Step Two: Apply Online

All teacher candidates must complete an online application in order to be considered for positions in the city’s public schools. This process ensures that principals have all the information they need to make good hiring decisions.

Restrictions for the 2012-2013 school year are unavailable at this time. However, for the 2011-2012 school year, restrictions were in place for hiring new, external teachers with exceptions in high-need subject areas.

For updated information during the hiring season, please visit the What's New page on this website.

Here’s what you need to complete the application:

• Your resume, either as an attachment or pasted text.
• Proof of certification
• Three professional references, along with names and phone numbers where we can reach them, including through the summer.
• Two essays which will be evaluated for both content and writing quality, and will give us critical insight into you as an applicant.

Don’t rush through the application – it’s your first chance to make a great impression on our recruiters and the school principals who will invite you to interview. We receive thousands of applications each year, so making sure your resume is comprehensive and well-formatted, and that your essays are well-written, helps you stand out from the crowd.

 


Please note: The application above is for full-time teaching positions only. If you are interested in applying for other positions such as substitutes and pupil personnel services, please visit the Pupil Personnel & Substitutes page.

If you’d like more information on completing the application, we encourage you to view our multimedia Application Presentation or download our Application Guide.

What Happens Next

After you complete and submit your application, our recruitment team evaluates it to make sure you meet the minimum criteria and then assesses the quality of the application. Within two weeks after you submit your application, you’ll hear back from us with one of the following updates.

• We may ask for more information if your application was incomplete. Most often, we ask for more information about your teacher certification.
• We will let you know if you are eligible for job-search support. If you are, you will be admitted into the New Teacher Finder and be able to take advantage of all the Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality resources available to members. 
• In addition to becoming a member of the New Teacher Finder, some of you will be invited to interview for TeachNYC Select Recruits, our program for outstanding candidates who show potential to be great teachers, leaders, and change agents in our schools. TeachNYC Select Recruits are most often certified in shortage subject areas.
• In some cases, the Department of Education will not be able to assist you in your job search, in which case we’ll let you know the reason, which can include not being eligible to teach in New York City, not having a valid teaching certificate, or failing our application quality screening process.

Current and Former NYC Employees

If you are working for our school system currently or in the past, you should note the following.

• If you are a current New York City Department of Education teacher and are seeking a transfer, you should not complete the new teacher application. You need to use the Open Market Hiring System. You can access that from the Teacher Hiring Support Center portal.
• If you are a current New York City Department of Education employee working in another title (paraprofessional, parent coordinator, etc.) who now wants to become a teacher, you must complete the new teacher appplication.
• If you are a former New York City public teacher seeking to return, you also must complete the new teacher application.