Section 1

Section 1.735 Requirements to Take Effect from July 1, 1991, through June 30, 2004

The requirements of this Section shall apply only to personnel employed on or after July 1, 1991, and shall be replaced beginning July 1, 2004, as the minimum requirements for the respective assignments by the applicable provisions of Section 1.737 of this Part. However, as provided at 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.100(f)(2), the requirements of this Section shall continue as an available basis for issuance of the respective endorsements for applications received through June 30, 2005. For the purposes of this Section, the term "upper-division level" refers to coursework normally offered to students by postsecondary educational institutions during their junior or senior year. The term "preparation level" means courses usually taught during the junior or senior year of high school.

a) Agricultural Education (Grades 9 through 12)

1) 24 semester hours, to include:

A) A vocational/occupational education methods course at the upper-division level.

B) 12 semester hours, including at least one course in each of the following areas:

i) Agricultural Exploration/Orientation − agricultural careers, supervised occupational experience programs, adult education in agriculture, agricultural leadership;

ii) Agricultural Entrepreneurship − agricultural merchandising, agricultural business procedures, agricultural economics, computer applications in agriculture;

iii) Agricultural Natural Sciences − animal science, plant science, soil science;

iv) Agricultural Physical Science/Mechanization − servicing small engines, surveying, electrical wiring, building agricultural structures.

C) A minimum of one concentration (9 semester hours in addition to the 12 semester hours listed in subsection (a)(1)(B) of this Section) in one of the following endorsement areas:

i) Agricultural Business and Management − agricultural commodity and product marketing, financing agricultural businesses, agricultural business management, computerization in agriculture, producing, processing, promoting and selling agricultural products;

ii) Agricultural Power and Machinery − gasoline and diesel power units, field machinery, electric motors and controls, hydraulic systems, power transmission systems;

iii) Horticulture − floriculture, vegetable and fruit production, landscaping and turf management, nursery and greenhouse operation and management; or

iv) Agricultural Resources − agricultural conservation, recreation management, forestry production and management, game and wildlife management.

2) To provide instruction at the preparation level, teachers must hold an endorsement that corresponds to their area of instruction.

3) In vocational education reimbursable programs, instructors teaching preparation-level courses must have a total of 2,000 hours of work experience in the specific endorsement area being taught. If an instructor teaches in more than one endorsement area, the 2,000 hours shall be distributed among endorsement areas being taught, with a minimum of 250 hours work experience in each endorsement area. Records must be kept by the employing institution to substantiate this experience. Such records may include written statements from supervisors at places of employment who can be reached for verification of the documentation submitted, or, in cases where supervisors are no longer available to verify the employment, affidavits by applicants' instructors stating the facts concerning the work experience in question.

b) Business, Marketing, and Management (Grades 9 through 12)

1) 24 semester hours, to include:

A) A vocational/occupational education methods course at the upper-division level.

B) 12 semester hours, including at least one course in each of the following areas:

i) Business Exploration/Orientation − business management, survey of business, and its environment, business principles;

ii) Business Computer Applications − microcomputer applications, data processing, management information systems, introduction to data processing/computers;

iii) Business Communications − business English, business communications, business report writing, business correspondence;

iv) Business Mathematics − quantitative methods of business, finance, mathematics for business, statistics or one year of college mathematics.

C) A minimum of one concentration (9 semester hours in addition to the 12 semester hours listed in subsection (b)(1)(B) of this Section) in one of the following endorsement areas:

i) Accounting − accounting, financial accounting, managerial accounting, or finance, with one course in the upper division;

ii) Basic Business − economics, survey of business, business law, entrepreneurship, consumer education or upper division course(s) in management and/or marketing;

iii) Information Processing − microcomputer applications, introduction to computers, including the terminal course in the word processing and/or typewriting sequence, and one upper-division course in office administration/information management;

iv) Information Processing/Secretarial − microcomputer applications, introduction to computers including one upper-division course in office administration/information management, the terminal course in the word processing and/or typewriting sequence and the terminal course in a shorthand system;

v) Business Computer Programming/Systems − business computer programming, microcomputer applications, systems analysis, including one upper-division management information system (MIS), systems analysis, or business computer programming course; or

vi) Marketing − upper-division courses in advertising, sales, retailing, marketing, wholesaling, consumer behavior, entrepreneurship.

