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Eligibility Based Upon Program Preparation

To obtain Connecticut educator certification, you must:

1. Successfully complete a state approved planned program of general academic and professional education at a regionally accredited institution;

2. Pass the Praxis I Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) or present official evidence from Educational Testing Service (ETS) of meeting the waiver; and

3. Pass Praxis II Subject-Knowledge Tests, for those endorsements where a test is required.

Eligibility Based Upon Teaching Experience

To obtain Connecticut teacher certification, you must: 

1. Document no less than 20 school months of successful, appropriate full-time teaching experience in the same approved non-public school OR an out-of-state public school under a valid certificate;

2. Pass the Praxis I Pre-Professional Skills Tests (PPST) or present official evidence from Educational Testing Service (ETS) of meeting the waiver;

3. Pass Praxis II Subject-Knowledge Tests, for those endorsements where a test is required; and

4. Successfully complete all general academic and professional education required course work for the endorsement area(s) sought.   

Refer to A Guide to Educator Certification in Connecticut (#130), A Guide to Educator Assessments in Connecticut (#131), A Guide to Educator Preparation Programs in Connecticut (#132), and Certification for Out-of-State Applicants (Fact Sheet/Packet #106) for additional information.  (May be requested on Request Form #127.)

The following is a list of institutions in Connecticut which offer approved educator preparation programs:

The information contained on this fact sheet is subject to change without notice.

Rev. 12/01

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