1. Council on Teacher Education www.cote.illinois.edu

2. 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) 217-333-7195Hours 8:30 – 12 and 1 – 5

3. What We Do Answer Certification Questions Answer Endorsement Questions Complete Final Audit for Certification

4. What We Do Monitor compliance with the Common Assessment Plan (CAP) –www.cote.illinois.edu/about/governance/policies/CAP_Undergraduate.pdfwww.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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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

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

18. 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

19. Council Website Endorsements –www.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Endorsements.htmlwww.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Endorsements.html Trainings/CBC –www.cote.illinois.eduwww.cote.illinois.edu Student Portal –www.cote.illinois.eduwww.cote.illinois.edu Resources –www.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Resources.htmlwww.cote.illinois.edu/certification/Resources.html

20. Who to Contact Degree Requirements – Academic Advisor Certification Requirements – Jeff or me –Certification requirements are subject to change w/o notice