Reply With QuoteOther districts do not require a 2 yr degree...where do you get your info. from.....OH THATS RIGHT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING....... Ha Ha ha
none in lackawanna, you just need to be connected, other districts require a two year degree in just about anything & you must take a TA test to qualify. I think West Seneca follows that rule give them a call.Originally Posted by gibbsgal
Other districts do not require a 2 yr degree...where do you get your info. from.....OH THATS RIGHT YOU KNOW EVERYTHING....... Ha Ha ha
So Lackawanna #1, you seem to know all about the schools, what qualifications are needed to be a TA?
bo bo kitty to you, most other districts call the TA (teacher aide) postions teacher assistants, and thats what the qualifications are. in todays day a HS diploma is not enough, only in lackawanna. I have read many of your posts, they do not make sense to me, did you go to lackawanna, you sound like it, made it through grammer school, I take it.
Teaching Assistants Pursuing Certification
•Employment
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•Frequently Asked Questions - Teaching Assistants
NOTICE: Applicants for teaching assistant (paraprofessionals) certificates (effective February 2, 2004) are required to take the Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills Test (ATAS).
Employment
Education Law empowers school districts to employ persons as teaching assistants who provide direct instructional services to students under the general supervision of a licensed or certified teacher. The teaching assistant is provided general (as contrasted with direct or personal) supervision by the licensed or certified teacher(s) who are responsible for the students' instruction. Regular teachers provide direction and guidance to teaching assistants concerning the direct instructional services they are providing to students.
Teaching assistants, unlike teacher aides, are members of the teaching staff and must be given a probationary appointment as a teaching assistant. Recognizing that teaching assistants are not intended to replace licensed or certified teachers, it is not appropriate to assign primary instructional duties to a teaching assistant, regardless of any teaching license or credential the individual may possess.
Any person employed, as a teaching assistant, shall hold one of the following credentials: temporary license, continuing certificate; or a Level I, II, III or Pre-Professional certificate. However, if an individual holds a teaching, pupil personnel, or administrative certificate, he or she need not also obtain a temporary license, continuing certificate, Level I, II, III or Pre-Professional certificate to serve as a teaching assistant, unless required by the employing district.
Qualifications/Requirements
The regulations that took effect on February 2, 2004, not only change the requirements for teaching assistants but also the manner by which an individual becomes certified as a teaching assistant in New York State. Prior to February 2, 2004, individuals were certified at the request of a superintendent of schools. Now, individuals will apply directly to the New York State Education Department for certification as a Level, I, II, III or Pre-Professional Teaching Assistant.
OVERVIEW OF TEACHING ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
(effective April 2006)
Certificate
What education is required for this certificate?
What examination is required for this certificate?
How long is this certificate valid?
Can the certificate be renewed?
Level I
High School Diploma or its equivalent
New York State Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills Test
3 years
Yes. It can be renewed for 3 years based on commitment of employment.
Level II
9 credits for certificates applied for after February 1, 2007
Same as Level I
3 years
No
Level III
18 credits (cumulative)
Same as Level I
Continuously valid provided that the teaching assistant completes 75 hours of professional development every 5 years
Not applicable
Please note the following:
•Individuals wishing to obtain a teaching assistant certificate must submit an application and fee using .
•Applying for certification does not register you to take the Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills Test. You must register for the test with National Evaluation Systems, Inc. There is a fee to take the test. Taking the test is just one step in the teaching assistant application process. For more information on how to register for the ATAS Exam go to http://www.ATAS.nesinc.com/
•Having a college degree does not eliminate the requirement that you take the Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills test or meet all of the other certification requirements.
•Teaching assistant requirements include more than obtaining a passing score on the test. They include an educational requirement, the completion of two workshops, as well as, obtaining fingerprint clearance. Please see the Certification requirements for detailed information.
For more information on specific requirements click on the icon below. Teaching Assistant requirements are under "Other School Service".
Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills Test (ATAS)
All candidates who apply on or after February 2, 2004, for a credential to work as a teaching assistant in New York State must submit evidence of having achieved a qualifying score on the ATAS. Candidates who take and achieve a qualifying score on the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) do not have to take to ATAS. The LAST is also required for classroom teacher certificate.
The ATAS may also be used to satisfy the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requirement that, by September 8, 2006, all Title I paraprofessionals must either have (1) completed two years of college (48 credit hours) or have an associate degree or higher or (2) passed a formal state or local assessment. However, the ATAS is not the only assessment that may be used for NCLB purposes.
To learn about other possible assessments that local education agencies (LEAs) may use, please refer to NCLB Field Memo #02-2003, posted at www.highered.nysed.gov/nclbhome.htm. The field memo explains that local education agencies may use local tenure reviews or local performance reviews or other assessments as NCLB assessments provided that such assessments meet the NCLB's requirements. Decisions on what teaching assistants may use to satisfy NCLB requirements are made at the local level.
