Applying for a special services certificate in Connecticut
To become certified, speech and language pathologists, school counselors, school psychologists, school marriage and family therapists, school social workers, school nurse-teachers, and school dental hygienist-teachers from other countries submit the forms and documentation listed below.
We will process your completed application in 2-3 months. During the review process, we’ll determine whether to issue an initial or provisional certificate.
1. Application Form
Complete the online or paper-based ED 170 application. Include your nonrefundable $50 application review payment.
IMPORTANT: We don’t accept personal checks. 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 Certification
Submit a copy of your valideducator certificate (temporary, emergency, or interim certificates will not be accepted).
3. Official Statements
Submit a completed and signed ED 125 - Statement of Preparing Higher Education Program or ED 126 - A Statement of Professional Experience based on your experience.
- ED 125 is for recent graduates and people with less than 20 school months of successful service in the last 10 years under a valid certificate.
- ED 126 is for people who have 20 or more school months of successful service in another state in the last 10 years under a valid certificate. You may obtain a higher level of certification known as an eight-year provisional educator certificate.
4. Official Transcripts
Transcripts from U.S. colleges and universities. You can either:
- Mail us your official undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- Have the university(ies) mail your transcripts to us or send your e-transcripts to teacher.etranscript@ct.gov
Transcripts from colleges and universities outside the U.S. Please work with one of the following companies to have your coursework evaluated for our final review:
- Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
- Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.
- Josef Silny & Associates
- SpanTran: The Evaluation Company
IMPORTANT: We do NOT accept copies, scans, or email versions of forms requiring original signatures. We accept only original versions of forms with original signatures.