Requirements for Department Chairperson certification
People who want to become a certified department chairperson (endorsement 105) must meet these work experience and education requirements:
- A Connecticut certificate appropriate to the department chairperson endorsement requested
- Master's degree or at least 30 semester hours of credit beyond the bachelor's degree
- 18 semester hours of graduate credit, including six semester hours of credit in each of the following:
- Instructional supervision and administration
- Curriculum development
- The area for which the endorsement is sought
- 30 school months of successful teaching, special service, or administrative experience appropriate to the department chairperson endorsement requested
Note: All coursework must lead to award of credit to the official transcript of a regionally accredited college or university.