Education Department

The New York City Department of Education has changed their formal policy regarding student teachers.  Under the new policy, all student teachers placed at schools within the five boroughs (Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx) must be fingerprinted by the NYC DOE at their offices at 65 Court Street in Brooklyn (click here for directions).  The information listed below pertains to the process:

• Student teacher candidates needing fingerprinting MUST first be registered in the NYC database by the college (call the department first if you believe you may not be in the City system)
• Once registered in the system, student teacher candidates must appear at the DOE office at 65 Court Street in Brooklyn for fingerprinting (click here for directions)
• In order to be fingerprinted, students MUST:
• pay the required $115.00 fee (credit card, personal check, or US Postal money order)
• be prepared with the required documentation for fingerprinting (click here for a list of acceptable documents)

Students who have previously been fingerprinted by the DOE (after July 1, 1990) will not have to be fingerprinted again.

Students who have had their fingerprints in any other state, must still be fingerprinted by the NYC DOE, as the process of requesting the fingerprints from other Education offices may take some time and will prevent the student teacher from being cleared for student teaching.