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CERTIFICATION

REMINDER:Teacher Certification Workshops for Current and Prospective Teachers and Teaching Assistants on Tuesday, January 15th and Wednesday, January 23rd from 4:30pm – 8:30pm
To assist charter schools in meeting compliance with state and federal laws regarding certification, the Charter Center announces the first of the 2008 Teacher Certification Workshop Series. Inasmuch as the January workshops will be held after school, there will be two workshops in a shorter time frame than the traditional Saturday/Sunday workshop. The available times slots will be from 4:30pm – 8:30pm on both January 15th and January 23rd.
Current and prospective uncertified teachers and teacher assistants, as well as teachers from out-of-state who need assistance with the New York State certification process, are encouraged to register for one of these workshops. The workshops will take place at the NYC Center for Charter School Excellence.

All workshop participants must show a photo ID to gain building access.
All participants must bring student copies of complete undergraduate (and graduate) transcripts and any other related documents, such as proof of the Child Abuse Identification and Violence Prevention workshops, previous State Ed evaluations, etc.
Those who possess certification from another state need to bring a copy of their college transcripts in addition to a copy of their out-of-state certificate.
Each participant will be pre-assigned a specific 45 minute time slot between 4:30pm and 8:00pm to meet individually with a certification specialist who will recommend a personalized education plan leading to certification. A hard copy of this plan will be given to the participant who is advised to share with his/her school leader.
A list of participants from each school will be provided to the school leader for appropriate follow-up to ensure compliance with state and federal laws.
Refreshments will be available

Please share this announcement with current and prospective hires and advise them that they need to register in advance by emailing Caryl Cohen no later than January 11th for the January 15th workshop and January 21st for the January 23rd workshop. They will then be emailed an invitation with the allocated time slot. They must include the name of their charter school in the email. All questions should be directed to Caryl Cohen.