Connecticut § 10-145m - Resident teacher certificate.

§ 10-145m. Resident teacher certificate.

Sec. 10-145m. Resident teacher certificate. (a) The State Board of Education, upon receipt of a proper application, shall issue a resident teacher certificate to any applicant in the certification endorsement areas of elementary education, middle grades education, secondary academic subjects, special subjects or fields, special education, early childhood education and administration and supervision, who (1) holds a bachelor's degree from an institution of higher education accredited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education or Office of Higher Education or regionally accredited, (2) has completed a major or thirty semester hours of content specific credit or achieved a qualifying score, as determined by the State Board of Education, on the appropriate State Board of Education approved subject area assessment, and (3) is enrolled in an alternate route to certification program or post-bachelor degree program leading to educator certification, approved by the State Board of Education, that meets the guidelines established by the Every Student Succeeds Act, P.L. 114-95.

(b) Each such resident teacher certificate shall be valid for two years, and may be extended by the Commissioner of Education for an additional one year for good cause upon the request of the superintendent of schools for the school district employing such person.

(c) During the period of employment in a public school, a person holding a resident teacher certificate shall be the teacher of record and be under the supervision of the superintendent of schools or of a principal, administrator or supervisor designated by such superintendent who shall regularly observe, guide and evaluate the performance of assigned duties by such holder of a resident teacher certificate.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 10-145b, on and after July 1, 2009, the State Board of Education, upon receipt of a proper application, shall issue an initial educator certificate, which shall be valid for three years, to any person who (1) successfully completed an alternate route to certification program, approved by the State Board of Education, that meets the guidelines established by the No Child Left Behind Act, P.L. 107-110, (2) taught successfully as the teacher of record while holding a resident teacher certificate, and (3) meets the requirements established in subsection (b) of section 10-145f.

(June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1, S. 13; P.A. 11-48, S. 285; P.A. 12-156, S. 7; P.A. 13-118, S. 10; P.A. 17-68, S. 3; P.A. 21-144, S. 3.)

History: June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 effective July 1, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-156 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by adding reference to State Board of Education re accreditation, effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-118 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to replace “State Board of Education” with “Office of Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 17-68 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “one year” with “two years”, effective July 1, 2017; P.A. 21-144 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re minimum undergraduate college cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and redesignating existing Subdivs. (3) and (4) as Subdivs. (2) and (3), adding “completed a major or thirty semester hours of content specific credit or” in redesignated Subdiv. (2), and adding “or post-bachelor degree program leading to educator certification” and replacing reference to No Child Left Behind Act with reference to Every Student Succeeds Act in redesignated Subdiv. (3), effective July 1, 2021.