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Completing Requirements for Level II, III, or Pre Professional CertificatesA.Credit by Examination
Some of the coursework requirements for a Level II, Level III or Pre-Professional certificate may be satisfied by examination. For information, contact Excelsior College at 518-464-8500 or the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) at 1-800-257-9558. Credit earned through examination will be acceptable toward certification only if it does not duplicate college credit completed. CLEP offers exams in English, math, science, social studies, and languages other than English, as well as professional education. Excelsior College offers exams that satisfy requirements for professional education.
B.Pursuing Teacher Certification
Many individuals now serving as teaching assistants (paraprofessionals) in schools throughout the State possess the attributes, background, and interest that would enable them to successfully pursue careers in teaching. Under the February 2, 2004, regulations, the Board of Regents created the Pre-Professional teaching assistant certificate to encourage and recognize those teaching assistants actively pursuing a teacher certificate. It is not necessary for a teaching assistant to obtain a Pre-professional certificate in order to become a certified teacher. It is an option. The following are suggested steps to help teaching assistants who want to obtain certification as a teacher:
1.Contact your school's human resource administrator to determine whether your district provides incentives for paraprofessionals.
2.Contact local two and four-year higher education institutions for information on programs that can help you meet the education requirements for certification. Some community colleges offers special programs to prepare paraprofessionals, which are articulated with one or more four-year colleges that offer baccalaureate teacher education programs. Information on all teacher education programs offered by colleges and universities is available on the Office of College and University Evaluation's Web site at www.highered.nysed.gov/ocue/.
3.Contact your local Teacher Center about credit-bearing courses and other professional development opportunities. Go to http://www.teachercenters.org.
4.Contact your local teacher organization for information about courses or other professional development opportunities it may offer paraprofessionals. In New York City, the United Federation of Teachers (UFT)/New York City Teacher Centers Consortium offers reduced-tuition courses to enable paraprofessionals to earn undergraduate credits toward a bachelor's degree. For information on UFT offerings and on college programs for paraprofessionals making the transition to certified teachers, see the Web publication titled, You and the UFT: For Paraprofessionals.
5.Explore alternative teacher certification (ATC) programs. ATC programs are designed for individuals who have a bachelor's degree in the subject they wish to teach, have passed two teacher tests (the LAST and CST), but lack courses in teaching. After an intensive, time-shortened pre-service component, candidates are employed as teachers under a transitional certificate and receive mentoring and other support while completing the requirements for certification. For more information, go to alternative certification programs. If you are employed in New York City schools, go to http://www.nycteachingfellows.org/ .
6.Refer to the Certification section of our Web site for complete information on certification requirements by teaching title, information on testing requirements, etc.
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NY and NJ TEACHER ASSISTANT
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PRE-REQUISITES:
A High School Diploma or GED
If the pre-requisite above is completed go to NY/NJ TEACHER ASSISTANT CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS below.
NY/NJ ASSISTANT TEACHER CERTIFICATION
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1 State Certification Exam
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forms. For Specials and Discounts please, call NY office at 212-227-6656.
EXAM
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EXAM
5-WEEKS
COMPREHENSIVE
PROGRAM (NJ location)
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Teaching Assistants
Prior to Feb. 2, 2004, a temporary license was the first credential a teaching assistant would hold in New York state. A teaching assistant would then seek to obtain a continuing certificate.
Valid continuously, except when the holder has not been regularly employed as a teaching assistant for five consecutive years, a continuing certificate is portable across school districts and BOCES boundaries in the same way a teaching certificate is portable.
New requirements for certification apply to candidates who apply on or after Feb. 2, 2004, for their first teaching assistant credential.
An individual seeking certification would first apply for a Level I certificate and continue through progressive certification levels.
The requirements and time validity for each of the certificate types are as follows:
Level I Certificate
•Hold a high school diploma or its equivalent;
•Pass the NYS Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills (ATAS) which tests proficiency in basic quantitative and communication skills;
•Child Abuse Identification Workshop;
•School Violence Prevention and Intervention Workshop; and
•Fingerprint clearance.
Level I certificates are valid for three years and can be renewed one time, only with a commitment for employment.
Level II Certificate
In addition to meeting the requirements for the Level I certificate:
•Complete nine semester hours of collegiate study toward meeting the requirements for an associate or baccalaureate degree; and
•One year of experience as a teaching assistant. Level II certificates are valid for three years and are not renewable.
•Individuals with one year of experience and 18 semester hours may apply directly for the Level III certificate.
