How
to be a Illinois Teacher
Becoming
an Illinois-Certified Teacher - Thinking
of a career in teaching? Find certification
requirements, alternative certification programs,
test dates, sources for foreign credential
evaluation and other information about preparing
to teach in Illinois.
New
Teachers - Have an Illinois Initial teaching
certificate? Find requirements to move to
a Standard Teaching certificate, professional
development options including CPDU values,
and other information for holders of Initial
Teaching certificates.
Experienced
Teachers - Have an Illinois Standard or
Master Teaching certificate? Find Illinois
teacher standards, how to renew your certificate,
special education requirements, professional
development options including CPDU values,
and how to obtain subsequent certificates
and endorsements.
District
and Regional Administrators
Looking for information
about your administrative certification or
responsibilities? Find standards for administrators,
requirements to renew certificates, information
about priority requests, new rules for certification
and assignment of staff, and other information
for administrators.
Higher
Education
Preparing educators for
Illinois schools? Find educator standards,
new criteria for highly qualified teachers,
and other information about teacher preparation
and professional development.
Middle
Level Education
Certification Middle School
Courses.
Professional
Development Providers
Interested in offering
professional development to Illinois teachers?
Find information on activities that earn CPDUs,
required forms, and the Professional Development
Provider System.
Paraprofessional
Interested in supporting
student learning under a teacher’s supervision?
Find information on state and federal requirements,
approved training programs, professional training
points, and the form to request approval to
work as a paraprofessional.
School
Service Personnel
Working as a guidance
counselor, school social worker, school psychologist,
school nurse or speech language pathologist?
Find standards for school personnel certificates
and other helpful information for school service
professionals.
LPDC/RPDRC
Members of Local Professional
Development Committees and Regional Professional
Development Review Committees can find information
about requirements for certificates and procedures
here.
State
Teacher Certification Board
Forms
Find forms for obtaining,
renewing and registering certificates, as
well as information about on-line systems
for submitting applications, checking status
of certificates, and keeping records of professional
development.
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