• Letters of recommendation - from faculty, cooperating teachers, or employers. Download our teacher candidate recommendation form and general recommendation form.
• Teacher Certificate or Provisional Certificate

Note: Transcripts, GRE scores and NYS Teacher Exam scores CANNOT be placed in the file.

With the upcoming changes to the credential service (Sept. 1, 2021), we strongly recommend that students request non-confidential letters of recommendation from letter writers. 

Non-confidential letters may be read by you. At the top of the standard recommendation forms provided by the Center for Life's Work, you must indicate whether you want each letter to be CONFIDENTIAL or NON-CONFIDENTIAL by checking the appropriate box and signing your name. Any letters of recommendation returned to us that are not written on or attached to these standard forms will automatically be treated as NON-CONFIDENTIAL. The status of a letter, once it is received by this office, cannot be altered.

• Requests to send your file may be made in person (when the office is open), in writing, via e-mail, or by phone or fax. ALL requests for locations out of the Rochester area must be submitted in writing (mail, fax, e-mail). In the interest of efficiency we also ask that multiple requests for credential files (i.e., more than five destinations) be put in writing.
• Correct destination addresses must be included, with the exception of school districts in Rochester and the surrounding area.
• There is a $2 fee for each request after the first 5 student requests, which are free.
• Be sure to include your full name and a telephone number where we can reach you.

The student is responsible for updating his/her file with new letters. No more than 8 active letters can be included in the file. Additional documents may be placed on hold or destroyed at the student's request. Alumni should keep the office informed of address or name changes.

Files will be maintained until September 1, 2023.