TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION
CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER a: PUBLIC SCHOOL RECOGNITION
PART 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION
SECTION 1.APPENDIX A PROFESSIONAL STAFF CERTIFICATION


 

Section 1.APPENDIX A  Professional Staff Certification

 

Types of Certificates

 

The following list of certificates identifies those certificates which, if properly registered and renewed, are valid for teaching, administering or performing the specified service in Illinois public schools. 

 

Code

Type of Certificate

Grade Level

Valid For

Still Issued

Years

Valid

School

Code or Ill. Adm. Code

03

Initial Elementary

K-9

Yes

4 years of teaching

21-1a; 21-2;

21-3

03

Standard Elementary

K-9

Yes

5

21-1a; 21-2;

21-3

03

Master Elementary

K-9

Yes

10

21-1a; 21-2;

21-3

04

Initial Early

Childhood

Generally Birth-Grade 3 (as endorsed)

Yes

4 years of teaching

21-1a; 21-2;

21-2.1

04

Standard Early

Childhood

Generally Birth-Grade 3 (as endorsed)

Yes

5

21-1a; 21-2;

21-2.1

04

Master Early

Childhood

Generally Birth-Grade 3 (as endorsed)

Yes

10

21-1a; 21-2;  21-2.1

05

Provisional Early

Childhood

Birth-3

Yes

2

21-10

09

Initial Secondary

6-12

Yes

4 years of teaching

21-1a; 21-2;

21-5

09

Standard Secondary

6-12

Yes

5

21-1a; 21-2;

21-5

09

Master Secondary

6-12

Yes

10

21-1a; 21-2;

21-5

10

Initial Special K-12

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

4 years of teaching

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

10

Standard Special K-12

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

5

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

10

Master Special K-12

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

10

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

10

Initial Special

Preschool-Age 21

Generally Birth-Age 21

Yes

4 years of teaching

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

10

Standard Special Preschool-Age 21

Generally Birth-Age 21

Yes

5

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

10

Master Special

Preschool-Age 21

Generally Birth-Age 21

Yes

10

21-1a; 21-2;

21-4

22

Initial Alternative Elementary

K-9

Yes

4

21-5b

23

Provisional Alternative Elementary

K-9

Yes

1

21-5b; 21-5c

24

Initial Alternative Secondary

6-12

Yes

4

21-5b

24

Standard Alternative Secondary

6-12

No

4

21-5b

25

Provisional Alternative Secondary

6-12

Yes

1

21-5b; 21-5c

26

Provisional Alternative Administrative

K-12

Yes

1

21-5d

27

Provisional Alternative Special

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

1

21-5b; 21-5c

28

Initial Alternative

Special

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

4

21-5b

29

Transitional Bilingual

K-12 Language Endorsed

Yes

6

14C-8

30

Provisional Elementary

K-9

Yes

2

21-10

31

Provisional Secondary

6-12

Yes

2

21-10

33

Provisional Special

K-12 Field Endorsed

Yes

2

21-10

35

Provisional Vocational

7-12 Field Endorsed**

Yes

 

21-10

36

Temp. Prov. Vocational

11-12 Field Endorsed***

Yes

1

21-10

39

Substitute-90 days

K-12 All

Yes

4

21-9

40

Part-Time Provisional

6-12

Yes

2

21-10

43

Provisional Alternative Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 3

Yes

1

21-5b; 21-5c

44

Initial Alternative Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 3

Yes

4

21-5b

50

Visiting International Teacher – Special

K-12

Yes

3

23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92

53

Visiting International Teacher – Elementary

K-9

Yes

3

23 IAC 25.92

54

Visiting International Teacher – Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 3

Yes

3

23 IAC 25.92

59

Visiting International Teacher – Secondary

6-12

Yes

3

23 IAC 25.92

73

School Service Personnel

Generally Birth-Age 21 Area of Service Endorsed

Yes

5 (beginning

July 1, 2004)

21-25

74

Provisional School Service Personnel

Generally Birth-Age 21 Area of Service Endorsed

Yes

2

21-10

75

Administrative

All

*Yes

5

21-7.1

76

Provisional Administrative

All

Yes

2

21-10

77

Administrative K-12

 

Yes

5

21-5d

78

Interim School Counselor Intern

Generally Birth-Age 21

Yes

3

23 IAC 25.227

79

Interim Speech-Language Pathologist Intern

Generally Birth-      Age 21

Yes

3

14-1.09b(b)(3)

80

Resident Teacher – Special

K-12

Yes

4

21-11.3

83

Resident Teacher – Elementary

K-9

Yes

4

21-11.3

84

Resident Teacher – Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 3

Yes

4

21-11.3

89

Resident Teacher – Secondary

6-12

Yes

4

21-11.3

 

*          If endorsed for teaching, valid for subjects for which the individual is assignable under Section 1.710, 1.720, 1.737, 1.745, or 1.755 of this Part, or to which the individual is assigned pursuant to authorization received under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.464 (Short-Term Authorization for Positions Otherwise Unfilled).

 

**        Valid in approved programs of career and technical education (CTE), for "skill-level" instruction in grades 11 and 12 in the field of specialization and for "orientation-level" instruction in grades 9 and 10 in the field of career and technical education endorsement to which the specialization belongs. Provided that the certificate-holder is employed to teach in any of grades 9 through 12 in the field of specialization, the certificate is also valid for exploratory career and technical education courses in grades 7 and 8 in that field of endorsement.

 

***      Valid only in approved CTE programs for "skill-level" instruction in grades 11 and 12 in the field of specialization.

 

(Source:  Amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 15193, effective October 20, 2009)