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Professional development to keep your New York certificate

Everything about CTLE and registration in one place: who needs it, how many hours, what counts, how to register in TEACH, and the one-time workshops.

General information, not legal advice. NYSED and your TEACH account decide what applies to you. Before you act on your certificate, check TEACH, ask your district human resources office or professional learning office, or contact NYSED's Office of Teaching Initiatives. Facts on this page were checked Nov 7, 2026 from the official sources listed at the bottom.

CTLE in 20 seconds

CTLE in one pictureFive columns, one per year of a five-year registration period. Each column fills with 20 hours, for 100 hours in all. Part of each column is teal: at least 15 of the 100 hours are about English language learners.Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5100 CTLE hours in 5 years

Register every 5 years · earn 100 hours · at least 15 for English language learners

Each block is 5 hours. Teal = language acquisition (English language learners). Most teachers need 15 of these; ESOL and bilingual extension holders need 50.

Plain and simple: Goal100 is not a NYSED-approved CTLE sponsor. Nothing on Goal100 gives CTLE hours. We only explain the rules and point you to official sources and approved sponsors.

1. Who needs CTLE (and who does not)

CTLE means Continuing Teacher and Leader Education. It is the professional development New York requires to keep certain certificates in good standing. It is tied to registration: you register in TEACH every five years.

Who registers and who completes CTLE
Certificate you holdRegister every 5 years?CTLE hours?
Professional classroom teacher or school leader, practicing in a NY public school, nonpublic school, special act district or BOCESYes, "Registered – Active"Yes: 100 hours each 5-year period
Level III Teaching Assistant or the Professional Teaching Assistant certificate (registration and CTLE apply to the new TA Professional certificate as of Oct 1, 2025), practicingYesYes: 100 hours each 5-year period
Initial Renewal Teaching AssistantNoYes: 100 hours each 5-year period, practicing or not
Professional or Level III TA, not practicing in those schoolsMay choose "Registered – Inactive"No CTLE while inactive
Permanent certificate only (teacher or leader)Yes if practicing; inactive allowed if notNo
Initial or Provisional certificate onlyNoNo (your job is to earn the Professional certificate)
Pupil personnel services (school counselor, psychologist, social worker, attendance teacher, school nurse teacher, dental hygiene teacher)NoNo
Teaching Assistant Level I, Level I Renewal, Level II, Continuing TANoNo

Charter school and 4410 school employees are not required by the regulations to register or complete CTLE (NYSED chart). "Practicing" means employed by one applicable school for 90 or more days in a school year; paid days you did not work also count (8 NYCRR §80-6.1).

Note on Level III Teaching Assistants: if an older guide shows a different number, use NYSED's current chart: it says Level III and Professional TAs who practice complete 100 hours every five-year period, the same as Professional teachers.

2. The hour rules

100clock hours in each 5-year registration period. One requirement per person, no matter how many certificates you hold.
20 / yearIf you were "inactive" part of the period, you owe 20 hours for each year you practiced. Under one year is not prorated.
0 carry-overExtra hours do not roll into the next period. Hours before the period do not count.
60 min= 1 CTLE hour for workshops and other activities.
15CTLE hours = 1 semester hour of college credit (10 for a quarter hour), only if the college is an approved CTLE sponsor and awards CTLE hours.
30 / 25Up to 30 hours for mentoring a new teacher, up to 25 for a teacher candidate, per period, if your district or BOCES allows.
NBPTSEarning National Board Certification meets CTLE for that period, but you still owe the language acquisition hours.
10CTLE hours = 1 ASHA CEU, for Speech and Language Disabilities certificate holders (ASHA CE Registry).

3. The language acquisition share (English language learners)

Part of your 100 hours must be about language acquisition: meeting the needs of English language learners, including co-teaching strategies and integrating language and content instruction.

Infographic: how 100 hours split (minimums; you may always do more language acquisition)

Most Professional teachers, school leaders and Level III / Professional TAs

Professional ESOL certificate or a bilingual extension

If you practiced only part of the period (example: 3 years × 20 = 60 hours)

  • Exemption (teachers and school leaders): if your school has an approved exemption under CR Part 154 (fewer than 30 English language learners, or English language learners are under 5% of enrollment), you are exempt from the language acquisition part for each year you work there. Your total hours do not go down.
  • School district business leaders follow a different 15% rule (needs of English language learners and the mandates for them).
  • Percent math for partial periods (15% of 60 = 9) is our reading of the regulation; TEACH shows your exact required total and language acquisition hours when you re-register.

