The Alternate Route to Teacher Certification I (ARCI) and Alternate Route to Teacher Certification II (ARCII) are innovative and exciting programs developed by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education to attract talented individuals from fields outside of education into teaching. The programs are intended for professionals from diverse fields such as industry, government, the military or human services who wish to change careers or those who want to reenter the work force. Individuals who have worked as substitutes, or who have experience as independent school teachers, are also encouraged to apply.

The programs consist of two major parts. The first part is either a very rigorous 8 week period of full-time intensive instruction during the summer (ARCI) OR a very rigorous 24 week period of part-time instruction on Friday evenings and all day Saturday during the school year (ARCII). (Exact dates of instruction change from year to year - the current dates are shown below.) The second major part follows the first and is two years of closely supervised teaching in a Connecticut middle or secondary school.

Program		Deadline for 2001	Session Dates	2002 Application Period Begins
Alternate Route to Teacher Certification I	General Information
	Brochure (pdf, 2001 : 35kb, 8 pages)	Jan. 19, 2001	6/18/2001 - 8/10/2001	10/1/2001
	Application & Instructions (pdf, 2001 : 39kb, 16 pages)

Alternate Route to Teacher Certification II	General Information
	Brochure (pdf, 2001 : 32kb, 8 pages)	N/A	11/2000 - 5/19/2001	N/A
	Application & Instructions (pdf, 2001 : 48kb, 16 pages)

Key Dates for the Alternate Route to Teacher Certification I Program

Sept. 1, 2000 to Jan. 19, 2001 : Take and pass Praxis I CBT. Call
one of the CBT centers in Connecticut and register over the phone using a
Visa or MasterCard. The CBT is administered at Sylvan Technology
Centers. The Praxis I CBT test must be taken and passed by January 19,
2001. The Connecticut sites are:

Glastonbury (860)659-0400
Hamden (203)287-9677
Norwalk (203)847-0031

Oct. 17, 2001 : Registration deadline for Nov. 18, 2000 Praxis II administration

Nov. 18, 2001 : Test date for Praxis II

Dec. 19, 2001 : Registration deadline for Jan. 20, 2001 Praxis II administration

Jan. 19, 2001 : Applications due for the 2001 Alternate Route to
Certification (ARC) Program; must be postmarked by this date to be considered

Jan. 20, 2001 : Test date for Praxis II

Feb. 6, 2001 : Registration deadline for March 10, 2001 Praxis II administration

March 10, 2001 : Test date for Praxis II

March 21, 2001 : Registration deadline for April 21, 2001 Praxis II administration

April 6, 2001 : ARC Admissions Notices mailed

April 21, 2001 : Test date for Praxis II

April 28, 2001 : ARC Student Orientation

May 12, 2001 : Job Workshop for ARC Students

May 22, 2001 : Registration deadline for June 23, 2001 Praxis II administration

May 31, 2001 : ARC Registration

June 23, 2001 : Test date for Praxis II

June 18 - Aug. 10, 2001 : ARC Summer Session

For more information about the Alternate Route program, contact:
Alternate Route to Certification
Department of Higher Education
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, CT 06105-2326

Connecticut Department of Higher Education

Alternate Route To Teacher Certification