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This page includes information about how to apply for jobs with the New York City Department of Education and support you can receive from the Magner Career Center.

New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) Teaching Job Opportunities

The NYCDOE teacher job application for 2023–24 jobs is now open. If you expect to have your New York State teacher certification confirmed in that time, you can apply. The sooner you apply, the more opportunities you may have. You do not need to be certified to apply.

2023 Deadlines

January 19—Immediate opportunities deadline for jobs in 2023
March 3—Early Commitment Deadline for specific districts and subject areas
April 27—Peak Season Hiring Deadline
June 22—Summer Hiring Deadline for summer jobs
August 10—Final deadline. Allows time for DOE onboarding for September 2023 jobs.

You can review a one-sheet (pdf) with details on available positions, qualifications, and how to apply:

We encourage you to apply before you have your certification confirmed. You can finish your certification requirements before you start to work.

Hiring Freeze

As of December 2022, there is no hiring freeze for:

Childhood Education—Grades 1–6
Early Childhood Education—Grades Birth–2

Candidates who hold or expect to have certification in those titles can consider adding on a high-need subject such as a Students with Disabilities Certification or a bilingual extension in case the hiring freeze is ever in place again.

Candidates who hold a Students with Disabilities Certification for Grades 1–6 are in particularly high demand.

If a candidate holds an additional certification or is in the process of obtaining an additional certification by September 2022, they must ensure their application in the New Teacher Finder is updated with this information, so they can focus their job search in their other area of certification and be cleared for hire. Candidates may send an e-mail if their application needs to be updated.

More Information

You will need evidence that you are on your way to certification.

How to get an “on track” letter:

If you finished your college program, you can write to the Certification Officer to ask for the letter you need.
If you did not finish your college program, you can contact the following people for a letter:
- Early Childhood undergraduate: Xia Li, XLi@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Early Childhood graduate/master's: Prof. Song, LSong@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Art: Certification Officer
- CBSE: Karen Nicholson, KarenN@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Special Education Childhood and Secondary, Childhood/math concentration: Arline Levine, Alevine@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- SEED undergraduate: Lyn-Donna George, Lyn-donna.George62@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- SEED graduate/masters: Winifred Fils-Aime, WFilsaime@brooklyn.cuny.edu
- Music: Prof. Braunstein, Rbraunstein@brooklyn.cuny.edu

If you are already working as a substitute teacher or any other DOE job but are not yet a teacher of record, or if you have a job offer from an NYCDOE school, you will need to complete the "application" at www.teachnyc.net.

If you are working with internship certification, contact the NYCDOE Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality using their Online Support Center for instructions.

If you completed a NYC New Teacher Application in the past, but did not receive a position in the NYCDOE, contact the staff at the NYC DOE Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality using their Online Support Center for instructions.

A complete online teacher application is an important and required step in the NYCDOE's teacher hiring process.

School psychology, school counselor, educational leadership, and speech teacher candidates should refer to the additional resources below.

Here are some of the requirements for your application:

You can upload a résumé. We recommend that you consult with the Magner Career Center so that you can create an outstanding résumé with their help.
You will need professional references, which can include your cooperating teacher and college faculty.

If you do not have a Social Security number, you can contact the NYCDOE Online Support Center staff for help with the hiring process.

In order to work in public schools in New York, you need to check on the authorization needed. Individual schools may have the ability to provide sponsorship.

Note that New York State teacher certification, for work in public schools, has two stages, Initial and Professional. For the initial certificate, citizenship is not needed. Initial certificates are valid for five years with the possibility of a time extension. After that, you will need to complete the requirements for a professional certificate: three years of relevant paid teaching experience, a related master's degree, and any other requirements needed such as INS permanent residence or U.S. citizenship. You can find more information about the citizenship requirement at the New York State Department of Education (NYSED) Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI) website.

After you complete the NYCDOE application, you can use the "New Teacher Finder" database. Some job openings may not be listed in the database, and some jobs may not have been posted. You can network with teachers and other school professionals directly, and research current and new NYCDOE schools by grade level, borough, or district via the NYCDOE website. Every eligible teacher candidate is ultimately responsible for their own job placement.

If your certification is in a non-shortage subject, you may want to consider adding another age group/subject to your certification and/or consider applying for jobs in high-need areas of New York City, such as the Bronx. See the additional resources below.

Certification Processing Time

After your degree is confirmed, you may need to allow at least three weeks for the degree to be confirmed by the Registrar's Office, then the Certification Officer needs to add your "recommendation" for certification to your account.

For priority processing by the college: After your grades are in, you can request a statement of graduation using this form, and then send it to the Certification Officer who will check that your mandated workshops and degree is done, then add the recommendation to your state records to confirm your education.

If a school can hire you as a substitute teacher before your certification is confirmed, that may help you start work while you wait for your certification records to be confirmed.

