US Teacher Certification Guide
Streamline Teacher Certification Across All 50 States
Find your pathway with a free assessment, then use application guides to prepare materials and work through each step. Ask the application assistant when a step is unclear, or get individual support by email.
Three services to guide your application.
A free assessment identifies your pathway. Paid guides show you how to apply. Individual human support is available for a separate fee. The assistant explains application steps, while a rules engine determines your pathway.
Free Pathway Assessment
Find a New York pathway based on your credentials, education and teaching experience. The same answers give the same result, and you can change your answers to reassess.
Pathways and Requirements
Review your recommended pathway, other options, requirements and items to verify. Choose the application route that fits your situation.
Application Progress
Check off requirements you have confirmed, undo a selection or return later. Progress is saved separately for each pathway. Your checks do not mean NYSED approval.
Application Guides
See steps, materials, fees, notes and official links for each requirement, plus account setup and application instructions. One purchase unlocks all guides. Changing pathways costs nothing extra.
Individual Human Support
Get individual help by email with questions the guides and assistant cannot resolve. Human support is charged separately.
Application Assistant
Ask about an unclear step and follow up as needed. The assistant explains your current guide, and you can close the conversation to continue your application.
Four steps from assessment to application.
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Assess your background for free
Answer questions about your credentials, education and teaching experience. Consult the explanations when unsure, and change your answers to generate a new pathway.
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Choose your pathway
Review your recommended pathway, other options, requirements and items to verify.
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Unlock all application guides
One purchase gives you guidance across pathways. Access belongs to your account, so reassessing or changing pathways costs nothing extra.
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Work through your checklist with support
Prepare materials, complete the steps and confirm your own progress. Ask the assistant about unclear instructions, or get individual help by email for a separate fee.
Assess first, decide later.
Discover your New York pathway and requirements for free, then decide whether to unlock the application guides.
Contact us
Questions beyond the assessment? Email us.