Conn. Agencies Regs. § 10-145d-548

Current through October 16, 2024

Section 10-145d-548 - Initial educator certificate requirements

To receive an initial educator certificate for school nurse-teacher an applicant shall meet the following requirements, in addition to meeting the assessment requirements, as appropriate:

(a) Has graduated from a school of professional nursing approved by the State Board of Examiners for Nursing;

(b) Holds a valid Connecticut registered nurse license;

(c) Holds a bachelor's degree from an approved institution with a minimum of 40 semester hours of credit in general academic courses, of which six or more credits shall be in English and six or more credits shall be in the social sciences;

(d) Has a minimum of 36 semester hours of credit in a planned program of study and experience, including study to be distributed among each of the following:

(1) Foundations of education. This group includes areas such as:

(A) history of education,

(B) principles of education,

(C) philosophy of education,

(D) comparative education, and

(E) community sociology, community resources and social anthropology;

(2) Educational psychology. This group includes areas such as:

(A) psychology of learning,

(B) human growth and development,

(C) child adolescent psychology and

(D) mental hygiene;

(3) Curriculum and methods of teaching. This group includes areas such as:

(A) methods of teaching,

(B) teaching of reading,

(C) school library media instruction,

(D) individualizing instruction,

(E) educational measurements,

(F) principles of curriculum construction,

(G) the curriculum at a particular level,

(H) the curriculum in one specific field and

(I) extra-curricular activities;

(4) Supervised field experience in a public health agency or in student teaching of health totaling an equivalent of at least six but not more than 12 semester hours of credit as part of this requirement;

(5) Health education. This group includes areas such as:

(A) personal health problems,

(B) school health problems,

(C) nutrition,

(D) health administration and

(E) biology; and

(6) School health services. This group includes areas such as:

(A) nursing assessment,

(B) clinical management,

(C) health teaching and counseling and

(D) community nursing; and

(e) 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-548

Effective July 1, 1995