Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 10 - Education and Culture
145d - Standards for the Issuance of a Certificate for the Position of School Business Administrator
State Educator Certificates, Permits and Authorizations
Part XII - Special Education:Blind, Partially Sighted or Hearing Impaired
A - Special Education: Blind, Partially Sighted or Hearing Impaired
Section 10-145d-537 - Professional educator certificate requirements
Universal Citation: CT Reg of State Agencies 10-145d-537
Current through March 19, 2025
To receive a professional educator certificate for single-subject special education an applicant shall present evidence of having met the following requirements:
(a) Has completed 30 school months of successful teaching under the provisional educator certificate, interim educator certificate or provisional teaching certificate; and
(b) Has met one of the following requirements for course work at an approved institution or institutions:
(1) Prior to July 1, 2003, an
applicant who holds or held a provisional educator certificate shall have
completed not less than 30 semester hours of credit beyond the bachelor's
degree. Such course work need not necessarily lead to a master's degree and may
include graduate or undergraduate courses. It shall consist of:
(A) A planned program at an approved
institution, related directly to the subject areas or grade levels of the
endorsement or in an area or areas related to the teacher's ability to provide
instruction effectively or to meet locally determined goals and objectives;
or
(B) An individual program which
is mutually determined or approved by the teacher and the employing agent of
the board of education and which is designed to increase the ability of the
teacher to improve student learning.
(2) Prior to July 1, 2003, an applicant who
holds or held a 10-year provisional teaching certificate shall have completed
30 semester hours of credit beyond the bachelor's degree. Such course work need
not necessarily lead to a master's degree and may include graduate or
undergraduate courses. It shall consist of:
(A) A planned program at an approved
institution; or
(B) An individual
program which is mutually determined or approved by the teacher and the
employing agent of the board of education and is designed to increase the
ability of the teacher to improve student learning. Such an individual program
may include course work taken at one or more approved institutions and may
include registered in-service programs sponsored by local or regional boards of
education or approved nonpublic schools upon the approval of the joint
subcommittee of the Board of Governors of Higher Education and the Board
established pursuant to Section 10-155b of the Connecticut general statutes,
revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1983.
(3) Prior to July 1, 2003, an applicant who
holds or held a five-year provisional teaching certificate shall have completed
either a master's degree or not fewer than 30 semester hours of credit beyond
the bachelor's degree. Such course work need not necessarily lead to a master's
degree and may include graduate or undergraduate courses. Except as otherwise
provided, it shall consist of:
(A) A master's
degree at an approved institution; or
(B) An individually planned program
consisting of at least 30 semester hours of credit beyond the bachelor's
degree, which includes at least l5 semester hours of credit in general academic
courses in addition to the credits offered for the requirements for the
provisional educator certificate. Exceptions to the requirement of 15 semester
hours of credit in general academic courses may be granted when either an
approved institution or the Department determines that the applicant has in the
combined program of undergraduate and post-baccalaureate preparation, met this
requirement.
(4) On and
after July 1, 2003, any applicant who holds or held a provisional teaching or
provisional educator certificate shall have completed, at an approved
institution, either a master's degree or at least 30 semester hours of graduate
credit.
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