Level III Certificate
In addition to the requirements for the Level II teaching certificate:
•Complete additional semester hours of collegiate study for a total of at least 18 hours toward meeting the requirements for an associate or baccalaureate degree;
•Level III certificates are valid continuously, provided that the required 75 hours of professional development consistent with the district’s professional development plan are completed every five years. Pre-professional Certificate In addition to the requirements for a Level III teaching certificate:
•The candidate must be matriculated in a program leading to teacher certification or its equivalent, or employed in a program with an articulation agreement with a teacher preparation program;
•Valid for five years and can be renewed with the completion of an additional 30 semester hours.
Pre-professional Certificate
In addition to the requirements for a Level III teaching certificate:
•The candidate must be matriculated in a program leading to teacher certification or its equivalent, or employed in a program with an articulation agreement with a teacher preparation program;
•Valid for five years and can be renewed with the completion of an additional 30 semester hours.
Incidental teaching
Generally, a certified teacher cannot teach outside his or her certification area. However, the BOCES district superintendent may grant a school district permission to assign a teacher to teach a subject not covered by the teacher’s certificate if no certified teacher is available, despite extensive recruitment efforts, and the teaching time does not exceed five classroom hours a week. This is known as “incidental teaching.”
Revocation
A teacher’s certificate may be revoked by the state for conviction of a crime or an act indicating lack of “good moral character,” such as physical or sexual abuse of a student or minor; sale, possession, or use of illegal drugs; any crime committed either on school property or while in the performance of teaching duties; or other acts which bring into question the teacher’s “good moral character.” Under Part 83 of Commissioner’s Regulations, a hearing is required before the certificate can be revoked.
It's your responsibility
Keep in mind that it is an individual’s responsibility to maintain certification. Members are strongly urged to maintain a certification file including copies of all transcripts, certificates, communications and professional development.
Members can check their individual New York state certification file through the TEACH system and obtain comprehensive certification information on the Office of Teaching Initiatives website at www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/TEACH.
Members with specific questions and e-mail availability can contact the SED via e-mail by clicking on “Contact Us” at the website. The Office of Teaching Initiatives can also be contacted by telephone at 518-474-3901.
The regulations pertaining to specific situations regarding certification can be difficult. Contact your local union president for help. Be prepared to provide your name, Social Security number and a brief description of the situation.
For more information
NYSUT offers a variety of materials to help new members. Your union can make these items available at strategic times during the year.
For more information about your union and how your colleagues can help you build a successful career, contact your union representative or your local president.
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It's your responsibility
Keep in mind that it is an individual’s responsibility to maintain certification. Members are strongly urged to maintain a certification file including copies of all transcripts, certificates, communications and professional development.
Members can check their individual New York state certification file through the TEACH system and obtain comprehensive certification information on the Office of Teaching Initiatives website at www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/TEACH.
Members with specific questions and e-mail availability can contact the SED via e-mail by clicking on “Contact Us” at the website. The Office of Teaching Initiatives can also be contacted by telephone at 518-474-3901.
The regulations pertaining to specific situations regarding certification can be difficult. Contact your local union president for help. Be prepared to provide your name, Social Security number and a brief description of the situation.
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Access comprehensive info from the State Education Dept.'s Office of Teaching Initiatives, or log on to the TEACH Online Services database to check your personal certification information.
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NYSUT Certification Bulletins
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•New Certification Requirements for Teaching Assistants
•NYS Teacher Certification Exams: The Assessment of Teaching Skills - Performance
•NYS Teacher Certification Flexibility Limited Extensions in Times of Fiscal Crisis
•Professional Development Requirement for Certification
•Professional Portfolios Required For Evaluation of Newly Certified Teachers Update Your APPR: February 2008
•Social Work Licensure and School Social Worker Certification
•Supplemental Teaching Certificate
•TEACH Certification Application Process for Teachers, Pupil Personnel Service Professionals and Teaching Assistants
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Why would you ask me gibbsgal you know everything.......And for going to Lackawanna High, yes i did and i am proud of it......I am sure you were one who had to go to cathlic school cause you were pick on probably by John or Dave or maybe kenny......Ha ha ha
Proud? You said that beautifully! You can't spell and you butcher the English language. More like an embarassment! Let's race for the bottom instead of the TOP!! WHHEEEEE! Were almost there!
Now everyone can see why Lackawanna is ranked so low for so many years...Lackawanna#1 just proved it and he is PROUD of it!! Great job! Gold Star!! Keep up the good work!!
you sure do alot of ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, do you tip a few, forgot you have a former barmaid connection. not connected to board members john, dave & kenny. did you have fun at the party monday, gathered alot of my info there. if you read the post right I stated grammer school not HS.
You forgot to switch your screen name, hahahahahahahaahahah
I Am Praying Hard!
