It’s obvious that this is a tech blog, and this isn’t a tech-oriented post. But I know there are a lot of people who are in the same situation as I was yesterday.
Update: How To Get Your NYC Teacher Certification Fingerprints For Your TEACH Account
My girlfriend needed to get her fingerprints taken so she could apply for teacher certification in NYC’s schools. The NY Department of Education does a pretty stellar job when it comes to clarity in terms of telling teaching prospects exactly what they need to do in order to become certified. One of those things is getting fingerprinted.
They don’t exactly tell you where to get fingerprinted, although. They mention that they accept traditional fingerprint cards, and the new digital livescan method, but not any names of places that do these things.
A quick search online for “livescan fingerprint nyc” yields mostly useless links, with the exception of one company at 130 Williams in lower Manhattan. After a short call, we decided not to go with them due to some questionable fees and their particularly shady website.
So do you want to know where we ended up? The NYC Police Station, at 1 Police Plaza. They do fingerprints from 9am to ~4pm, have a light fee, and they do traditional and livescan fingerprints. It took us the better part of a day to figure out we should go there.
They’re on the lower east side of Manhattan, a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge.
I hope this helps someone who is in a similar situation. Leave a comment if it did!
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