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This will show you what's required by the state for your initial certification:

http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/cert...earch.html

You have 5 years to complete your professional certification once you receive your initial certification.

You need more than just science courses for the initial certification. There's a whole gen ed component and they show you what's required when you fill out the form in the link I shared above.

From the state:

Additional Education - Masters Degree
Masters degree means a graduate degree awarded following the satisfactory completion of at least a one-year graduate-level curriculum and other requirements. The program must be offered by an institution of higher education approved by the Commissioner of Education or a regional accrediting agency.

Just because it's regionally accredited doesn't mean it's a given that it's 100% accepted. Everyone I know who became a teacher with the professional certification did their master's in NY because of their requirements. It's much easier using a NY program because it's made specifically for NY's mandates. We're full of mandates. WGU is a school based in Utah. Their reqs are going to be different.


This provides some help from WGU. Keep in mind that NY does make changes though.

https://www.wgu.edu/content/dam/western-...w-york.pdf


I don't even know why this is on the WGU website because it's several years old.

https://cm.wgu.edu/t5/Teacher-Licensure-.../ta-p/1257


If you're looking to do this quickly through WGU, don't assume it will be quick. The student teaching can take up to 6 months before you get assigned. With COVID, our schools are closed and we still do not have a reopening plan for the fall. It's made student teaching a nightmare. My next door neighbor is the VP at a college and his student teachers were all pulled from the classroom. Total nightmare for graduating seniors. You don't have a 6 month wait if you're in a college in NY. The student teaching is part of your college course work so it's in a regularly scheduled semester.

https://www.wgu.edu/online-teaching-degr...dited.html #5 is about student teaching

It's really a challenging time to become a teacher right now especially with the whole COVID situation.