02.17 Teacher Certification in New York State

There are several degree programs at Eastman that can lead to the New York State Teacher Certification in Music. Much of the responsibility for obtaining certification resides with the student.

BM Music Education General BM-MEG Program Code: 23682 MM Music Education General MM-MEG Program Code: 32498 MA Music Education General MA-MEG Program Code: 32497
BM Music Education Instrumental BM-MEI Program Code: 23682 MM Music Education Instrumental MM-MEI Program Code: 32498 MA Music Education Instrumental MA-MEI Program Code: 32497
BM Music Education Vocal BM-MEV Program Code: 23682 MM Music Education Vocal MM-MEV Program Code: 32498 MA Music Education Vocal MA-MEV Program Code: 32497

There are several degree programs at Eastman that can lead to New York State Teacher Certification in Music. Much of the responsibility for obtaining certification resides with the student.

 

The Department of Music Teaching and Learning will provide students with the following:

  1. Appropriate coursework and advising;
  2. State Mandated Workshops offered during the week prior to the start of the fall semester in the academic year you will be student teaching;
  3. Two supervised student teaching placements, one in a setting that includes K-6th grade students and another in a setting that includes 7th-12th grade students.

 

Upon successful completion of required coursework, the Sophomore Review (undergraduate students), the Pre-Internship Review, attendance at the State Mandated Workshops, and student teaching, the registrar will recommend the student for initial certification (undergraduate students) or initial plus professional certification (graduate students) on the New York State Education Department TEACH website.

 

It is fully the student’s responsibility to:

  1. Create a TEACH online account (http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/home.html). The registrar’s recommendation for certification, exam test scores, and fingerprint clearance are reported to your TEACH online account
  2. Register for and pass New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (https://www.nystce.nesinc.com/PageView.aspx?f=GEN_Tests.html). Three of these are written examinations:
    1. Educating All Students Test (EAS)
    2. Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST)
    3. Content Specialty Test – Music (CST-Music). We recommend you take these exams during the last year of your program, after most coursework has been completed.
    4. The fourth examination, the edTPA (http://www.edtpa.com/) is a portfolio assessment. Materials for the edTPA are generally collected during your student teaching semester and submitted at that time.
  3. Apply for and complete Fingerprint Clearance (http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/ospra/fpprocess.html).
  4. Through your TEACH online account, apply and pay for the teaching certificate. To apply for teacher certification, a program code is needed. The program codes are as follows:
    1. BM-MEG, BM-MEI OR BM-MEV, the code is 23682
    2. MA-MEG, MA-MEI, or MA-MEV, the code is 32497
    3. MM-MEG, MM-MEI, or MM-MEV, the code is 32498

 

*Please see Graduate and Undergraduate Non-English Language Requirement

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