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The Teacher Education center offers two programs. First, the Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates (TCPCG) is an 11-month, full-time, accelerated program that allows students to earn a Connecticut Teacher Certification and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction or MA in Educational Psychology.
Unlike other Connecticut technical high schools, 11th and 12th grade students attending Bristol TEC during high school also retain enrollment in their sending schools. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] If attending Bristol TEC during their senior year, students receive a diploma from their sending school and a training certificate from Bristol TEC.
The state of Connecticut funds and operates the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS).It is a statewide system of 17 diploma-granting technical high schools and one technical education center, serving approximately 10,200 full-time high school students with comprehensive education and training in 38 occupational areas.
[1] [2] The department, under the supervision of the Connecticut State Board of Education, oversees public education in the state, distribute funds to the state's 166 school districts, and operates the Connecticut Technical High School System.
The Connecticut General Assembly established the Willimantic State Normal School in 1889. [2] As a normal school, the institution trained schoolteachers. [2] The first class was of thirteen female students, who attended classes on the third floor of the Willimantic Savings Institute.
The Connecticut State Board of Education is the governing body of the Connecticut State Department of Education, which oversees the public education in the state, distribute funds to the state's 166 school districts, and operates the Connecticut Technical High School System.
The state's flagship public university is the University of Connecticut, [1] which is also the largest school in the state. The remainder of the state's public institutions constitute the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities, comprising four state universities, twelve community colleges, and an online school, Charter Oak State College. [2]
In 1992, the Connecticut legislature mandated merging the state's community and technical colleges. While there was no area technical college for an Asnuntuck merger, the legislature also required each community college to complement its general education with a technical focus, bringing about several programmatic changes, as well as the change to the name, Asnuntuck Community-Technical College.