Internship Certification for Teacher Candidates

If you are a junior or senior in a graduate/master's classroom teacher program, and get a job offer to teach the same subject as your graduate degree, you can work with an internship certificate while you are still taking classes and earn a full teacher's salary and benefits. An internship certificate (pdf) is specifically designed for graduate students who have not yet held New York State certification in the same subject area of the certificate held.

You need to complete at least 50 percent of your graduate program for certification with a GPA above 3.00.
You will need to complete three mandated workshops.
Your fingerprint records need to be recorded on your NY State TEACH account before you begin to work.
1. If you do not have a job offer and would like to access the New Teacher Finder database using the NYC DOE job application to look for a job. You can write to Helen Spencer hspencer@brooklyn.cuny.edu for the “on track” letter needed for the application. You will then need to follow the instructions below.
2. You can receive a job offer without using the New Teacher Finder database https://teachnyc.net/. You can network with school professionals.
When you get a job offer, matching the age group/subject of your graduate certification program, you will need to contact your program advisor for approval to work at that site while you are in your college program. Internship Certificates are issued under the control of the program and students must be approved at the program level by the program advisor. You should confirm appropriate course for supervision with your program advisor:
1. Students in Secondary Education working with internship certification may be required to take SEED 7542 or 7543 student teaching or SEED 7001 each term the student is working under internship certification to provide supervision as required by the NYSED.
2. Students in the Early Childhood/ Art Education and Childhood/Bilingual/Special Ed graduate programs working with internship certification who have completed student teaching will be required to take ECAE 7001 each term the student is working under internship certification to provide supervision as required by the NYSED.
After you receive a job offer, and approval from your college program advisor, you will need to ask the principal and advisor to send confirmation letters to the certification officer. The principal will need to confirm that they will hire you for a full-time position, teaching the same age group/subject as your college program. The program advisor will need to confirm approval to work at the site while you are in college and if you need additional courses for supervision. The Certification Officer will check if all requirements are met, then add an institutional recommendation http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/teachrecommend.html for NY State internship certification to your TEACH account www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert to confirm you are eligible for the title.
After you have a job offer and the other requirements listed above, you will need to complete the NYC DOE job application if this will be your first NYC DOE teaching job and if you have not completed the application this year. The data in that application will be used as part of the hiring process, even though you have a job offer and/or if you had another DOE title such as substitute or assistant/paraprofessional.
After the steps above are done, you will need to pay a $50 application fee for NY State internship certification using your NY State TEACH account. Application program codes, needed for the application, are listed on the Student Information Sheet (pdf).

What Happens Next

If you are eligible for internship certification, you should plan to finish your certification tests and other requirements for initial certification before you finish your graduate program. Your Master’s program completion date will be the end date for your internship certification. The Internship certificate is valid for a maximum of two years from its effective date, or when you finish your Master’s program, whichever happens first. The title cannot be renewed (extended). When you complete or leave the college program, the certificate is no longer valid, regardless of the expiration date listed in TEACH.

Additional Resources, Events, and Application Links

New York City Charter School Center
Charter School Jobs
NYC Men Teach. The spring 2023 application deadline is Tuesday, February 21, at 5 p.m. Interested eligible students may complete the application online. For more information, view our flyer (pdf). For further information, contact Shemeka K. Brathwaite, program manager, NYC Men Teach, at 718.951.5000, ext. 3583, or via e-mail.
Join the mailing list to be notified about upcoming recruitment events at https://forms.gle/Vk1wdkyo2XfDGpeE7
CUNY Climate Scholars August 2022-March 2023- Fellowship Application (pdf)
- Application due May 13, 2022. Each CUNY Climate Scholar will earn up to $8,400 for their participation. Each applicant must be able to commit at least 20 hours per week for the full duration of the fellowship.
- For more information and to apply visit https://forms.gle/Q74ei73N9vwuDjyp7
The NYC DOE is seeking teachers in all license areas in the Bronx. More information (pdf). you may send your résumé via e-mail bronxteachers@strongschools.nyc
Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education. Please see this document (pdf) for more information. You can contact secretary.kdpbc@gmail.com.
Bilingual medical interpreter training for Brooklyn College students (pdf). This is unrelated to Educator Certification and is an opportunity to help your community.
CUNY LEAP to Teacher (LTT) provides a set of free, specialized support services for UFT paraprofessionals and teachers pursuing higher education and advancing their career in any field of study, and NY State Teacher Certification Exam Prep Workshops.
ExpandED Schools (pdf) is offering a 10- month program that is geared toward providing foundational support to aspiring educators of color to diversify the New York City teacher population. More information.
Tradition Preparatory High School, in Port St. Lucie, Florida is hiring teachers. More information (pdf). Send resumes to cheritage@traditionprep.org. Website
Birch Family Serices is hiring Certified New York State Special Education Teachers, Teacher Trainees, Certified Teacher Assistants and Teacher Aides. More information (pdf).
NYU is offering pre-service teachers and early childhood educators training and certification in a culturally responsive oral storytelling program: Reading Success Using Co-Constructive Elaborative Storytelling Strategies (R-SUCCESS) (pdf). The free-of-charge webinar-based program is a teacher-focused storytelling intervention that capitalizes on the cultural funds of knowledge that children from diverse backgrounds bring into the preschool/early elementary school classroom. After watching nine short, animated training webinars, you will be eligible for certification in R-SUCCESS. Students can complete the trainings at any time. To sign up, or if you are interested in learning more about R-SUCCESS, please go to www.rsuccess.org.

