Welcome to the New York City Department of Education's Online Teacher Application

If you completed an application for a school-based position (including but not limited to guidance counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, substitute teachers) or you completed a student teaching registration after January 1, 2016, you may already have an account in this system.

Please use the options below to create a new account, log in to an existing account, or check to see if you already have an account on file.

New User

In order to apply to be a Teacher in New York City's public schools, you must first create a profile.

You will be asked to provide your social security number for identification purposes.

Existing User

Not Sure?

Welcome to the New York City Department of Education's Teacher Application, and thank you for your interest in teaching in New York City's public schools.

Before creating a new account, we recommend that you do the following:

Check to see if you already have an account in this system using the "Not sure?" box above.
Review our 2024-25 Teacher Application Guide. This guide lists important information about your eligibility to teach in New York City public schools, documents and information that you should prepare before beginning an application for the upcoming school year.
Please keep in mind that completing the first stage of the Teacher Application guide, your user profile, will take about 10 - 20 minutes, depending on your experience and whether you have all necessary documents available and ready.

Current NYCDOE Teachers: If you are currently a NYCDOE teacher seeking to transfer schools, please do not complete this application; you will need to register and apply through the Open Market Hiring System when it opens in mid-April.

If you have more questions about becoming a teacher in New York City, please review our website, TeachNYC.net, or call (718) 935-4000.

Welcome to the New York City Department of Education's Teacher Application for the 2024-25 school year.

The Office of Teacher Recruitment and Quality (TRQ) thanks you for your interest in teaching in New York City's public schools.

After logging in to your account, you will be brought to your Profile. From this page, you will be able to view and edit your Profile as well as start or continue an existing 2023-24 Teacher Application.

If you are logging in to begin a new 2024-25 Teacher Application, we strongly recommend that you review the 2024-25 Teacher Application Guide in advance. This guide lists important information about your eligibility to teach in New York City public schools, documents and information that you should prepare before beginning an application for the upcoming school year, and the writing prompts to which you will be asked to respond.

Previous Applicants: Please note that if you completed an Online Teacher Application prior to December 2017, you will need to complete a new application for the 2018-19 school year.

If you have more questions about becoming a teacher in New York City, please review our website, TeachNYC.net, or call (718) 935-4000.

Thank you for your interest in teaching in New York City's public schools.