1. Elementary Education Licensure talk
Nov 6, 2018, 7 p.m.
Rm 2 Education

2. CoTE introduction
Oversee all things related to licensure
Here tonight to talk about process of actually getting licensed.
Obtain license as soon as you can!!!!-Regardless of other plans (grad school, Peace Corp, etc).
Not protected against ISBE changes
Other state certification will likely hinge on Illinois licensure first
You may apply even if you haven’t passed all your tests yet (I know which ones to look for)

3. Applying for license: Log onto your student portal
Scroll down to “Prior to Licensure” and then under “Licensure Application” click on the “here” in “Click here to apply”
App will ask if your are registered for or previously done student teaching.
If you have to answer no, You should not proceed.
If you can answer yes, click “yes” and then click “submit”
Click on “Click here to add an application for licensure”

4. Email address-Use your most often used, most reliable email account
address-Use your most often used, most reliable account. Do not use your UIUC account (it goes away)
Cell phone number
Degree type
Degree period (should correlate with the term you are finishing-if not, enter the latter).
Major (should pull down/default to appropriate one). Select it.
License (also should default) Select it

5. Endorsements
You’ll all be endorsed in Elementary Education (Self-contained general education) (Grades 1-6)
Foreign Language endorsements, ESL, and Bilingual Education must be applied through ISBE AFTER you claim your license.
If you forward your clinical hours to me, I can scan them and enter them into your ELIS account (under “images”)
Unless you already hold middle grade endorsements (through a different license), you’ll need to go through an approved middle grade program to eligible for these.

6. Comments
Allows you to convey information that the application does not otherwise allow for.
Example: “I am taking a course at Parkland (GEOL 104) to complete a general education requirement“
Signature (must “sign” (check box)) stating you understand your responsibilities)
Must click on the “submit” button (if you don’t, all your prior efforts will be wasted).
Once you submit, you can’t go back. Don’t try to submit a second application. Contact me for changes/corrections.

7. The next day, you should receive an which says the CoTE has received your application. Your student portal should reflect this as well.
After students can no longer register for classes, I will begin auditing applications based on DARS report or the graduate audit completed earlier.
Undergrads: YOU should also run a DARS report for yourself. Don’t ignore the advice of your adviser.
Grads-review the audit we provided and check that everything is complete (or in progress)

8. End of final semester processing (things I’ll be looking for):
Everything accounted for? I will put application in pending file until end of spring or summer term
End of final semester processing (things I’ll be looking for):
Mandated reporter training
Early Field Experience hours (at least 80). (you can check Student portal for accuracy)
Student Teaching Time Report
Be accurate and fairly descriptive. This is only record we will have of your Student teaching (directions on student portal).
Safety Training

9. Departmental Recommendation Tests
Will come from Jay Mann if you meet all responsibilities
Tests
Content test in Elementary Education (Grades 1-6)
EdTPA
Undergrads. Degree (must appear on transcripts!!!)
Spring graduates – late May to mid June 2019
Summer grads – Late summer 2019
Contact your records officer in the College of Education (Hannah Rogers) if you need to be licensed immediately for a summer job OR, for summer grads, employment in the fall.

10. You must request your UIUC transcripts be sent to ISBE
Request that they be sent AFTER the current semester DEGREE’S have been recorded
Send them to the Educator Licensure Division at the Illinois State Board of Education.
You can request that they be sent by paper or electronically (we don’t care)
The transcript office will send you a confirmation to your address that they’ve received your request
Forward this confirmation to me at
There are directions for this in the links section of our website-ostensibly under “How to Order Transcripts”
Would rather you NOT wait until you actually graduate before you do this. But, again, request held until degrees post.

11. Claiming your license with ISBE
We will send an to the address you provided.
Will provide a link to the ISBE website with instructions
(Here is an ISBE tutorial worth checking out:
Log onto your account (make sure it is the correct one. Don’t create an “extra” one!)
Follow steps.
Be prepared to pay by credit card
ISBE requires that you answer a survey before you can claim your license.

12. After you claim your license, you will need to register your license with a district
If you forget, ISBE should send you an instructing you to register your PEL
Registration will be in the “action center” on your main ELIS page after you claim your license.
If you have a job lined up, use that district. Otherwise, use your permanent or parents address.
Be sure to register your license somewhere (anywhere). If you do not, after 6 months it will become “lapsed.”
Lapsed licenses will require that you take additional coursework or pay ISBE $$$

13. Testing (more information) Be sure to send your scores to UIUC.
Be sure your SSN is accurate and all identifying information matches what ELIS has for you
Errors may delay licensure (Much wailing and gnashing of teeth)
Can check your tests on Student portal to ensure tests have been received
Keep test scores forever (or longer)
May need them for out for grad school
May need them for Out-of-State licensure.
You can get your scores later but it will cost you time and money)

14. What you will have:
You are going to receive a “Professional Educator License” (PEL)
Endorsed in Elementary Education-Self-contained general education (1-6)
“Types”, etc., have gone away HOWEVER if an application insists upon using antiquated nomenclature, say you are (or have) completed an initial type-03 certificate

15. ISBE does not mail paper copies of licenses
On your main page in ELIS you can print your credentials (OR)
Any school district or agency with your first and last name can do a “public search” in the ELIS/Educator Credentials site
License “validity” is 5 fiscal years
When you register your license, you will pay for 5 fiscal years
Be sure to renew your license in 5 years or it will become “lapsed.”
Can renew your license on the same website (ELIS/Educator credentials) where you claimed it.
Keep your address current in ELIS

16. Licensure in other states
Likely will require Licensure in Illinois first
Other states may have program verification form.
Send form to CoTE to fill out.
if it is before you graduate, we’ll hold onto it until we can fill it out.
“U.S. Teacher Licensure Offices” under “Links” in
If you ask us how to get licensed in another state, we’ll likely refer you to this link for information on contacting the respective states.

17. Website: www.cote.illinois.edu Email (jbuck@illinois.edu
Contact information
Jeff Buck
Location: S. Sixth Street (Education Bldg), Rm 130
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