Frequently Asked Questions - HR

All teachers are required to keep their TEACH (NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives) registration active. If you receive an email from TEACH that your TEACH registration is expiring, you need to follow the instructions on the email you have received.  

Additional helpful links/info:

• CTLE Requirement for Professional Classroom Teachers
  
  
• CTLE Recordkeeping and Documentation Requirements
  • Educators will not send documentation of their CTLE clock hours to the Department for the re-registration process. However, their CTLE documentation must be available upon request by the Department.
    
    
  • A sample CTLE recordkeeping form is available online. Educators must maintain CTLE records and documentation for at least three years from the end of the registration period in which they completed the CTLE. 
    
    
• Name Changes  https://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/namechg.html
  
  
• Forgotten username/password: https://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/report.html  
  
  
• Registration and CTLE Contact Information

  Questions about the following topics can be emailed to OTI. Emails sent to OTI should include the educator’s full name as it appears in TEACH and either their date of birth or the last four digits of their Social Security Number, allowing OTI staff to access the educator’s TEACH account information.

  Topic	Email Address
  Certification	tcert@nysed.gov
  CTLE	ctle@nysed.gov
  CTLE Sponsor	ctlesponsor@nysed.gov
  Registration	otiregistration@nysed.gov
  TEACH access help	teachhelp@nysed.gov

Depending on job classification, full-time employees are required to join either the New York State & Local Retirement System (NYSLRS) or the New York State Teachers' Retirement System (TRS). Part-time employees have the option to join the appropriate retirement system but may choose to decline.

Fill out this Name Change Form and send it to Amy Phillips, Business Office.