2) Business, Marketing and Management teachers who hold a Business, Marketing and Management endorsement may teach an orientation/exploratory composite course which addresses a variety of subject areas in Business, Marketing and Management Occupations. To provide instruction in a specific subject, teachers must hold the endorsement that corresponds to the area of instruction, as identified in subsection (b)(1)(C) of this Section.

c) Health Occupations (Grades 9 through 12)

24 semester hours, to include:

1) A vocational/occupational education methods course at the upper-division level.

2) 12 semester hours, including at least one course in each of the following areas:

A) Introduction to Health Occupations − introduction to various health professions, education requirements, licensure/registration/certification, career mobility, job market, technologies and other information;

B) Principles and Philosophies of Vocational Education − nature and purpose of vocational, occupational and career education, their relationships and differences, and the place of each in preparing for the world of work;

C) Occupational Analysis and Curriculum Development − upper-division course in a systems approach to curriculum development and instruction methods utilized in vocational and occupational education. Includes analyzing operations and jobs, specifying objectives, and developing curriculum;

D) Occupational Internship − upper-division course(s) of experiential activities which are based upon required occupational skills and knowledge and are related to health occupations.

3) Endorsement

A) In addition to the 12 semester hours listed in subsection (c)(2) of this Section, licensure, registration or certification is required in one health occupations specialty, e.g., respiratory therapy, radiology, medical records technology, medical assisting, nursing or other health occupation.

B) In vocational education reimbursable programs, instructors teaching preparation-level courses must have a total of 2,000 hours of work experience in the specific endorsement area being taught. If an instructor teaches in more than one endorsement area, the 2,000 hours shall be distributed among endorsement areas being taught, with a minimum of 250 hours work experience in each endorsement area. Records must be kept by the employing institution to substantiate this experience. Such records may include written statements from supervisors at places of employment who can be reached for verification of the documentation submitted, or, in cases where supervisors are no longer available to verify the employment, affidavits by applicants' instructors stating the facts concerning the work experience in question.

d) Home Economics (Grades 9 through 12)

1) 24 semester hours, to include:

A) A vocational/occupational education methods course at the upper-division level.

B) 12 semester hours, to include one course in four of the six following areas:

i) Human Development, Child Development − human, prenatal, child, adolescent growth and development and care, adult care, gerontology, administration of child care programs, instructional activities and materials for preschoolers;

ii) Interpersonal and Family Relationships and Parenting − interpersonal and family relationships, family life, adult living, family dynamics, parenting, human relationships;

iii) Consumer and Resource Management − family finance, consumer education, consumer economics, consumer management, resource management, home management;

iv) Housing, Interior Furnishings, Living Environments − home furnishings, interior design, household equipment, basic design, living environments, housing;

v) Food and Nutrition, Food Service, Hospitality − foods and nutrition, food preparation, quantity food preparation, food sanitation, hospitality management, food management, therapeutic nutrition;

vi) Clothing, Textiles, Fashion − clothing selection, clothing construction, costume design, history of fashion, apparel merchandising, textiles selection.

