|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | AN ACT concerning education.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 21-2 and 21-27 as follows:
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 21-2)
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 21-2. Grades of certificates.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) All certificates issued under this Article shall be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | State certificates
valid, except as limited in Section 21-1, in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | every school district coming
under the provisions of this Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | and shall be limited in time and designated
as follows: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Provisional vocational certificate, temporary provisional
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | vocational certificate, early childhood certificate, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | elementary school
certificate, special certificate, secondary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | certificate, school service
personnel certificate, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | administrative certificate, provisional
certificate, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | substitute certificate. The requirement of student teaching
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | under close and competent supervision for obtaining a teaching | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | certificate
may be waived by the State Teacher Certification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Board upon presentation to
the Board by the teacher of evidence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | of 5 years successful teaching
experience on a valid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | certificate and graduation from
a recognized institution of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | higher learning with a bachelor's degree.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | (b) Initial Teaching Certificate.
Persons who (1) have | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | completed an approved teacher preparation program,
(2) are | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | recommended by an
approved teacher preparation program, (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | have successfully completed the
Initial Teaching Certification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | examinations required by the State Board of
Education, and (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | have met all other criteria established by the State Board
of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Board, shall
be issued an Initial Teaching Certificate valid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | for 4 years of teaching, as
defined in Section 21-14 of this |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Code. Initial Teaching Certificates shall be
issued for | ||||||
2 | categories corresponding to Early Childhood, Elementary, | ||||||
3 | Secondary,
and Special K-12, with special certification | ||||||
4 | designations for Special
Education, Bilingual Education, | ||||||
5 | fundamental learning areas (including Language
Arts, Reading, | ||||||
6 | Mathematics, Science, Social Science, Physical Development and
| ||||||
7 | Health, Fine Arts, and Foreign Language), and other areas
| ||||||
8 | designated by the State Board of Education, in consultation | ||||||
9 | with the State
Teacher Certification Board. Notwithstanding | ||||||
10 | any other provision of this Article, an Initial Teaching | ||||||
11 | Certificate shall be automatically extended for one year for | ||||||
12 | all persons who (i) have been issued an Initial Teaching | ||||||
13 | Certificate that expires on June 30, 2004 and (ii) have not | ||||||
14 | met, prior to July 1, 2004, the Standard Certificate | ||||||
15 | requirements under paragraph (c) of this Section. An | ||||||
16 | application and fee shall not be required for this extension.
| ||||||
17 | (b-5) A person who holds an out-of-state certificate and | ||||||
18 | who is otherwise eligible for a comparable Illinois certificate | ||||||
19 | may be issued an Initial Certificate if that person has not | ||||||
20 | completed 4 years of teaching. Upon completion of 4 years of | ||||||
21 | teaching, the person is eligible for a Standard Certificate. | ||||||
22 | Beginning July 1, 2004, an out-of-state candidate who has | ||||||
23 | already earned a second-tier certificate in another state is | ||||||
24 | not subject to any Standard Certificate eligibility | ||||||
25 | requirements stated in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of this | ||||||
26 | Section other than completion of the 4 years of teaching. An | ||||||
27 | out-of-state candidate who has completed less than 4 years of | ||||||
28 | teaching and does not hold a second-tier certificate from | ||||||
29 | another state must meet the requirements stated in paragraph | ||||||
30 | (2) of subsection (c) of this Section, proportionately reduced | ||||||
31 | by the amount of time remaining to complete the 4 years of | ||||||
32 | teaching.
| ||||||
33 | (c) Standard Certificate.
| ||||||
34 | (1) Persons who (i)
have completed 4 years of teaching, as | ||||||
35 | defined in Section 21-14 of this Code,
with an Initial | ||||||
36 | Certificate or an Initial Alternative Teaching Certificate and
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | have met all other criteria established by the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Education in
consultation with the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
3 | Board, (ii) have
completed 4
years of teaching on a valid | ||||||
4 | equivalent certificate in another State or
territory of the | ||||||
5 | United States, or have completed 4 years of teaching in a
| ||||||
6 | nonpublic Illinois elementary or secondary school with an | ||||||
7 | Initial Certificate
or an Initial Alternative Teaching | ||||||
8 | Certificate, and have met all other criteria
established by the | ||||||
9 | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State
| ||||||
10 | Teacher Certification Board, or (iii) were issued teaching
| ||||||
11 | certificates prior to
February 15, 2000 and are renewing those | ||||||
12 | certificates after February 15, 2000,
shall be issued a | ||||||
13 | Standard Certificate valid for 5 years, which may be renewed
| ||||||
14 | thereafter every 5 years by the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
15 | Board based on
proof of continuing education or professional | ||||||
16 | development.
