Council on Teacher Education

What We Do Monitor compliance with the Common Assessment Plan (CAP) – –Criminal Background Check – Must have CBC form from Council’s website – ORI # Currently $30 (cash, Visa, MasterCard, or money order) –Annual Bloodborne Pathogen Training ( –Safety Education Module ( –Student Teaching Agreement ( – student portal) –GPA (content, professional education, UI, and overall) –Grades in content/professional education

What We Do (cont’d) Answer Certification Questions Answer Endorsement Questions Complete Final Audit for Certification

Things To Know If you change your name, change it in Banner and notify the Council If you move, change your address in Banner. Check your U of I account regularly! Certification requirements are subject to change without notice

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 or Pass/Fail can be used toward certification, endorsement or approval Must pass appropriate content test before Student Teaching

Changes (pending) Certificate is changing to a “License” We do not, yet, know how the restructuring and/or changes will affect you. Will disseminate relevant information by , student portal, advisors, etc.

Endorsements (overview) Certification (Pre K-3 or K-9) will allow you to teach in a “self-contained” classroom (most subjects, same students) Endorsements qualify you to teach subjects in a “departmentalized” setting (specific subjects, particular grades or students) Primary (K-3 (or 4)), Middle grade, High school.

Endorsements (con’td) Early Childhood Special Education Approval –built into Early Chldhood program-limited to Pre K Foreign language (K-3 (or 4)), 5-8, 9-12 –K-4, 5-8: 18 hours –9-12: 20 hours minimum + pass content test + pass APT for 6-12 or K-12 Have to add later through ISBE (after certification) –Recommend passing content test for any foreign language endorsement (to be “highly qualified) –Limited test dates for Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Latin, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Middle Grade Endorsements ( El Ed only ) Must take Middle Grade Coursework CI 410, EPS 427, EPSY 430 Online through UI, only in summers Other institutions (link on CoTE website- under “Certification”, then “Resources”) Most students take between junior/senior year Can delay certification and take summer after graduation Can add later as well – Apply through ISBE- won’t guarantee ISBE will count everything

Middle School Endorsements (cont’d) –Can acquire any time during career –Typically 18 hours in subject Exceptions: math/ESL/bilingual/reading –Recommend acquire at least two –Bilingual/ESL (CI/DEIL) –Higher need for: math, science, foreign language, ESL, bilingual

Middle School Endorsements (cont’d) Social Science- ok if MG courses are taken Close in General Science (will have 14-18) –18 hours = if all are 4 hour science courses Close in Language Arts (will have 13-20) –English, Journalism, Speech, Creative Writing, BTW –Something outside of these areas check with Council Area of Concentration at least gives you a start

Transitional Bilingual Certificate Valid for 6 years (renewable for 2 more years after that) Must be legally present and have legal authorization for employment (apply thru ROE) Bachelor’s degree Successful passing of appropriate foreign language proficiency exam – test is different than foreign language content test –If bachelor’s degree from non-US institution see me.

Future Testing Content Test- Must pass before student teaching –Elementary/Middle Grade (110) or –Early Childhood Education (107) Both tests are computer-based or paper-based Assessment of Professional Teaching – Recommend you take in Spring of 2014 Paper based test only –Elementary- APT: Grades K-9 (102) or –Early Childhood- APT: Birth to Grade 3 (101)

Who to Contact Degree Requirements – Michael Parrish Certification Requirements – Brenda Clevenger or me

Who and Where Brenda Clevenger Evans Jeff Buck 505 E. Green Street, Champaign, IL (above PNC Bank and Cold Stone Creamery) Hours 8:30 – 12 and 1 – 5

When You Contact Us –Include UIN and major –Contact Brenda or me, not both –Include previous communications when e- mailing (to provide context) Appointments –Call –We do not schedule appointments by I take walk-ins.