Connecticut - Apply for Initial Teaching License

ProcedureEdit

Connecticut's Department of Education encourages applicants to submit their application and fee online with a credit card (VISA and MasterCard only no debit cards) once they have created an account on the Connecticut Educator Certification System (CECS) - LINK.
Additional application materials may be sent separately by U.S. mail.
If you are unable to create an application online or you would rather complete a paper application (form available under 'Documents to Use' section), you may submit one with a certified bank check or money order payable to Treasurer, State of Connecticut. Personal checks not accepted.

Required DocumentsEdit

Online application via CECS or paper ED 170 General Application.
Application fee of $50
Official transcripts of all postsecondary coursework completed, including original transcripts if coursework has been transferred. Official transcripts must include the embossed or color seal of the college or university issuing them.
ED 126 Statement of Successful Professional Experience, verifying teaching/service in out-of-state public schools or approved nonpublic schools, if applicable. NOTE: The superintendent of the school district or diocese or headmaster of an independent school must sign this form. If the service was completed in a public school, you must include a copy of the certificate or permit authorizing each year of employment.
Copy of valid out-of-state certificates/licenses authorizing all years of service indicated on ED 126. Be sure to submit a photocopy of the front and back and a key to any certification codes on the certificate.
ED 125 Statement of Preparing Higher Education Institution, which must include the embossed or color seal of the college or university and must be signed by the certification officer or dean.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Connecticut Department of Education

EligibilityEdit

Eligibility based on program preparation:
Certification is usually based on completion of a state-approved educator preparation program. To apply for a certificate, educators must:

Successfully complete a state-approved planned program of general academic and professional education at a regionally accredited college or university;
Pass Praxis Core Academic Skills Tests (Core) or present official evidence of meeting waiver* requirements; and
Pass subject-specific tests, if applicable to the endorsement requested.*

Note*: Check "Guide to Assessments for Educator Certification in Connecticut" to know more LINK.

Eligibility based on teaching experience:
Educators who have completed the equivalent of two school years of full-time teaching in the grade level and subject appropriate to the endorsement requested may waive the planned program requirement. However, all coursework, degree, testing and any experiential requirements must still be met.
To apply for a certification based on teaching experience, educators must:

Document no fewer than 20 school months of successful, appropriate full-time teaching experience in the same approved nonpublic school OR an out-of-state public school under a valid certificate;
Pass Praxis Core Academic Skills Tests (Core) or present official evidence of meeting waiver* requirements;
Pass subject-specific tests, for those endorsements where a test is required*; and
Successfully complete all required general academic and professional education coursework for the endorsement areas sought. All coursework must result in credit awarded to official transcripts from regionally accredited colleges or universities.

Note*: Check "Guide to Assessments for Educator Certification in Connecticut" to know more LINK.

All candidates applying for a Connecticut educator certificate, which requires completion of a bachelors degree from a regionally accredited institution, must submit official transcripts verifying completion of the degree, regardless of the basis of their certification. NOTE: Only coursework resulting in credit awarded to an official transcript of a regionally accredited college or university can be accepted to meet certification requirements.

Educators who have not completed an educator preparation program and do not have the experience to waive the planned program requirement should seek academic advisement from regionally accredited colleges or universities with state-approved programs in the area they would like to teach.

List of Connecticut institutions that offer approved educator preparation programs: LINK , check under Teacher Preparation

FeesEdit

Application fee: $50

Visa or MasterCard only if applying online. Money order, certified bank check or cashiers check, payable to the Treasurer, State of Connecticut if submitting payment by mail. (NO personal checks accepted).

The fee is nonrefundable.

Applicants will be advised of a certification fee balance after evaluation of their application.

ValidityEdit

An Initial Educator Certificate is valid for 3 years.

Documents to UseEdit

ED 170 General Application

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CONNECTICUT STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:

http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&q=321230&sdePNavCtr=%7C#45439

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