- Provide a minimum total of 20 full days of Substitute Paraprofessional service during the 2024-2025 school year.
- File an online renewal request, in June 2025, for renewal of service. These General Renewal Requirements will be updated by June 1, 2025, to provide the necessary instructions for filing this online request.
- Provide, by August 20, 2025, proof of passing the New York State Assessment of Teaching Assistant Skills (ATAS) test OR proof of registration for an ATAS test date after June 30, 2025, but prior to December 31, 2025.
NOTE: The following items (#4 through #9) are onboarding requirements/former Renewal Requirements. Therefore, Substitute Paraprofessionals should have completed these items prior to the opening of renewal for the 2025-2026 school year. Substitutes will be able to view their individualized renewal requirement completion status within the Substitute Renewal Request website in June 2025. Those who have not completed these items must submit proof of completion prior to August 20, 2025. - Complete the NY State required Autism Workshop.
- Complete the NY State required Child Abuse Identification workshop.
- Complete the NY State required School Violence Prevention workshop.
- Complete the NY State required Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) workshop.
- Complete the online Paraprofessional training program offered by the Teacher’s Support Network (TSN)
- Create a Profile with the NYSED Office of Teaching Initiative's TEACH system.
DOCUMENT SUBMISSION
To upload proof of completing application requirements, please login to your Candidate Portal using your existing username and password. On the left side of the main portal page, navigate to the section called “Document Center”. Select “Add/Edit Document” and choose the document you would like to upload from your computer.
Substitutes do not have to submit proof of filing the online renewal request or the number of days worked. Prior to renewal, the NYC Public Schools will obtain this information along with employment eligibility status information from the appropriate computer systems. Renewal of service is contingent on the substitutes meeting all the listed requirements, their being in good standing (as determined by the Office of Personnel Investigations), and their not being full-time employees of the NYC Public Schools.
Failure to meet all the requirements by August 20, 2025, will result in termination from the position.