C) A minimum of one concentration (9 semester hours in addition to the 12 hours listed in subsection (d)(1)(B) of this Section) in the endorsement areas of:

i) Child and Day Care Services − 9 semester hours, to include 6 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(i) and 3 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii);

ii) Food and Nutrition Services − 9 semester hours from subsection (d)(1)(B)(v);

iii) Fashion and Clothing Services − 9 semester hours from subsection (d)(1)(B)(vi);

iv) Interior Furnishings Services/Living Environments − 9 semester hours, to include 6 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(iv) and 3 from subsection(s) (d)(1)(B)(iii) and/or (vi);

v) Institutional and Home Management Services − 9 semester hours, including one course from four of the areas listed in subsections (d)(1)(B)(i) through (v);

vi) Consumer Education and Resource Management − 9 semester hours, to include 6 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(iii) and the remainder from subsection (d)(1)(B)(i), (ii), (iv), (v), or (vi); or

vii) Interpersonal, Family Relationships, Parenting − 9 semester hours, to include 6 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(ii) and 3 from subsection (d)(1)(B)(i).

2) Home Economics teachers who hold a Home Economics endorsement may teach an orientation/exploratory composite course which addresses a variety of subject areas in Home Economics Occupations. To provide instruction in a specific subject, teachers must hold the endorsement that corresponds to the area of instruction, as identified in subsection (d)(1)(C) of this Section.

e) Industrial Technology Education (Grades 9 through 12)

1) 24 semester hours, to include:

A) A vocational/occupational education methods course at the upper-division level.

B) 12 semester hours of laboratory-based courses in industrial technology, including at least one course in each of the following content areas:

i) Communication Technology − design and drafting, broadcasting, computers in communication, photography, graphic arts, telecommunications;

ii) Production Technology − managing the enterprise, materials and processes, research and development, producing, marketing, servicing in the manufacturing/construction enterprise;

iii) Transportation Technology − material handling conveyors, space transportation, atmospheric transportation, marine transportation, terrestrial transportation;

iv) Energy Utilization Technology − energy conversion, solar resources, wind and water resources, fossil fuels, nuclear energy resources, energy conservation.

C) A minimum of one concentration (9 semester hours of laboratory-based courses in addition to the 12 semester hours listed in subsection (e)(1)(B) of this Section) in one of the following endorsement areas:

i) Construction − carpentry, building maintenance, residential and commercial, electricity, painting, plumbing, cement and brick masonry, drywall application and roofing;

ii) Electronics − computer repair, radio and television repair, small appliance repair, electrical and electronic instrument repair, electromedical equipment repair, communication equipment installation and repair;

iii) Graphic Communications − press operation, composition and typesetting, commercial art, lithographic press operation, platemaking, photography, printing camera operation;

iv) Transportation − small gasoline engine repair, aircraft mechanical systems repair, automobile engine repair, diesel engine repair, automobile and truck mechanical systems repair, motor vehicle repair;

v) Manufacturing − machine tool operation, tool and die making, sheet metal fabrication, welding and metal fabrication, production cabinet making, plastics-forming and fabrication, machinery maintenance, automated manufacturing equipment set-up and maintenance, numerical control machine operation, computer numerical control machine operation;

vi) Industrial Technology − mechanical systems, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, thermal systems, electrical systems, communication systems, transportation systems, production systems, energy and power utilization;

vii) Public Service − fire-fighting technology, police science, criminal justice technology, security services;

viii) Drafting/Design − architectural drafting, mechanical drafting, civil drafting, computer-aided drafting and design, geometric construction, industrial design;

ix) Autobody Repair − frame inspection and alignment, body and fender repair, glass installation, vinyl top repair, automotive painting; or

x) Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning − installation and repair of heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, installation and repair of refrigeration and air conditioning systems.

2) To provide instruction at the preparation level, teachers must hold an endorsement that corresponds to their area of instruction.

