Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-400a. Code of professional responsibility for teachers(a) Preamble The Code of Professional Responsibility for Teachers is a set of principles which the teaching profession expects its members to honor and follow. These princi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-400b. Code of professional responsibility for school administrators(a) PreambleThis code of professional responsibility for school administrators reaffirms and codifies the principles and standards that have guided the school …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-401. Personnel required to hold certificates or permits(a) No person shall be eligible to serve for a board of education in the position of superintendent, administrator, teacher, special service staff member, or other positio…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-402. Application proceduresApplication for state certificates and permits shall be executed on forms furnished by and filed with the Department. Additional documents and materials shall be submitted in accordance with Section …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-403. Documentation and materials required of applicantsIn application for a certificate or permit, an applicant, in addition to meeting the specific requirements of each endorsement area, shall submit the following, as appropr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-404. Assessment requirements(a) PRAXIS I. Essential Skills Requirement in Reading, Writing and Mathematics.(1) Except as provided in Section 10-145d-405, subsection (a) (1) of Section 10-145d-417 and 10-145d-427 any person who…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-405. Assessment requirement exceptions(a) Nondegreed educators. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, to be eligible for a certificate for subject areas or fields for which a bachelor's degree from an…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-406. Acceptability of course work(a) Course work requirements for credit shall be acceptable if study has been completed at an approved institution, except as otherwise provided in this section, or except as provided by subsec…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-407. Responsibilities of employing agents of boards of educationEmploying agents of boards of education shall be responsible for the following activities with respect to the certification of individuals employed or to be emplo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-408. Recommendation from an approved institution(a) To be eligible for the initial educator certificate, applicants for the endorsements listed below shall have completed a planned program of preparation at an approved institu…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-409. Validity of certificates issued prior to July 1, 1989Prior to November 1, 1960, a permanent teaching certificate was issued to qualified applicants by the Board. During the period from November 1, 1960, to July 1, l989, t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-410. Certificate typesThe following certificates shall be issued by the Board: initial educator; interim educator; temporary 90-day; provisional educator; professional educator; and certificate of eligibility. An applicant who…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-411. Certificate of eligibility(a) Conditions for issuance. A certificate of eligibility shall be issued to an applicant who meets the requirements for but had not been issued an initial educator certificate, as defined in Sec…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-412. Initial educator certificate(a) Conditions for issuance.(1) The initial educator certificate shall be issued to any applicant who has met the assessment, preparation and eligibility requirements, as appropriate. (2) The a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-413. The interim educator certificate(a) Conditions for issuance.(1) The interim educator certificate shall be valid for 12 months and is nonrenewable if such applicant: (A) Meets the preparation and eligibility requirements f…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-414. Temporary 90-day certificate(a) Conditions for issuance.The temporary 90-day certificate shall be issued to any applicant who successfully completes a board-approved alternate route to licensure program, as available, in …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-415. Provisional educator certificate(a) Conditions for issuance.The provisional educator certificate shall be issued to an applicant who has met the assessment requirements, as appropriate, and the preparation and eligibility…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-417. Professional educator certificate(a) Conditions for issuance.The professional educator certificate shall be issued to any applicant when the following conditions are met, except as otherwise provided in endorsement area r…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-418. Temporary authorization for minor assignmentUpon the written request of an employing agent of a board of education and filing of an application by the applicant, a certificate holder may be granted a temporary authorizati…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-419. Limited extended authorization for early childhood(a) Upon the written request of an employing agent of a board of education for whom the applicant has taught early childhood (NURSERY - GRADE 3) for at least 10 school mon…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-420. Substitute teacher authorization(a) A substitute authorization shall only be required for a person employed by a board of education for 40 school days or more in the same assignment, in a school year, except if such subst…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-421. Durational shortage area permit - issuance(a) Validity. A durational shortage area permit may be issued for a period of one year. The permit will be issued in lieu of a certificate. (b) In order to be issued a durational …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-422. Durational shortage area permit - reissueDurational shortage area permits shall be reissued no more than two times in accordance with the following conditions: (a) The employing agent of a board of education requests reis…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-423. Coaching permits(a) Between August 1, 1998 and June 30, 1999, a coach (regardless of coaching assignment) of intramural or interscholastic athletics in elementary, middle school and high schools, shall meet the requiremen…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-424. Temporary emergency coaching permit requirementsA temporary emergency coaching permit enables an individual to coach intramural or interscholastic athletics in kindergarten through grade 12, inclusive, in the employ of a …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-425. Temporary emergency coaching permit issuance(a) Upon submission by a board of education of an application to the Department on forms provided by the Department, a temporary emergency coaching permit may be issued for one …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-426. Adult education authorizationAn applicant who fulfills all requirements for issuance of the initial educator certificate in adult education endorsements in accordance with Sections 10-145d-594, 10-145d-599 or 10-145d-604,…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-427. Reissuance and extension of certificates(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, a person whose certificate has lapsed may request certification retroactive to the date on which the lapse occurr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-428. Cross endorsementsA person who holds a certificate of eligibility, an initial educator, provisional educator, provisional teaching or professional educator certificate may, upon application, obtain additional endorsements…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-429. When requiredThis certificate, or another certificate appropriate to the grade level of the students to be taught, shall be required for anyone employed as a teacher of infants, toddlers, nursery school, kindergarten, and…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-430. Validity of certificates(a) This certificate shall authorize the teaching of all elementary academic subjects and art, health, music, physical education and technology in the grade levels under this endorsement except tha…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-431. Initial educator certificate requirementsTo receive an initial educator certificate for early childhood teaching with an endorsement in birth through kindergarten and nursery through grade three: (a) On and after July 1, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-432. Provisional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a provisional educator certificate for early childhood education, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate, and the…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-433. Professional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a professional educator certificate for early childhood education an applicant shall present evidence of having met the assessment requirements, as appropriate, in …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-434. When requiredThis certificate, or another certificate appropriate to the grade level of the students to be taught, shall be required for anyone employed by a board of education, as a teacher in pre-kindergarten through gr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-435. Validity of certificates(a) This certificate shall authorize the teaching of all elementary academic subjects and art, health, music, physical education and technology in the grade levels under this endorsement in the gra…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-436. Initial educator certificate requirementsOn and after July 1, 1993, to receive an initial educator certificate for elementary teaching an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements, in addition…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-437. Provisional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a provisional educator certificate for elementary teaching an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the preparation and eligibility requirements for an initial…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-438. Professional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a professional educator certificate for elementary teaching, an applicant shall present evidence of having met the following requirements: (a) Has completed 30 scho…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-439. When requiredThis certificate, or another certificate appropriate to the subject and grade level to be taught, shall be required for anyone employed by a board of education as a teacher of foreign language at the elementa…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-440. Validity of certificatesThis certificate shall be valid for all endorsed foreign language subjects in prekindergarten through grade eight when departmentalized instruction is offered in foreign languages at the elementary…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-441. Initial educator certificate requirementsTo receive an initial educator certificate for foreign language instruction at the elementary level, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements, in a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-442. Provisional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a provisional educator certificate for foreign language instruction at the elementary level an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the preparation and eligib…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-443. Professional educator certificate requirementsTo receive a professional educator certificate for foreign language instruction at the elementary level an applicant shall present evidence of having met the following require…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-444. When requiredThis middle grades certificate, or a secondary academic certificate is required for anyone employed by a board of education as a teacher of these subjects in a middle school setting. (Effective July 1, 1993; …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-445. Validity of certificatesMiddle grades certificates are valid for teaching endorsements in specific subject areas. When departmentalized instruction is offered in an elementary school, the subject area endorsement is valid…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 10-145d-446. Initial educator certificate requirementsOn and after July 1, 1998, to receive an initial educator certificate for teaching at the middle grades, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements i…