How to Apply to TCPCG

Applications to TCPCG will be accepted until February 1, 2025, for admission to the cohorts beginning in Summer 2025 at UConn Avery Point, Hartford, Waterbury and Stamford.

Please note that the Admissions Committee cannot make a decision about your application until the application is complete with all required information and materials.

Sueños Scholars Grant Program

The Sueños Scholars Grant Program is no longer recruiting applicants for the Summer 2025 cohort. The Summer 2026 Sueños Scholars cohort applications will open in Fall 2025.

The Sueños Scholars Program, through UConn Stamford and the Neag School of Education’s Teacher Certification Program for College Graduates, prepares underrepresented students for careers as educators. When students apply to TCPCG at UConn Stamford they will be invited to complete the voluntary survey according to the grant guidelines. If they meet any of the criteria, they will be invited to a secondary interview to see if they are selected as 1 of 10 scholars in the cohort. Questions? Email Katie Nagrotsky at kathryn.nagrotsky@uconn.edu.

 

"I got into teaching because I really hope to make an impact on the student I teach. I'd like to get more girls successful in physics."
Erin Burke ’15 MA, physics teacher, Middletown High School

 

To Apply To TCPCG:

  1. Assemble your application materials for the Graduate School:
    • Personal Statement (no more than 2-3 pages typed, 12-point font; save in Word or PDF format). Please address the following:
      • Why do you want to be an educator in your specified content area?
      • What influential experiences in education have led to the decision to become an educator?
      • How do your social identity markers (such as class, cultural background, language, ability, gender, sexuality, etc.) inform your decision to pursue a career in education?
      • What sort of educator do you imagine yourself to be in the future?
    • Current résumé with 3 references listed
    • Official transcripts of all collegiate work (including UConn)
    • Foreign transcripts MUST be evaluated by one of the following: Education Credential Services; Global Credential Evaluators; Joseph Silny & Associates; or SpanTran (See CSDE website.)
    • Applicants with a cumulative grade point average below the state minimum (2.7) must apply for a GPA waiver
    • Evidence of having taken appropriate content area Praxis II test or ACTFL
      (Note: All candidates need to have taken their respective Praxis II exam(s) prior to beginning the program)
    • Admitted students must provide test results on Praxis Core or waiver test scores
  2. Complete the Application to the Graduate School
    1. When completing the online application, under Intended Program, please select:
      Level of Study: Masters
      Academic Areas: Education
      Program: Curriculum and Instruction MA OR Educational Psychology MA (special education students)
      Concentration: Your concentration of choice from our certification areas list.
      Enrollment Cohort: TCPCG
      Campus: Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, or Waterbury (select one)
      Entry Term: Summer 2025
  3. Mail official transcripts in one packet to:
    Graduate Admissions Office
    438 Whitney Road Ext., Unit 1152
    Storrs, CT 06269-1152

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