Certification: School Administrator and Supervisor/School District Administrator/School Business Administrator

*****NY State will no longer be issuing the Provisional School Administrator/Supervisor, School District Administrator or School Business Administrator certificates as of 9/01/2007*****

If you would like to be a certified administrator in a K-12 public school, you must apply for the School Building Leader, School District Leader or School District Business Leader certificates.

The University at Albany offers NY State approved preparation programs for all three certificates. More information about the programs can be found at http://www.albany.edu/eaps/degree_programs/adv_grad_cert.htm.

Certification: School Building Leader/School District Business Leader/School District Leader

THE UNIVERSITY WILL NO LONGER BE PROCESSING PAPER APPLICATIONS. PLEASE FOLLOW THE NEW INSTRUCTIONS OR YOUR APPLICATION WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.


The questions answered in this website are intended only for the University at Albany students. If you are not currently enrolled at the University at Albany, please contact the institution where you are enrolled or the New York State Education Department (518-474-3901) for more information.

YOU MUST GRADUATE BEFORE YOUR CERTIFICATE CAN BE AWARDED, BUT YOU CAN APPLY BEFORE HAND.

Procedure to Apply for Certification
You need to complete the following 3 steps to obtain your certification
  1. Apply for degree clearance or graduation during the last semester of your study using your MyUAlbany account. Please check the appropriate deadline for each semester. [Usually the deadlines are around first week(s) of February for Spring clearance, July for Summer clearance and October for Fall clearance].
  2. Apply for certification through the State TEACH system located at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/ .
  3. Apply for Institutional Recommendation by completing the checklist, release form, and $50 University fee and mailing them to:
Christy Smith
The Office of Graduate Studies
UAB 121
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222

****The completion of a master’s degree does not automatically qualify you for a certificate. Please make sure that you have completed all other requirements for certification. This can be verified on TEACH.

TEACH application instructions and required program information
  1. Instructions
  2. Required Information (PDF) :
  • School Building Leader
  • School District Leader
  • School District Building Leader

    • Deadlines
    IMPORTANT: The following certification application deadlines are only for submission to the Office of Graduate Studies, not to the State Education Department.
    • January 2 for December graduates.
    • June 1 for May graduates.
    • September 1 for August graduates.
    **Note: If you submit your application by the dates mentioned above, your information will be forwarded to NY State Education Department within 30 days if it is complete. Do NOT call the Office to check on your application; you will be able to check your status online through TEACH at any time. We process certification applications only in 3 cycles - immediately after the deadlines. If your application is received beyond the published deadline, it will be delayed and may be processed with the applications received for the next processing cycle.