Magner Career Center: Résumé Review, Job Postings, and More

The Magner Career Center School of Education job newsletter is available now and updated frequently. Check for updates anytime.

Internship Stipends

Summer/Fall Internship Deadline is late March and Spring Internship Deadline is late October. The stipends are managed by the Magner Career Center Internship Stipends can help you afford an unpaid internship/student teaching. You can apply before securing your placement.

You can check out organizations that assist students with receiving paid internships as well. Most deadlines are in the fall.

Information on virtual services, self-service resources and events can be found at this link.

Videos on the Magner Career Center YouTube Channel feature alumni, faculty, and students at organizations including Pfizer, Facebook, NYU Langone, etc. There is a playlist by school.

Places now hiring.

You can subscribe to CUNY's weekly jobs and internships newsletter.

Magner Career Center Internship Stipends can provide up to $5,000 to use for student teaching and other unpaid work. You can check out other organizations that assist students with receiving paid internships. Most deadlines are in the fall.

We strongly recommend that you have your résumé reviewed at the Magner Career Center. Check the center's site for information on drop-in hours for résumé review and approval.

In order to use the Brooklyn College Job site, sign in to the BC WebCentral Portal and go to the career tab, then click "Hire BC" for access. You will be able to access job and internship positions and apply directly. If you cannot log in using the BC WebCentral portal, you can use this link instead. You can use Hire BC to apply for openings, share your résumé with employers, and more.

The School of Education works closely with the Magner Career Center to offer events and services designed to prepare students for a successful career. Through partnerships with employers, alumni, faculty, and staff, the Magner Career Center develops programs to meet the specific needs of the students in the School of Education.

Recent graduates of the School of Education who actively prepared for their career by participating in internships and using the Magner Career Center's services have found career success after graduation. Graduates since 2004 hold prestigious positions, including English teacher at Midwood High School, care manager/care coordinator at Diaspora Community Services, bilingual school psychologist at the NYCDOE, college adviser at the Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center, kindergarten teacher at Achievement First, teacher at Sco Family of Services, special education teacher at Harlem Children's Zone, and middle school special education teacher at the NYCDOE.

Internships and Employers

Through job fairs, the internship database, and internship panels, the Magner Career Center gives the School of Education students access to internships and employers at a number of companies, including NYCDOE, New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Reading Partners, Jumpstart, Edward R. Murrow High School, P.S. 321 William Penn School, Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies, Advocates for Children of New York, Gateway National Recreation Area, BC Hillel Afterschool Program, and Strive for College, just to name a few.

Employers are always looking for Brooklyn College students and alumni through our bi-annual job fair and our job search website, HireBC. Here are some employers looking to hire students and alumni from the School of Education: Achieve Beyond, Achievement First, AHRC-NYC, Boys & Girls Clubs, Bright Horizons, DREAM Charter School, Harlem Children's Zone, Jumpstart, Kaplan, Reading Partners, Uncommon Schools, and Wingspan Arts.

Alumni Mentoring Program

The Magner Career Center's Alumni Mentor Program pairs students with a mentor in their field of interest. Mentors have come from organizations including Brooklyn Academy for Science and the Environment, New York State Education Department, NYCDOE, CAMBA, and Howard University School of Law. The center also hosts mentor luncheons and networking nights as another way to connect students with alumni.

Career Workshops and Panels

The Magner Career Center and the School of Education bring back successful alumni to serve as speakers and participants in mentor luncheons and networking nights. Past participants include the assistant superintendent for secondary education, chief executive officer of VSL Education Consulting, teachers and principals from the NYCDOE, and the director of planning at the NYCDOE. Events and programs specific for the School of Education have included "Thinking Outside the Box: Building Minds through Education," "NYC Charter School Career Fair," "Dale Carnegie Training: Networking for Education Majors," "Making a Difference: Education, Nonprofit and Social Impact Internships," "Principal Panel," and "How to Get a Job in School Counseling/School Psychology."

Company Visits

Learn first-hand about a profession of your interest and its career requirements through a visit to an organization. Past visits have been with organizations such as Teach for America, City Year, American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, and New York City government. The visits are often hosted by Brooklyn College alumni.

Additional Magner Career Center Services

The Magner Career Center provides additional services, including career planning, career assessments, LinkedIn training, pre-law advising, résumé review, and interview preparation.