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Because of
the major changes in the certification process
the following links have been included to
provide more detailed background information.
Illinois State Board of Education - Certificate
Renewal Website
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/recertification/
National
Board Teacher Certification Process
http://www.nbpts.org/
The Division of
Certificate Renewal was established to implement the certificate
renewal process and promote quality professional development for
educators. The links below provide details about the process of
renewing Standard and Master teaching certificates. This site will
be updated as information becomes available.
Illinois State Board of Education
Continuing
Professional Development for Certificate Renewal
Interim
Procedures
July 2000
http://www.riroe.k12.il.us/riroe/other/overview.htm
Illinois
teachers are now required to meet specific professional development
requirements in order to be eligible for renewal of the new Standard
and Master certificates. The State Board of Education and the State
Teacher Certification Board have reached agreement on rules for the
new process, and ISBE has put them into effect on an emergency
basis. However, because no one could be certain when that agreement
would be reached, we have adopted interim procedures for the period
between July 1, 2000 and January 1,
2001.
The interim procedures
described in this document have been developed to ensure that if you
are, or are planning to be involved during this period in activities
that count toward certificate renewal, you will be able to receive
the appropriate credit. Such interim activities might include taking
coursework this summer or supervising a student teacher in the
fall.
Registration and Renewal of Teaching Certificates
You must register in the
region you are currently teaching. One fee will cover you and all
your certificates throughout the state
If you have registered and taught
in a region (county) previously and are now teaching in a new
region, you do not have to pay an additional fee, only register in
the new region.
If you are not teaching, but wish
to keep your certificate active, you may register in any county in
the state of Illinois.
If you are substituting on a
substitute certificate, you need to pay a registration fee
(see below) in every region in which you substitute.
In order to register your
certificate, you need to bring the following items to the Regional
Office of
Education:
Certificate(s)
Fee
of $25.00 for five years for a standard certificate, $20.00 for
four
years for an initial certificate (*see below for substitute certificates)
Completed
C-3 form (may be obtained at the Regional Office)
*If you are substitute on a substitute certificate, you need to
pay a registration fee in every region in which you substitute. The
fee is dependent on the number of years remaining on the life of
your certificate. It will be $5.00 for each year. For example: if
your certificate expires in 2002, you owe $5.00: 2003, you will owe
$10.00.
If you have allowed your
registration to lapse for more than five years, you will be
reinstated for one year. During that year you must pay all back fees
and complete five semester credit hours in order for it to be valid
the following school year.
Application for a New Certificate or Additional Certificates
New Certificate, new graduate
You must complete the following
items from the Regional Office of Education to obtain a new
certificate:
Completed
application with signature and seal from your college, by
entitlement
$30.00
evaluation fee and a $20.00 four year registration
fee
Official
transcripts with the seals and degrees stated
You will be issued an Initial
teaching certificate. Once you have obtained four years of teaching
experience, you will be issued a Standard certificate.
New Certificate, with four years of teaching experience in
another state
You must complete the following
items from the Regional Office of Education and return them to the
Regional Office:
Completed
application
$30.00
evaluation fee and a $25.00 five year registration
fee
Official
transcripts with the seals and degrees
stated
State
Approved Program Verification
Form
A
letter of teaching experience stating dates taught, grade level
taught
and if successful, this is to
be on letterhead
You will be issued a Standard Illinois Teaching Certificate.
Duplicate Certificates
$8.00
fee and completed application
Substitute Certificates
Completed
application
$30.00
evaluation fee and a $20.00 four year registration
fee
Official
transcripts stating you have a bachelors degree or
more
Criminal
background check
form
A
temporary employment authorization will be issued upon receipt of
these items. The substitute certificate will be issued and mailed to
your home in approximately 1 to 2 weeks.
For further
information, please call the Regional Office of Education at
309/734-6822, Monday through Friday, 8:00-4:30. Thank You.
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