Applying from enhanced reciprocity states and territories
Please submit the following if you have a valid educator certificate in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington D.C., or Wisconsin.
If you are from another state or country, please visit this page to learn how you can apply.
1. Application form
Complete the online or paper-based ED 170 application. Include your nonrefundable $50 application review payment.
IMPORTANT: Personal checks are not accepted. If you apply by mail, please pay with a cashier’s check, certified bank check, or money order made payable to: Treasurer, State of Connecticut.
2. Current certificate
Mail a copy of your valid educator certificate to us.
- It must be from one of the states listed above
- Temporary, emergency, and interim certificates are not accepted
3. Official transcripts
You can either:
- Mail your official undergraduate and graduate transcripts to us
- Or have the university mail your official paper transcripts to us or email official e-transcripts to teacher.etranscript@ct.gov
Once the Bureau of Certification has determined your eligibility for certification, you will be billed separately for your certificate. You may pay your fee balance online or mail your payment to the Bureau. Send your money order, cashier’s check, or certified bank check made payable to “Treasurer, State of Connecticut.” Personal checks cannot be accepted.