Beginning July 1,
2003, persons who have completed | ||||||
17 | 4 years of teaching, as described in clauses
(i) and (ii) of | ||||||
18 | this paragraph (1), have successfully completed the
| ||||||
19 | requirements of paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection | ||||||
20 | (c),
and have met all other criteria
established by the State | ||||||
21 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State
Teacher | ||||||
22 | Certification Board, shall be issued Standard Certificates. | ||||||
23 | Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, | ||||||
24 | beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid out-of-state | ||||||
25 | certificates and have completed 4 years of teaching on a valid | ||||||
26 | equivalent certificate in another State or territory of the | ||||||
27 | United States shall be issued comparable Standard | ||||||
28 | Certificates. Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold valid | ||||||
29 | out-of-state certificates as described in subsection (b-5) of | ||||||
30 | this Section are subject to the requirements of paragraphs (2) | ||||||
31 | through (4) of this subsection (c), as required in subsection | ||||||
32 | (b-5) of this Section, in order to receive a Standard | ||||||
33 | Certificate. Standard
Certificates shall be issued for | ||||||
34 | categories corresponding to Early Childhood,
Elementary, | ||||||
35 | Secondary, and Special K-12, with special certification
| ||||||
36 | designations for Special Education, Bilingual Education,
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | fundamental learning areas (including Language Arts, Reading, | ||||||
2 | Mathematics,
Science, Social Science, Physical Development and | ||||||
3 | Health, Fine Arts, and
Foreign Language), and other areas | ||||||
4 | designated by the State Board of
Education, in consultation | ||||||
5 | with the State
Teacher Certification Board.
| ||||||
6 | (2) This paragraph (2) applies only to those persons | ||||||
7 | required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | ||||||
8 | paragraph under paragraph (1)
of this subsection (c). In order | ||||||
9 | to receive a Standard Teaching Certificate,
a person must | ||||||
10 | satisfy one of the following requirements:
| ||||||
11 | (A) Completion of a program of induction and mentoring | ||||||
12 | for new teachers
that is
based upon a specific plan | ||||||
13 | approved by the State Board of Education, in
consultation | ||||||
14 | with the State Teacher Certification Board. Nothing in this | ||||||
15 | Section, however, prohibits an induction or mentoring | ||||||
16 | program from operating prior to approval. Holders of | ||||||
17 | Initial Certificates issued before September 1, 2007 must | ||||||
18 | complete, at a minimum, an approved one-year induction and | ||||||
19 | mentoring program. Holders of Initial Certificates issued | ||||||
20 | on or after September 1, 2007 must complete an approved | ||||||
21 | 2-year induction and mentoring program. The plan must
| ||||||
22 | describe the role of mentor teachers, the criteria and | ||||||
23 | process for their
selection, and how all the following | ||||||
24 | components are to be provided:
| ||||||
25 | (i) Assignment of a formally trained mentor | ||||||
26 | teacher to each new
teacher
for a specified period of | ||||||
27 | time, which shall be established by the employing
| ||||||
28 | school or school district,
provided that a mentor | ||||||
29 | teacher may not directly or indirectly participate in
| ||||||
30 | the evaluation of a new teacher pursuant to Article 24A | ||||||
31 | of this Code or the
evaluation procedure of the school.
| ||||||
32 | (ii) Formal mentoring for each new teacher.
| ||||||
33 | (iii) Support for each new teacher in relation to | ||||||
34 | the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards, the | ||||||
35 | content-area standards applicable to
the new teacher's | ||||||
36 | area of certification, and any applicable local school
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | improvement and professional development plans.
| ||||||
2 | (iv) Professional development specifically | ||||||
3 | designed to foster the
growth of each new teacher's | ||||||
4 | knowledge and skills.
| ||||||
5 | (v) Formative assessment that is based on the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Professional
Teaching Standards and designed | ||||||
7 | to provide feedback to the new teacher and
| ||||||
8 | opportunities for reflection on his or her | ||||||
9 | performance, which must not
be used directly or | ||||||
10 | indirectly in any evaluation of a new teacher
pursuant | ||||||
11 | to Article 24A of this Code or the evaluation procedure | ||||||
12 | of the
school and which must include the activities | ||||||
13 | specified
in clauses (B)(i), (B)(ii), and (B)(iii) of | ||||||
14 | this paragraph (2).
