ARC program components

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Dispositions for Teaching

ARC candidates are assessed on disposition. They take this attribute seriously. Connecticut schools hold teachers, and therefore pre-services ones, to high standards. Candidates are expected to act as professionals towards administrators, parents, ARC colleagues, and the community. Failure to do so results in program dismissal.

ARC expects that candidates:

  1. Demonstrate a lifelong commitment and passion to teach and learn
  2. Care about, motivate, and engage others to create positive classes and education
  3. Value and respect diverse learning and cultures of candidates and families to foster positive learning, high expectations, and hard work
  4. Apply deep content knowledge to planning, instruction, and assessment
  5. Understand and demonstrate professional, ethical, and responsible behavior at all times with candidates, families, colleagues, school administration, the community, and the ARC Program, to follow the Connecticut Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers

Regulations for Connecticut educators

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Teacher standards and requirements

Institutions and schools of education make sure that teacher candidates meet the following competencies when admitting, preparing and recommending for certification:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers;
  • Demonstrate current Connecticut licensure competencies as defined in Sections 10-145d-400 through 10-145d-619, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the Common Core of Teaching, and the Connecticut Content Specific Standards for Teachers; and
  • Have the qualities of character and personal fitness for teaching.

CT Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers

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Teacher ethics and conduct

“The teaching profession is vested by the public with a trust and responsibility requiring the highest ideals of professionalism. Therefore, the teacher accepts both the public trust and the responsibilities to practice the profession according to the highest possible degree of ethical conduct and standards. Such responsibilities include the commitment to the candidates, the teaching profession, and the community.”

- Connecticut Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers

Read CT Code of Professional Responsibility (PDF)  

Program overview

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About the program

ARC’s hybrid model consists of the following:

  • Foundations of Teaching course
  • Methods course (in the content area the candidate is enrolled in)
  • Practicum during the program year
  • edTPA

Program components