Delivering Well Prepared Teachers Policy
Connecticut requires a "middle grades certificate" for all middle school teachers. The state also requires that all middle school teacher candidates complete one of the following: a subject-area major, an interdisciplinary major, or 24 semester hours of study in a subject and 15 semester hours in a second subject.
All new middle school teachers in Connecticut are also required to pass a single-subject Praxis II content test to attain licensure; a general content knowledge test is not an option.
Differentiate between single and multiple subject middle school teachers.
Connecticut is commended for ensuring that middle school teachers are sufficiently prepared to teach middle school-level content. Connecticut should, however, consider refining its policy by requiring the single major for teachers who plan to teach a single subject and the equivalent of two minors for those intending to teach multiple subjects.
Connecticut recognized the factual accuracy of this analysis.