Council on Teacher Education www.cote.illinois.edu

Who and Where• Brenda Clevenger Evans• bmclvngr@illinois.edu

• Jeff Buck• jbuck@illinois.edu

505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL (above PNC bank and Cold Stone Creamery)217-333-7195 Hours 8:30 – 12 and 1 – 5

What We Do • Answer Certification Questions• Answer Endorsement Questions• Complete Final Audit for Certification

What We Do• Monitor compliance with the

Common Assessment Plan (CAP)– www.cote.illinois.edu/about/governance/policies/

CAP_Undergraduate.pdf– Criminal Background Check –

• Currently $54 (cash, Visa, MasterCard, or money order)– Bloodborne Pathogen Training– GPA (content, professional education, UI, and overall)– Grades in content/professional education– Safety Education Module– Student Teaching Agreement

When You Contact Us• E-mail– Include UIN and major– Contact Jeff or me, not both– Include previous communications when

e-mailing• Appointments– Call 333-7195

New ISBE Rules• Effective February 1, 2012– No professional education or content

course with a grade lower than a ‘C’ can be used toward certification, endorsement, or approval

– No professional education or content course taken for CR/NC can be used toward certification, endorsement or approval

Teaching Certificates• Elementary Education (Type 3)– K-9 self-contained classrooms– In all likelihood limited to K-4 if you don’t

have middle grade endorsement(s)• Early Childhood (Type 04)– Birth through grade 3 (self-contained)– At UI automatically receive EC SPED

approval (for Special Ed pre-k)• Additional requirements to teach EC SPED K-3

Teaching Certificates• Secondary (Type 09)– Teach specific subjects– Grades 6-12– Grades 9-12 w/o middle grade

endorsement• MG coursework built in to secondary ed minor

• Special (Type 10)– Visual Arts, Music, Library Information

Specialist, P.E., Foreign Languages

Teaching Certificates• Special Education (Type 10)– LBS I– LBS II

Middle Grade Endorsements• Grades 5-8– Broad based– Typically 18 hours in subject• Exceptions

– Recommend at least two– State shortage areas: math, science,

foreign language, ESL, bilingual

Middle Grade Endorsements• Must take Middle Grade Coursework• CI 410, EPS 427, EPSY 430• Online through UI and during summers• Reminder: built into secondary ed minor

• Other institutions (link on CoTE website)• Most students take between junior/senior

year• Can delay certification and take summer

after graduation• Can also do anytime after as well – different process

Middle Grade Endorsements• For Elementary Education majors– Social Science built into program – Close in General Science (14-18)

• 18 hours = all 4 hour science courses

– Close in Language Arts (13-20)• English, Journalism, Speech, Creative Writing, BTW• Something outside of these areas check with Council

• Area of Concentration gives you a start

Endorsements• Foreign language– K-4, 5-8: 18 hours– 9-12: 20 hours + pass content test + pass APT

for 6-12 or K-12 – recommend K-12– Recommend passing content test for any

foreign language endorsement (HQ)– Limited test dates for Arabic, Hebrew, Italian,

Latin, Japanese, Korean, Russian

High School Endorsements• Grades 9-12

– Available to Secondary Ed and LBS I candidates– Most require a minimum of 24 hours + passing content

test– Many require specific coursework – see Council website

ESL vs. Bilingual Education• ESL teaches non-native speakers English– instructor only required to know English

• Bilingual: the non-native English speakers all have the same language background, and the teacher speaks both languages as a means of content instruction. Must be able to speak foreign language as well.

Transitional Bilingual Certificate

• Valid for 6 years• Must be legally present and have legal

authorization for employment (apply thru ROE)

• Bachelor’s degree• Successful completion of appropriate

foreign language proficiency exam – different than foreign language content test

Testing• Basic Skills– Be sure SSN is correct– Send scores to UIUC (052)– Bank scores– 5x limit

Testing• Additional tests required for certification– Final year in program

• APT test• Content area test

– LBS I has two tests in addition to APT (LBS I/SPED General Curr)

– 5x limit on all tests

Council Website• Endorsements

– www.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Endorsements.html

• Trainings/CBC– www.cote.illinois.edu

• Student Portal– www.cote.illinois.edu

• Resources– www.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Resources.html

Who to Contact• Degree Requirements – Academic

Advisor

• Certification Requirements – Jeff or me– Certification requirements are subject to

change w/o notice