Alternate Route to Teacher
Certification
The
Alternate Route to Teacher Certification (ARC) is an authorized teacher
preparation program that was created in 1988 to attract mid-career adults into
the teaching profession, particularly in subjects with a shortage of teachers.
Individuals who have worked as substitutes, paraprofessionals, or independent
school teachers also are encouraged to apply. ARC is conducted by the
Connecticut Department of Higher Education in Hartford.
ARC
offers two sessions. ARC I is a nine-week, full-time summer session which runs
from June into August. ARC II is a weekend session (Friday evenings and all
day Saturdays) on three out of four weekends each month from late October into
mid-May. Both sessions require a student teaching experience as well.
Admission to ARC is competitive and requires a minimum of a bachelor's degree
and an academic major in the subject you wish to teach, along with other
application criteria. All applicants must have passed the Praxis I examinations
or have received a waiver based on past tests such as the SAT or the GRE. To
learn more about the Praxis or the waiver or to apply for the waiver, please
visit:
www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/Cert/certform/ed_192.pdf.
For more
information about ARC and the application process, see these resources:
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Online ARC catalog - click here
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Paper
copy of the ARC catalog – request at
arc@ctdhe.org.
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Online ARC application – click
here
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Answers to questions or assistance in applying – email
arc@ctdhe.org or call the toll-free Education & Employment Information
Center Hotline at (800)842-0229.
Key Dates for 2009-10
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ARC I - 2009 |
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January 16, 2009 |
Application
deadline for the ARC I - 2009 Summer Program. All Praxis I PPST and ACTFL OPI
exams (if applicable) must be passed by this date to be considered for the
summer session. |
| April 14-17, 2009 |
ARC I Admissions
Notices Mailed |
| April 23, 2009 |
Required ARC I
Student Orientation (Thursday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.) |
| May 14, 2009 |
Job Fair for ARC
Students (Thursday evening, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m.) |
| June
8 - August 7,
2009 |
ARC I Summer Session
(daily from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) |
| July
6 - July 31,
2009 |
Student Teaching
Period (required of all students) |
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ARC II - 2009-10 |
| May
15, 2009 |
Application
deadline for the ARC II - 2009-10 Weekend Program. All Praxis I PPST
and ACTFL OPI exams (if applicable) must be passed by this date to be
considered for the weekend session. |
| August
19-21, 2009 |
ARC II Admissions
Notices Mailed |
| September 24, 2009 |
Required ARC II
Student Orientation (Thursday evening from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.) |
| October 23, 2009 -
May 7, 2010 |
ARC II - 2009-10
Weekend Program Friday evenings from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. and Saturdays from
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) |
| March 29 - April
30, 2010 |
Student Teaching
Period (20 full-time student teaching days are required of all ARC students
during this period. The exact days of student teaching are dependent
on school vacations and religious holidays) |
Alternate Route for Early Childhood Education
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Charter Oak State College, in cooperation with Eastern
Connecticut State University, Mitchell College, Fairfield University,
Southern Connecticut State University, St. Joseph College, University of
Connecticut, and University of Hartford, will be offering an alternate route
to the Connecticut Birth through Five teaching certificate (112
endorsement). This teaching certificate qualifies professionals to work in a
variety of settings such as public preschools, Birth to Three Early
Intervention services, and public kindergartens. The application
deadline for 2009 is October 15, 2008.
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The Advanced
Alternative Program for School Library Media Specialists is an innovative
and exciting program developed by the Connecticut State Department of
Education, approved by the Department of Higher Education, and administered
by ACES to attract talented, successful Connecticut teachers to a new
teaching career as school library media specialists. The program consists of
a school year with activities related to the role and structure of
high-quality library media programs and a rigorous, five-week period of
intensive, full-time instruction offered only during the summer. Although
the program does not carry college course credit, completion of the advanced
preparation program results in a cross-endorsement as a school library media
specialist, grades Pre-K-12.
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An advanced alternate
program to prepare teachers to become certified as Literacy Specialists in
Reading and Language Arts is now offered by
Albertus Magnus College. Completers of the program would be eligible for
certificate 102 – Remedial Reading/Remedial Language Arts. |
Cross
Endorsement in Comprehensive Special Education
An advanced alternate route program to prepare already
certified teachers for a cross endorsement in comprehensive special education
(K-12) is now offered by CREC (the Capitol Region Education Council).
The program provides training and practical experience
based on national and state competencies for special education leading to the
cross certification within a year’s time.
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