This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study that explored the pathways through which new teachers between 2015/16 and 2017/18 earned certificates, their certification areas, and their subsequent placement and retention in districts across the state, particularly high-need districts. New York State provides multiple certification pathways to become a teacher. Using certification and employment data for new teachers with less than one year of teaching experience in the state in 2015/16, 2016/17, and 2017/18, the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands partnered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED) to study certification pathways, certification areas, district employment, and retention. [For the full report, see ED615881. For the Study Brief, see ED615883. For the appendixes, see ED615884.]