Sources: 8 NYCRR §80-6.3 and NYSED's the rule text (8 NYCRR §80-6.3).

4. Students with disabilities: is there a separate hour rule?

The CTLE regulation (8 NYCRR §80-6.3, current through June 2025) sets no separate hour quota for students with disabilities. Courses on teaching students with IEPs count as pedagogy (or content, for a special education certificate) when an approved sponsor awards CTLE hours for them. What is required is a one-time certification workshop: Coursework or Training in the Needs of Children with Autism, for applicants for the Students with Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired, and Speech and Language Disabilities certificates (see workshops). Ask your district if your contract or APPR plan sets its own topics.

5. Your 5-year registration cycle (timeline)

For people first certified on or after July 1, 2016, the period starts on the first day of your birth month and ends on the last day of the month before your birth month in the fifth year. TEACH shows your exact dates under Account Information → Registration Information.

  1. 1Start: first day of your birth month. Plan about 20 hours a year (a plan, not a rule; you may do them any time in the period).
  2. ✓Each year: save every certificate of completion. Add it to your hour tracker.
  3. 66 months before the end: the re-registration window opens in TEACH. TEACH emails reminders 6, 3 and 1 month before the end, so keep a personal email in TEACH.
  4. !Last day of the month before your birth month, Year 5: the period ends. Re-register (Active, or Inactive if not practicing).
  5. +1Short of hours? Request conditional registration: one more year to finish. It cannot be renewed or extended without good cause.

Example with made-up numbers: birth month October, period Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2031. The window opens about April 1, 2031.

6. How to register (and re-register) in TEACH

  1. Sign inGo to TEACH Online Services and sign in with your NY.gov ID.
  2. Open Account InformationUnder "Inquiry Links," click Account Information, then click here in the Registration Information section.
  3. Registration and CTLE screenClick Next. Answer the CTLE questions and review your required total and language acquisition hours.
  4. AttestIf you completed your hours, answer the moral character and other questions.
  5. Choose a statusActive if you practice in an applicable school; Inactive if you do not. Confirm on the last screen.
  6. If you did not finishYou may choose conditional registration (answer "yes" and complete the attestation). Choosing "no" means you cannot register at this time.
  • You can re-register starting six months before your period ends.
  • Update your name or address in TEACH within 30 days of a change.
  • The regulation allows a $10-a-month late fee; NYSED says it is not enforcing that fee for now. Willful failure to register, or to tell NYSED you are not practicing, may lead to a moral character review.
  • You do not upload CTLE certificates to TEACH. You keep them and show them if NYSED asks.

7. What counts as CTLE (and what does not)

✅ Counts
  • Activities from a NYSED-approved CTLE sponsor only
  • In the content area of any certificate you hold (even an Initial or Permanent one)
  • In pedagogy (general or content-specific)
  • In language acquisition for English language learners
  • Approved college courses, micro-credentials from approved sponsors, mentoring (district choice), peer review under §3012-d, National Board
❌ Does not count
  • Anything from a provider not on NYSED's sponsor list
  • Activities only for personal development, marketing, business practices or profit
  • Hours from before the period, or extra hours carried forward
  • Professional development a sponsor did not designate as CTLE
🔎 Check a sponsor

Search NYSED's list of approved CTLE sponsors before you sign up. Then see our directory of places to earn hours.

8. Keep records (for at least 3 years after the period ends)

For each activity keep: the title; total hours; hours in content, pedagogy and language acquisition; the sponsor's name and sponsor number; your identifying information; proof of attendance; the date and location. Keep proof for at least three years from the end of the registration period in which you earned the hours.

9. If you are short of hours

  1. Check what you really oweWere you inactive or not practicing for any year? You may owe 20 hours per practicing year instead of 100. Check TEACH.
  2. Finish inside the period if you canLook for sessions from your district, BOCES, teacher center or union. See the directory.
  3. Conditional registrationAny CTLE-subject educator may request it, starting six months before the end. You get one extra year and agree to finish in that year. It cannot be renewed without good cause.
  4. Good causeNYSED may adjust the hours or deadline for documented good cause, such as poor health certified by a health care provider or extended active military duty.
  5. Not working in a NY school?Choose Inactive in TEACH. No CTLE while inactive. Re-activate before you return.

See Scenario 6 for a step-by-step example of a teacher 20 hours short in year 5.

10. One-time required workshops (separate from CTLE)

These are certification workshops, not CTLE. Most are one-time. Ask the provider if a workshop also awards CTLE hours. Providers report completion to TEACH; check the Workshops section of your TEACH Account Information. Your name, date of birth and other details must match TEACH exactly.

