the mid-point of this semester, the Graduate School has extended the deadline! The new deadline for submitted GRE scores this semester is November 2. Please contact your advisor with any questions or concerns.
Certification Exams
The Regents met on September 15 to discuss items related to addressing the COVID crisis and the reopening of schools. As expected, the Board approved the extension of flexibilities related to the edTPA safety net (the ATS-W Elementary or Secondary as applicable) and the emergency COVID-19 certificate through the 2020-21 academic year:
https://www.regents.nysed.gov/common/regents/files/920bra7revised.pdf
http://www.nysed.gov/news/2020/board-regents-acts-fifth-series-emergency-regulations-ease-burdens-educators-students-and
Eligibility for the edTPA safety net includes:
- Candidates who complete a student teaching or similar clinical experience during the 2020-2021 academic year while enrolled in a New York State registered teacher preparation program;
- Candidates who complete a student teaching experience during the 2020-2021 academic year while enrolled in an acceptable out-of-state teacher preparation program; and
- Candidates who complete the teaching experience requirement for certification through the individual evaluation pathway during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Also, Safety Net Tests expiring this semester:
The revised Content Specialty Test (CST) in Visual Arts will become operational in November 2020:
http://www.nystce.nesinc.com/TestView.aspx?f=HTML_FRAG/NY079_TestPage.html
The safety net for the CST in Visual Arts allows candidates to take either the applicable revised CST or the predecessor CST for one year after the revised CST becomes operational.
And there’s still room to sign up for this semester’s discounted remote DASA, SAVE & Child Abuse ID workshops: https://www3.newpaltz.edu/marketplace/store/61/category/62
*The Pell Grant/Excelsior Scholarship fee waivers are full for the SAVE & Child Abuse ID workshops, but there’s still room for DASA waivers.
And finally, for Educational Administration candidates, the launch date for the Revised (May 2019) School Building Leader (SBL) Assessment will now become operational in Spring 2021, instead of November 2020.
As an extra helpful bonus, here’s a video presentation on how to do everything regarding certification:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RKEGDirKDVidlqIHBmC7cKwO8g8oKP2X/view
If you have additional questions about outstanding certification exams or requirements, contact Chris Whitaker (whitakc@newpaltz.edu).