3) In vocational education reimbursable programs, instructors teaching preparation-level courses must have a total of 2,000 hours of work experience in each specific endorsement area being taught. If an instructor teaches in more than one endorsement area, the 2,000 hours shall be distributed among endorsement areas being taught, with a minimum of 250 hours work experience in each endorsement area. Records must be kept by the employing institution to substantiate this experience. Such records may include written statements from supervisors at places of employment who can be reached for verification of the documentation submitted, or, in cases where supervisors are no longer available to verify the employment, affidavits by applicants' instructors stating the facts concerning the work experience in question.

f) Vocational Education Teachers (Reimbursable Training Programs, Grades 9 through 12)

The requirements for instructional personnel to teach in reimbursable programs in Agricultural Education; Business, Marketing and Management; Health Occupations; Home Economics Occupations; and Industrial Technology Education are:

1) Instructors must meet the certification standards in one of the above occupational areas and possess a valid teaching certificate.

2) Instructors teaching preparation-level courses must have a minimum of 2,000 hours of work experience in the specific endorsement area to be taught. If an instructor teaches in more than one endorsement area, the 2,000 hours shall be distributed among endorsement areas being taught, with a minimum of 250 hours work experience in each endorsement area. Records must be kept by the employing institution to substantiate this experience. Such records may include written statements from supervisors at places of employment who can be reached for verification of the documentation submitted, or, in cases where supervisors are no longer available to verify the employment, affidavits by applicants' instructors stating the facts concerning the work experience in question.

3) A district may employ an individual who does not have 2,000 hours of employment experience in the occupational specialty to be taught, provided that the employment experience requirement will be met within four years from the date of employment by either 2,000 hours of employment experience in the occupational specialty to be taught or a combination of work experience and directed occupational experience. A directed occupational experience means: a combination of work experience and a university credit-generating course specifically designed to supervise the work experience equal to one-half of the required 2,000 hours; or participation in a work experience with supervision similar to that provided through a university course setting provided by a local agency administrator equal to one-half of the required 2,000 hours. Options chosen pursuant to this subsection must be described in detail in the Regional Education for Employment Plan and will be approved, if:

A) The work experience is a paid employment experience; and

B) The work experience is outside of the education or teaching profession.

4) Cooperative Teacher Coordinator

A) The requirements for teacher-coordinators of specialized cooperative education in Agricultural Education; Business, Marketing and Management; Health Occupations; Home Economics Occupations; and Industrial Technology Education include:

i) 24 semester hours in the specialty area, which shall include a methods course, six semester hours in the area of organization and administration of cooperative education; and

ii) A minimum of 2,000 hours of employment experience in the occupational specialty to be taught; or

iii) Completion of a directed occupational experience in the appropriate specialized area, equivalent to the 2,000-hour employment requirement; or

iv) Completion of a combination of employment experience and directed occupational experience equivalent to the 2,000-hour employment experience requirement within four (4) years from the date of initial employment as a coordinator.

B) Options chosen pursuant to subsections (f)(4)(A)(iii) and (iv) of this Section shall be described in detail in the district's Regional Education for Employment Plan and will be approved, if:

i) The work experience is a paid employment experience; and

ii) The work experience is outside of the education or teaching profession.

5) Special Vocational Teacher Coordinator

In schools with cooperative courses to serve students with special needs, such as the Work Experience and Career Exploration Program, Early School Leaver Program, and vocationally reimbursed Special Education Cooperative Education, the coordinator shall meet the requirements for specialized cooperative occupational education coordinators as shown in subsection (f)(4) of this Section, except that the 24 semester hours in the occupational specialty area shall be waived. The coordinator shall possess six semester hours in the area of organization and administration of cooperative education.

6) Interrelated Cooperative Occupational Teacher Coordinator and Cooperative Work Training (CWT) Teacher Coordinator

Coordinators of interrelated cooperative education and cooperative work training shall meet certification standards in at least one of the specialty areas listed in subsection (f)(4)(A) of this Section and shall meet the requirements for a Cooperative Teacher Coordinator.

7) Compliance with Legal, Governmental and Professional Requirements

For those occupations in which employment or preparation is regulated by law or licensure, compliance with those laws is required.

(Source: Amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 8486, effective June 1, 2004)