The TEACH system (2019) is designed for you to perform various functions regarding teacher certification and fingerprinting.  The TEACH website is located at http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/teach/. During the registration process, you will choose a username and password and validate your identity through submitting your fingerprints to the TEACH system. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) requires all applicants for teaching certification to pass the fingerprinting process before they can be awarded a teaching certificate.

Validating your identity will ensure your certification and fingerprint records are properly linked to your personal TEACH account. After you have completed the self-registration process you will be able to use the TEACH system to access your certification and fingerprint information as well as the TEACH system online services.

3.2.1 Fingerprinting Information

The IdentoGO website (2019) located at http://www.identogo.com/ lists all fingerprinting locations in your specific area.

Fingerprinting results will automatically be posted to your TEACH account when analysis is completed. You may check periodically to determine whether your fingerprints have been posted and analysis is complete. It is important to note that when your fingerprinting results are complete, they are posted onto your TEACH account ABOVE the fingerprinting box.  Look for the phrase “DCJS and FBI Results Received”. Inside the box itself, it will say “No DATA Found”.  This can be confusing.  Once a public school has requested fingerprinting clearance for you, the results for that will be printed in the box along with the date of the request and the name of the school district.

See NYSED’s finger print process webpage for further details:  http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tsei/ospra/fpprocess.html

Please be aware that this page describes the fingerprint process of NYSED. You may need to do other kinds of fingerprinting depending on the agency in which you work.

Fingerprint information was adapted from the SUNY Oneonta Field Experience website (2019) and NYSED website.