Coaching Certification
Certified Teacher Coaches
Those who hold a valid NYS classroom teaching license, or those who hold a valid certificate in pupil personnel, and who wish to coach, please see page 4 of the Guidelines for the Coaching Requirements. A useful help list for Certified teacher coaches can be found at this link. An additional link with options of NFHS pathway is here.
Please note: those who hold a valid Teaching Assistant certificate must still apply for the appropriate coaching certificate in TEACH.
Applicants for Coaching who do not hold certification as a teacher or administrator: Please see this useful Handbook for non-teacher coaches with requirements and procedures.
Volunteer Coaching
Anyone providing instruction/guidance to a student athlete must hold NYS Certification. Volunteer Coaches are held to the same requirements as a paid coach in order to obtain their certification. Many Districts are concerned with entering the Superintendent’s Statement for a Volunteer Coach.
Additional Information
Since the State no longer prints and mails teaching/coaching licenses that have an expiration date, it is advised that you print your own proof of certification/licensure and put it in your play book, stats book or somewhere else to provide the proof should you be asked for it. Click on Proof of Coaching Licensure, enter the required info, then find our record. Do a print screen (there is a key on the keyboard that will say PrtSc, click on that) open a word document, change the orientation to landscape, place the PrtScn image in the word document, enlarge as needed, then print that page.
First Aid CPR/AED Completion
As of November 01, 2024, Regional Certification Offices and the NYSED office are no longer collecting and retaining FA and CPR/AED documentation. The NYSED office now requires that you submit FA and CPR/AED cards to your district's Athletic Department/AD. If you have not done so already, please submit them to your employing district and request that they enter the School District Recommendation in TEACH to verify your employment as a coach, and that you have completed acceptable FA and CPR/AED for the position. The School District Recommendation should not be submitted unless ALL requirements are met in TEACH for the certificate you are seeking.
When you apply for your certificate, some of the fields may show as “met” with a check mark next to it, while others will not show as met, even though you have submitted the appropriate documentation. Do not be alarmed if you encounter this with your file. Some fields (including First Aid and CPR) must be manually tripped to “met” by the evaluator.
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