Deadline: every educator and school staff member who is a mandated reporter must complete the Second Updated Child Abuse Identification workshop by November 17, 2026.
Required workshops
WorkshopLengthWho needs itNotes and providers
Child Abuse Identification and Reporting (mandated reporter), including the Second UpdateAbout 2 hours; 15-minute addendum optionAll applicants for educator certification; all educators and school staff who are mandated reporters (Second Update by Nov 17, 2026). Applications on or after Oct 1, 2025 need the second updated workshop.If you completed it between Nov 1, 2022 and Aug 31, 2025, you may take a 15-minute addendum with the same provider. NYSED's page also mentions yearly "brush-ups" of about 20 minutes as a separate requirement; ask your district. Approved providers (the list names OCFS as a free provider).
School Violence Prevention and Intervention (SAVE)2 clock hoursAll applicants for a certificateNYSED provider list (checked Nov 11, 2026).
Dignity for All Students Act (DASA): harassment, bullying, cyberbullying and discrimination preventionAt least 6 clock hoursAll applicants for educator certification (covered by a NY college recommendation with a degree date after Dec 30, 2013)NYSED list of approved DASA providers.
Needs of Children with AutismSet by NYSED-approved providerApplicants for Students with Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Blind and Visually Impaired, and Speech and Language Disabilities certificates (applications after Sept 1, 2009)NYSED autism training page.
Fingerprinting (criminal history background check)One appointmentAll applicants for certification and people seeking employment in a school settingApply through your TEACH account after you apply for a certificate. Who must be fingerprinted.

11. Tools in this section

Where to earn CTLE hours

Official sponsor lookup, all 37 BOCES, teacher centers, NYSUT, RBERNs for language acquisition, workshops, colleges, National Board.

My CTLE hour tracker

Private, on your device only. Totals, language acquisition bar, print and CSV export.

Workshops and trainings

One-time, every-5-years, yearly and optional workshops (technology, AI and more) in one list, with a private checklist.

6 worked scenarios

New Professional teacher, ENL teacher, two certificates, TA Level III, moved from another state, 20 hours short.

Sources

  1. NYSED: Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) — who, what counts, records, conversions, mentoring, National Board (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  2. NYSED: Registration and CTLE chart — which certificates register and complete CTLE (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  3. NYSED: Number of CTLE clock hours — 20 hours per year practiced, no proration under one year (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  4. NYSED: Re-registration — window, TEACH reminders, conditional registration, inactive status, late fee (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  5. NYSED: Re-registration and conditional registration directions in TEACH (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  6. 8 NYCRR §80-6.1, Definitions incl. "practicing" (Justia copy) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  7. 8 NYCRR §80-6.2, Registration (Justia copy) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  8. 8 NYCRR §80-6.3, CTLE requirements incl. language acquisition 15% / 50% (Justia copy, current through June 25, 2025) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  9. NYSED: CTLE the rule text (8 NYCRR §80-6.3) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  10. NYSED: Searchable list of approved CTLE sponsors (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  11. NYSED: Sample CTLE record-keeping form, do not submit (PDF) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  12. NYSED: CTLE Certificate of Completion, sample (PDF) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  13. TEACH Online Services sign-in (NY.gov ID) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  14. NYSED: Workshops required for certification (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  15. NYSED: Child Abuse Identification (Mandated Reporter) workshop — about two hours; Second Update by Nov 17, 2026; 15-minute addendum (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  16. NYSED news: Second Update Child Abuse Identification workshop (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  17. NYSED: How child abuse workshop completion reaches TEACH (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  18. NYSED Office of the Professions: Approved providers of child abuse identification training (OCFS listed as free) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  19. NYSED: School Violence Prevention and Intervention — two clock hours for all applicants (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  20. NYSED: Approved providers of School Violence Prevention and Intervention training (list last updated Oct 9, 2014) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  21. NYSED: DASA training — at least six clock hours (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  22. NYSED: Approved providers of DASA coursework/training (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  23. NYSED: Coursework or training in the needs of children with autism (DHH, BVI, SWD, SLD certificates) (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  24. NYSED OSPRA: Fingerprinting for certification and school employment (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  25. NYSED OSPRA: Who must be fingerprinted charts (checked Nov 7, 2026)
  26. NYSUT: Ongoing certification and CTLE requirements (checked Nov 7, 2026)

Teacher Center · Professional development · written for New York State teachers · last checked Nov 7, 2026. Rules can change; your TEACH account and NYSED are the final word.