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What are Connecticut's education requirements for teachers from other states?


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Teacher certification requirements

Educators who want to teach in Connecticut usually graduate from one of their state’s approved programs. To get certified based on your education, you must:

  • Successfully complete a state-approved planned program of general academic and professional education at a regionally accredited college or university and earn formal institutional recommendation for certification
  • Pass subject-specific assessment to show you know a subject well enough to teach it, if that applies to the subject you want to teach
 

 

Educators from Other States