Teachers & Administrators

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• Professional Learning Podcasts

  A podcast series focused on the Connecticut standards for professional learning.

• Professional Learning Providers

  A comprehensive list of professional learning providers in Connecticut.

• Program Approval

  The Talent Office has responsibility and oversight for the review and continuing approval of educator preparation programs in Connecticut preparing candidates for state certification.

• Proposed Regulations

  Public comments and testimonies on proposed certification regulations.

• Public Hearings

  Public hearings regarding proposed certification changes.

• Recognition and Excellence

  Recognition programs demonstrate respect for educators. Meaningful, thoughtful educator appreciation programs is about valuing efforts and having respect for who educators are and what educators do while giving students, districts and school communities public recognition and a sense of pride. The Talent Office is proud to be a part of the following state and national recognition efforts.

• Remedial Reading and Remedial Language Arts, Grades 1-12 (#102) Cross-Endorsement

• Sample SLOs by Content Area

  The Student Learning Goal/Objective in the teacher evaluation and support system is a carefully planned, broad academic goal that a teacher sets at the beginning of the year for all students or subgroups of students and is informed by available data. It is measured by Indicators of Academic Growth and Development (IAGDs), which include specific targets for student learning and expected outcomes over an entire course or year of instruction.

• School Paraprofessional Advisory Council

  School paraprofessional advisory council reports, agendas and minutes

• School Safety and Security

  Resources to help schools develop plans for ensuring students' safety and security

• Secondary School Science Cross-Endorsements

  Secondary science cross-endorsements assessment requirements by endorsement code.

• Secondary Subjects Cross-Endorsements

  Secondary subjects cross-endorsements assessment requirements by endorsement code.

• SEED Model

  Connecticut’s System for Educator Evaluation and Development (SEED) is a model evaluation and support system that is aligned to the Connecticut Guidelines for Educator Evaluation (Core Requirements), which were adopted by the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) in 2012 and revised in 2014, and inform implementation of a model teacher and administrator evaluation and support system which was piloted in 2012-13 school year.

• Shortage Areas

  CSDE identified shortage areas and incentives to teach in these content areas.

• Special Services Endorsements

  The following endorsements are classified as special services: Speech and Language Pathologist (#061), School Counselor (#068, School Psychologist (#070), School Social Worker (#071), School Nurse-Teacher (#072), School Dental Hygienist-Teacher (#073).