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• Contact Us

  Contact information for the Bureau of certification: phone, fax, email and physical mailing address.

• Certification FAQ

  Frequently asked questions regarding educator certification in Connecticut

• Certificate Renewal for Connecticut Certified Educators

  Renewing your certification: step-by-step instructions for required documentation and payment

• Approved Bilingual Cross Endorsement Course List

  Effective July 1, 2005, those seeking to become elementary level bilingual teachers are required to be certified in elementary education AND bilingual education; those seeking to become secondary level bilingual education teachers must be certified in both the subject area they will teach AND in bilingual education.

• Afterschool Programs

  Afterschool programs provide academic enrichment (such as hands-on science or technology programs) and activities to support student learning and development.

• Racial Imbalance

  Racial composition of each school by grade, the racial composition of the teaching staff of each school, and the number of pupils in each elementary school who are eligible to receive free or reduced price lunches pursuant to federal law and regulation.

• Action Planning - Mastery-Based Learning

  The Cycle of Action is a simple tool developed to frame the critical steps schools take when engaged in an evidence-based, goal-driven school-improvement process designed to raise the educational achievement, aspirations, and attainment of all students.

• Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning

  A core tenet of mastery-based learning or competency-based pathways (CBP) is that accurate, credible and useful student assessment information plays an essential role in supporting learning. Assessments should be a meaningful learning experience for students, provide rich information to educators so they can provide targeted support to students, and send students and parents clear signals about students’ readiness for next steps.

• Book Resources - Grading - Mastery-Based Learning

  Written resources for developing and implementing grading procedures in Mastery-Based Learning.

• Mastery-Based Learning Standards and Graduation Competencies

  Common Core State Standards will help students achieve at high levels and help them learn what they need to know to get to graduation and beyond.

• Report Card - Mastery-Based Learning

• Resources for Students, Parents, and Communities

  In a Mastery-Based Learning environment, students demonstrate mastery based on competencies and performance standards built from the Connecticut Core Standards and Connecticut Content Standards (social studies, arts, science, and career and technical education).

• Scoring Criteria - Mastery-Based Learning

  Mastery-Based Learning requires a means of assessment where students can view learning as a process and use problem-solving strategies to meet or exceed learning expectations. Scoring guides have been implemented into today’s classrooms to give students a better understanding of what is being assessed, what criteria grades are based upon, and what clear and compelling learning targets are addressed.

• Summative Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning

  The goal of summative assessment is to evaluate student learning at the end of an instructional unit by comparing it against some standard or benchmark.

• Instruction - Mastery-Based Learning

  There are many similarities between traditional classroom instruction and instruction in a mastery-based learning classroom. In both, there will be a need for direct instruction at times. Both approaches depend on defining the desired results. However, there are also differences.