Laws/Regulations

Initial educator certificate requirements (#092)

(a) Holds a master’s degree from an approved institution; (b) Has completed 18 semester hours of graduate credit in addition to the master’s degree; (c) Has completed 50 school months of successful teaching or service, which shall have been in public schools or in approved nonpublic schools or nonpublic schools approved by the appropriate governing body in another state in a position or positions requiring certification in the state where employed, or in a position or positions which would have required certification had the service been in Connecticut public schools, or in a state education agency as a professional or managerial staff member. Consideration may be given toward partial fulfillment of the requirements of this subsection to applicants who have completed, as part of a planned program of preparation, a one-year period of internship in areas of school administration and supervision under the supervision of the recommending institution; STATE OF CONNECTICUT REGULATION Page 120 of 144 pages OF State Board of Education (d) Presents the recommendation of an approved institution where the applicant has completed a planned program of preparation for administrative and supervisory personnel. The recommendation shall state that the applicant is personally and professionally qualified to serve as a public school administrator or supervisor, and has completed an approved program at the institution specifically for school administration and supervision. The program on which the institutional recommendation has been based shall aggregate not less than 15 semester hours of graduate credit taken at the recommending institution; (e) Has completed graduate study in each of the following: (l) Psychological and pedagogical foundations of learning, which may include topics such as teaching styles, learning styles, theories of human growth and development, and tests and measurement; (2) Curriculum development and program monitoring; (3) School administration, which may include topics such as school finance, school law, public relations and leadership training; (4) Personnel evaluation and supervision, which may include topics such as theories and techniques, current practices, staff development, and human relations; and (5) Contemporary educational problems and solutions from a policy-making perspective, which may include the use of research; and (f) Has completed a course of study in special education comprised of not fewer than 36 clock hours, which shall include study in understanding the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education, and methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom.