Certification Requirements: Remedial Reading & Remedial Language Arts (102)
1) Hold or be eligible for a Connecticut certificate
2) Have completed at least 30 school months of successful classroom teaching experience
3) Has completed at least 21 credits, including a course in each of the following:
- Developmental reading;
- Reading in content areas;
- Diagnosis and remediation of reading and language arts difficulties;
- Clinical practices in reading and language arts, consisting of at least six credits;
- Language arts; and
- Tests and measurements
4) An approved three-credit course of study in special education including gifted and talented
5) A passing score on the Pearson National Evaluation Services Reading Specialist exam.
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