There is no way to go, but through the gauntlet, AND,
Classic Eleanor Roosevelt Overcoming Fear Motto:
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'
You must do the thing you think you cannot do. "
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
In order to fight this "evil" that has turned some of the family and friends club hearts cold to the reality of all the lack in Lackawanna;
We MUST jump over this junior high mentality and fight against the issues that are causing the lack and negativity in OUR once great City!
I am 57, I have no time to waste on he said-she said, and Lord knows my enemies are pounding away as I speak, searching and digging up anything they can use against me in this election.
You know what?
Whatever!..... Makeyenko told me he researched me all the way back to my first boyfriend!--- Who Cares?
I have been in battle since 1989.......I lost a few battles, BUT, I am still in the war against the "lack" in Lackawanna!
They have pitted lots of drunken City people spitting in my face screaming vulgarities like you would not believe against me over the years, stalked me, prank-ed me, anonymous phone calls, threw eggs-flat tires, lost my job-business, friends, and I have had numerous threats, PUBLICLY humiliated/ slandered me, fined me, and I was falsely arrested twice!
Guess What? I am NOT giving up on US! I pray everyday we unite to fight!
We are our own worst enemy, no wonder "young professionals" smirk at Lackawanna....... I was a young professional once and I only came back because I was born here and I wanted to raise my daughter in her Fathers' family homestead. That is what I, yes I, am fighting for----" OUR Posterity " !
reread the the posts your sooooooooo confused
I am Fighting for EVERYONE of US too!
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BTW....I have no hard feelings, no animosity, no vendettas, self-serving agendas, and I certainly do not want to see anyone lose a job! I want to cut the pork and I know where it hides---probably not all of it because they are very clever at their poli-trick game and have decades of generational experience playing it.
Found out about the meeting appr. 8:30 this morning, and got up to City Hall late for the Ridge Road property meeting because I had the Grandchildren---saw Mr. Noman and Mr. Ingram in the parking lot and they said nothing happened because "the lawyer" didn't show up. So NOTHING happened today.
Whose lawyer? Said they didn't know details.
I know someone in the City has/is dropped/ing the ball because they want to stall this until Jan. 1, 2012 just like they did to me about the Bauder Street Playground hot potato! I knew nothing about all the behind the scene fighting over the basketball court till I took office! I bet they are still laughing thinking they pulled one over on me---I even got threatened to be killed over it!
Plain ole' election year poli-tricks and down-right no ba**s, if you ask me!
I asked Council President specifically after the last Council meeting on June 18, 2011 when the property meeting would be, and he said, " I don't know, it will be up to the lawyer". Well I guess they found the lawyer and asked him to schedule---BUT he didn't show up???
Hot Potato--Hot Potato! Tag--You're It!
Now this is funny BUT sad, because Citizens took their time and gas to show up and......tick tick tick, December 30, midnight can not come fast enough---can it fellas?!?
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FYI to WHOM IT MAY CONCERN IN THE LACKAWANNA CITY HALL:
Quorum.
Chp. 5---Lackawanna Charter/Code
The majority of all the members of the Council, whether or not there is a vacancy, shall constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting of the Council
Open Meeting Law FAQ NYS Department of State website
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* What is a meeting?
* Who is covered by the Law?
* How do I know if a meeting is going to be held?.
* I attended a meeting; and the public body closed the meeting to the public, citing "personnel matters."
Is this legal?
* Can I speak at a meeting?
* I requested minutes of a town board meeting and was told that I could not have them until they were approved. Is this right?
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What is a meeting?
The term "meeting" is defined as "the official convening of a public body for the purpose of conducting public business." As such, when a quorum (a majority of the membership of a public body) gathers for the purpose of discussing public business, the meeting must be convened open to the public, whether or not there is an intent to take action and regardless of the manner in which the gathering may be characterized.
Who is covered by the Law?
The Open Meetings Law applies to "public bodies." That term is defined to include entities consisting of two or more people that conduct public business and perform a governmental function for New York State, for an agency of the state, or for public corporations, such as cities, counties, towns, villages and school districts. Committees and subcommittees of these entities are also included within the definition. Consequently, city councils, town boards, village boards of trustees, school boards, commissions, legislative bodies, and committees and subcommittees consisting of members of those groups all fall within the framework of the Law.
How do I know if a meeting is going to be held?
The Law requires that notice of the time and place of all meetings be given prior to every meeting. If a meeting is scheduled at least a week in advance, notice must be given to the public and the news media not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. When a meeting is scheduled less than a week in advance, notice must be given to the public and the news media "to the extent practicable" at a reasonable time prior to the meeting. Notice to the public must be accomplished by posting in one or more designated public locations.
I find it amusing.............WHO/HOW ARE THEY GOING TO PASS THE BUCK FOR BREAKING THE NYS DOS LAWS of this mornings city property sale meeting? And DO NOT blame the FOIL Clerk---she knows her job well!
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