[ajacques]

My g/f is currently going to school for education here in Orlando. She wants to be a art or history teacher. Whats the best route for acomplishing this in connecticut. I can't find a school that offers a BA in Secondary Education/art or Secondary Education: History. Any Advice? Also are Art teachers or history teachers in demand in ct? Particularly Hartford?

[heather121]

Central CT State University (Central Connecticut State University) has a HUGE education program. It offers both of those specific concentrations, but there is a lot of competition to get into the education program; as a transfer she would have a better shot than a freshman, though. CCSU is in New Britain, which is 10-15 minutes from Hartford.

[Rich Lee]

There's also the Alternate Route to Certification:

Alternate Route To Teacher Certification

[brasscitybluenwhite]

UCONN's School of Education is ranked in the top 20 in the country

[hartford_renter]

Originally Posted by ajacques

My g/f is currently going to school for education here in Orlando. She wants to be a art or history teacher. Whats the best route for acomplishing this in connecticut. I can't find a school that offers a BA in Secondary Education/art or Secondary Education: History. Any Advice? Also are Art teachers or history teachers in demand in ct? Particularly Hartford?

Unfortunately Teachers in CT in general are NOT in demand. This is because we are in the midst of a 9 billion dollar budget shortfall. I believe their is a hiring freeze and the Unions are in talks to try to minimize state worker layoffs. The chances that you will be getting a teaching position in CT is very uncertain. Also in terms of teacher demand - science and math high school teachers are in demand. Elementary, history and english are in significantly less demand. On the upside teachers in CT make a lot more then FL. There is something called the Best Program that you must complete to get certified in CT. You also need a masters, but I think you can get it while on the job.

Welcome - CT BEST Program (http://www.ctbest.org/ - broken link)

[Rich Lee]

Originally Posted by hartford_renter

Unfortunately, teachers in Conn. in general are NOT in demand. This is because we are in the midst of a 9-billion-dollar budget shortfall. I believe there is a hiring freeze, and the Unions are in talks to try to minimize state worker layoffs. The chances that you will be getting a teaching position in Conn. is very uncertain.

From what I'm hearing, it depends on the subject area. There is still a shortage in mathematics and other areas. A 3rd grade teacher subject to a layoff isn't necessarily going to get the 9th grade math teacher position regardless of the Union's input.

[ajacques]

Thanks Heather; I've took a look at Central and I think thats what our plan is going to be. I know uconn has one of the best education programs but my g/f isn't the best student and uconn's education program looks way too competitive for her.

Thank you guys for your suggessions; I'll look into the Best program and the Alternative route.

While I see that teachers aren't really in demand in CT I have to believe her options are better there than here in florida. Just in orlando their closing 4 schools and merging the students into other schools. The teachers that got to keep their jobs will have a huge class of kids. And get paid crap ontop of that.

I noticed some grants for minority teachers in connecticut; so... thats a plus too.