Administrator certification requirements

Educators who want to serve in an administrative position must hold the appropriate certificate: Intermediate Administration and Supervision (092) or Superintendent of Schools (093). Here are the requirements for both: 

Intermediate Administration and Supervision

Initial certificate: Candidates who want to serve as a program director, assistant principal, academic dean, curriculum director, principal, or assistant superintendent must meet the following requirements: 

• A minimum of 50 months of appropriate teaching experience
• A master’s degree awarded by an accredited college or university
• 18 graduate-level credits beyond your master’s degree
• Coursework that includes at least 15 graduate-level credits in educational administration covering cover each of these areas and resulting in the institution recommending you for certification:
  • Psychological and pedagogical foundations of learning
  • Program monitoring and curriculum development
  • School administration
  • Personnel supervision and evaluation
  • Contemporary educational problems and solutions from a policy-making perspective
• Three credits in special education, including gifted and talented
• Earn a formal institutional recommendation for certification
• Pass the Connecticut Administrator Test, which is available through ETS. We encourage you to prepare for the exam with ETS’ test preparation materials and practice test.

Provisional certificate: To advance to a Provisional certificate, you must serve for a minimum of 10 months in a full-time administrative position under the Initial certificate. 

Professional certificate: To further advance to a Professional certificate, you must Serve for a minimum of 30 months in a full-time administrative position under the Provisional certificate and meet advanced coursework requirements.

Superintendent of Schools

Initial certificate: Candidates who want to serve as a superintendent must complete the following to apply:

• 80 or more months of successful teaching or administrative service, including a minimum of 30 months of work as a full-time administrator
• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university
• At least 30 additional graduate-level credits beyond your master’s degree covering cover each of these areas and resulting in the institution recommending you for certification:
  • Psychological and pedagogical foundations of learning
  • Program monitoring and curriculum development
  • School administration
  • Personnel supervision and evaluation
  • Contemporary educational problems and solutions from a policy-making perspective
• Earn a formal institutional recommendation for certification 
• Three credits in special education, including gifted and talented

Provisional certificate: To advance to a Provisional certificate, you must successfully serve as a full-time superintendent under the Initial certificate for at least 10 months.

Professional certificate: To further advance to a Professional certificate, you must successfully serve as a full-time superintendent under the Provisional certificate for at least 30 months.