In March 2016, the Board of Regents of the New York State Education Department adopted a new law related to registration, CTLE, and the approval of sponsors providing CTLE. The law requires that any holder of the following licenses register with the Department every five years:

 -permanent or professional teaching certificate in the classroom teaching service

 -permanent or professional leader certificate in the educational leadership service ( i.e., school building 

  leader, school district business leader)

 -Level III Teaching Assistant Certificate

During each five-year registration period, holders of the above certificates must earn 100 CTLE hours.

The law also requires that certificate holders complete the following CTLE requirements in language acquisition to address the needs of English language learner students:

 -all holders of a professional certificate in the title of English to Speakers of Other Languages or a bilingual

  extension are required to complete a minimum of 50 percent of the required 100 CTLE clock hours in

  language acquisition;

 -for all other certificate holders a minimum of 15 percent of the required CTLE clock hours must be dedicated 

  to language acquisition, addressing the needs of English language learners; and

 -for holders of a Level III Teaching Assistant certificate, a minimum of 15 percent of the required CTLE clock 

  hours shall also be dedicated to language acquisition, addressing the needs of English language learners. 

To view the complete NYSED memorandum regarding requirements for completion of CTLE hours, go to www.nysed.gov.

ELL Professional Services is an approved CTLE sponsor and can assist all holders of the above-named certificates in completing the mandated CTLE hours.