Section 10-145d-569 - Initial educator certificate requirementsTo receive an initial educator certificate for reading and language arts consultant, an applicant shall present evidence of meeting the following requirements, in addition to meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate:
(a) Holds a professional educator certificate, or holds or is eligible for an initial educator certificate, and has met all course work requirements for a professional educator certificate;(b) Holds a master's degree from an approved institution;(c) Has completed at least 30 school months of successful classroom teaching experience;(d) Has completed, at the undergraduate or graduate level, study in each of the following areas: (2) Psychology, including human growth and development, understanding human behavior, personality, mental hygiene;(3) Measurement and evaluation; and(4) Children's or adolescent literature;(e) Holds or is eligible for a remedial reading and language arts endorsement and has completed at least 12 semester hours of graduate credit in a planned program for special service in reading and language arts, including courses in each of the following: (1) Advanced reading and language arts diagnosis;(2) Organization, administration and supervision of reading and language arts programs; and(3) Practicum in consulting, including applied reading and language arts research, of at least six semester hours of credit in total;(f) Applicants shall include at least 10 school months as a remedial reading and remedial language arts teacher; and(g) Has completed a course of study in special education comprised of not fewer than 36 clock hours, which shall include study in understanding the growth and development of exceptional children, including handicapped and gifted and talented children and children who may require special education, and methods for identifying, planning for and working effectively with special-needs children in the regular classroom.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-145d-569