Teachers & Administrators

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• Out-of-State Educators

  Certification process for certified educators coming from out-of-state.

• Out-of-State Special Service Providers

  Certification process for certified special service providers coming from out-of-state.

• Paraeducator Information and Resources

  A paraeducator is an employee who assists teachers and/or other professional educators or therapists in the delivery of instructional and related services to students.

• Paraeducator of the Year 2017

  Paraeducator of the year 2017, Peggy Kelley

• Paraeducator of the Year 2018

  Paraeducator of the Year 2018 - Mrs. Karen Mylly began her career as a special education paraeducator with Colchester Public Schools in 2013

• Paraeducator of the Year 2019

  Paraeducator of the Year 2019 - Marisol Rodriguez began her career as a Paraeducator twenty-three years ago.

• Paraeducator of the Year 2019 Ceremony

  Photo gallery of the paraeducator of the year 2019 ceremony

• Paraeducator of the Year 2020

  Paraeducator of the Year 2020 - James Bairaktaris, started working as a Paraeducator in 2016 at Redding Elementary School (RES).

• Paraeducator of the Year 2020 Ceremony

  Photo gallery of the paraeducator of the year 2020 ceremony

• Professional Development and Evaluation Committees (PDECs)

• Professional Development Task Force 2016-17

  The task force was created to study professional development and in-service training requirements for educators.

• Professional Learning

  Connecticut's Definition of Professional Learning: High-quality professional learning is a process that ensures all educators have equitable access throughout their career continuum to relevant, individual and collaborative opportunities to enhance their practice so that all students advance towards positive academic and non-academic outcomes.

• Professional Learning - Cultural Competence

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student facilitates educators’ self-examination of their awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions that pertain to culture and how they can develop culturally-responsive strategies to enrich the educational experiences for all students.

• Professional Learning - Data

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student requires the use of both quantitative and qualitative student, educator and system data to plan, implement, monitor, and assess professional learning.

• Professional Learning - Implementation

  Professional learning that enhances both educator practice and outcomes for each and every student applies change research and uses tools to identify and support the developmental stages of change and ensures the fidelity of implementation.