NEW Opportunity for NYSCATE Members: Join the CETL Certification Cohort! NYSCATE is excited to announce a new professional learning opportunity for members looking to advance their careers in educational technology leadership! We're launching a CETL Cohort Group—a small, focused team of 15 members (first come, first served) who will study together and prepare to take the CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL®) exam. Participating members will receive:
📘 Textbook
Certified EdTech Leadership: The key to growing as a K12 CTO Through Standards-based Best Practices, by Mike Daugherty
📝 CETL Exam Fee – Paid by NYSCATE ($499 value included in registration fee)
🤝 Weekly Cohort Study Sessions – Collaborate, learn, and grow with your peers starting January 27, 2026
If you have any questions, please email: Dr. Andrea Tejedor at [email protected]
Summer '26 Cohort
Registration is due by June 30, 2026. Start Date: July 8 at 4:00 PM (Future online sessions scheduled for July 15, 22, an 29 at 4:00 PM ) Location: Zoom The cost to register is $990. The cohort is capped at 15 participants.
Registration is due by October 14, 2026. Start Date: October 21 at 4:00 PM (Future online sessions scheduled for October 28, November 4, and November 18 at 4:00 PM) Location: Zoom The cost to register is $990. The cohort is capped at 15 participants.
What to expect!
What is the CETL Certification?
The Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL®) certification, offered by CoSN (Consortium for School Networking), is a nationally recognized credential that signifies mastery in education technology leadership. It validates a leader’s knowledge in three essential skill areas:
Leadership & Vision
Understanding the Educational Environment
Managing Technology & Support Resources
This certification is ideal for current and aspiring technology directors, CTOs, instructional technology leaders, and edtech decision-makers in K-12 education.
The CETL® program is the only program available to education technology leaders that bridges technical knowledge, understanding of the educational environment, leadership and vision, and the management of technology and support resources needed to integrate technology across the curriculum to advance student outcomes. The CETL®credential is a true measure of today's education technology leaders, identifying those who have mastered the framework skills and knowledge needed to bring 21st-Century skills to schools. The CETL® program is also a professional development tool that can be used to guide education technology leaders' study of learning technologies. This certification requires satisfaction of eligibility criteria, the passage of a rigorous multiple-choice exam; adherence to a Code of Conduct; and recertification process every three (3) years.
📅 CETL Cohort Schedule
Cohort Launch: Winter 2026
Bi-weekly Study Sessions:
1-hour virtual sessions
Dates: January 27, February 3, 10, 17, and 24 at 4:30 PM
Dates may be adjusted based on cohort and leader schedules
Each session will focus on a key section of the CETL framework
Collaborative, supportive, and designed for busy professionals
CETL® Exam Administration
The exam is administered at authorized Pearson VUE testing centers worldwide or via remote secure proctoring. Additional details for the administration of the exam will be provided on the first day of class.
CETL® Certification Cohort Facilitator
Kieran O’Connor has served as the Executive Director of Planning, Development & Technology for East Syracuse Minoa Schools since 2008. Prior to this role, he worked at Cortland City Schools as the Director of Technology and began his career there as an 8th and 9th grade social studies teacher in 1990.
