Have you been offered a full-time teaching job before completing the MSEd program?

If you are at least halfway through the MSEd program and you have an offer to be hired as a full-time teacher by a public school, you may be eligible to apply for a temporary NYSED Internship Certificate if you meet all of the criteria.

The temporary NYSED Internship Certificate allows a teacher candidate to serve as a full-time paid teacher-of-record while completing the master’s degree program. The certificate is no longer valid when the teacher candidate completes or leaves the MSEd program.

At MCNY, teacher candidates must complete both Purpose 1 and 2 to be eligible, and the temporary Internship Certificate is valid through the completion of Purpose 3. Because of the requirement for college supervision during the final student teaching semester, the MSED program will recommend teacher candidates only after they have registered for all of the remaining Purpose 3 courses, including EDU 530 or 630 PUR – Analysis of Teaching Behaviors and EDU 530 or 630 CON – Practicum Grades. The teacher candidate will need to be supervised at the school site by an experienced certified teacher or administrator during the temporary Internship Certificate semester.

The deadline to submit the completed application along with all required documents below is within three days after your Purpose 2 final grades are posted.

  1. Evidence of passing score on the Educating All Students (EAS) – 201 test.
  2. Unofficial Transcript indicating:
    • Minimum cumulative 3.3 GPA
    • Minimum A- in EDU 520/620 PUR – Analysis of Teaching Behaviors Grades 1-3/7-9 and EDU 520/620 CON – Practicum Grades 1-3/7-9
    • Registered for EDU 530/630 PUR – Analysis of Teaching Behaviors Grades 4-6/10-12 and EDU 530/630 CON – Practicum Grades 4-6/10-12
    • Completed NYSED’s required workshops for certification before the start of your teaching semester. The required workshops are Child Abuse Identification and Reporting Training certificate, passing School Violence Prevention and Intervention (SEM 521/621 VAL), and passing DASA (SEM 522/622 VAL.
  1. A Letter of Employment (with start date) from the principal or director of the school or other educational agency (on institution’s letterhead) in New York City indicating the following:
    • The grade and subject area you will be hired as a full-time salary paid teacher-of -record classroom teacher.
    • The internship certification subject area: Childhood 1-6, Students with Disabilities 1-6 or Mathematics 7-12.
  1. Purpose 3 Student Teaching Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) completed and signed by school site principal.
  2. If you meet all criteria, complete and submit the Internship Certificate Application along with all evidence documents within 3 days after Purpose 2 final grades are posted.