| ||||||
15 | (vi) Assignment of responsibility for coordination | ||||||
16 | of the induction
and mentoring program within each | ||||||
17 | school district participating in the program.
| ||||||
18 | (B) Successful completion of 4 semester hours of | ||||||
19 | graduate-level
coursework on the assessment of one's own | ||||||
20 | performance in relation to the
Illinois Professional | ||||||
21 | Teaching Standards. The coursework must be approved
by the | ||||||
22 | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
23 | Teacher
Certification Board; must be offered either by an | ||||||
24 | institution of higher
education, by such an institution in | ||||||
25 | partnership with a teachers' association
or union or with a | ||||||
26 | regional office of education, or by another entity
| ||||||
27 | authorized to issue college credit; and must include | ||||||
28 | demonstration of
performance through all of the following | ||||||
29 | activities for each of the Illinois
Professional Teaching | ||||||
30 | Standards:
| ||||||
31 | (i) Observation, by the course instructor or | ||||||
32 | another experienced
teacher, of the new teacher's | ||||||
33 | classroom practice (the observation may be
recorded | ||||||
34 | for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and | ||||||
35 | describing how
the new teacher made content meaningful | ||||||
36 | for students; how the teacher motivated
individuals |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | and the group and created an environment conducive to | ||||||
2 | positive
social interactions, active learning, and | ||||||
3 | self-motivation; what instructional
strategies the | ||||||
4 | teacher used to encourage students' development of | ||||||
5 | critical
thinking, problem solving, and performance; | ||||||
6 | how the teacher communicated using
written, verbal, | ||||||
7 | nonverbal, and visual communication techniques; and | ||||||
8 | how the
teacher maintained standards of professional | ||||||
9 | conduct and provided leadership to
improve students' | ||||||
10 | learning.
| ||||||
11 | (ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor | ||||||
12 | or another
experienced
teacher, of written | ||||||
13 | documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments, | ||||||
14 | assessment
instruments, and samples of students' work) | ||||||
15 | prepared by the new teacher for
at least 2 lessons. The | ||||||
16 | documentation must provide evidence of classroom
| ||||||
17 | performance related to Illinois Professional Teaching | ||||||
18 | Standards 1 through 9,
with an emphasis on how the | ||||||
19 | teacher used his or her understanding of students,
| ||||||
20 | assessment data, and subject matter to decide on | ||||||
21 | learning goals; how the
teacher designed or selected | ||||||
22 | activities and instructional materials and
aligned | ||||||
23 | instruction to the relevant Illinois Learning | ||||||
24 | Standards; how the
teacher adapted or modified | ||||||
25 | curriculum to meet individual students' needs;
and how | ||||||
26 | the teacher sequenced instruction and designed or | ||||||
27 | selected student
assessment strategies.
| ||||||
28 | (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on | ||||||
29 | the part of the new
teacher in reflecting on his or her | ||||||
30 | practice, which was observed under clause
(B)(i) of | ||||||
31 | this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (B)(ii) | ||||||
32 | of this
paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths, | ||||||
33 | weaknesses, and implications
for improvement according | ||||||
34 | to the Illinois Professional Teaching Standards.
| ||||||
35 | (C) Successful completion of a minimum of 4 semester | ||||||
36 | hours of
graduate-level coursework addressing preparation |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | to meet the requirements
for certification by the National | ||||||
2 | Board for Professional Teaching Standards
(NBPTS). The | ||||||
3 | coursework must be approved by the State Board of | ||||||
4 | Education, in
consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
5 | Certification Board, and must be offered
either by an | ||||||
6 | institution of higher education, by such an institution in
| ||||||
7 | partnership with a teachers' association or union or with a | ||||||
8 | regional office
of education, or by another entity | ||||||
9 | authorized to issue college credit. The
course must address | ||||||
10 | the 5 NBPTS Core Propositions and relevant standards
| ||||||
11 | through such means as the following:
| ||||||
12 | (i) Observation, by the course instructor or | ||||||
13 | another experienced
teacher, of the new teacher's | ||||||
14 | classroom practice (the observation may be
recorded | ||||||
15 | for later viewing) for the purpose of identifying and | ||||||
16 | describing how
the new teacher made content meaningful | ||||||
17 | for students; how the teacher motivated
individuals | ||||||
18 | and the group and created an environment conducive to | ||||||
19 | positive
social interactions, active learning, and | ||||||
20 | self-motivation; what instructional
strategies the | ||||||
21 | teacher used to encourage students' development of | ||||||
22 | critical
thinking, problem solving, and
performance; | ||||||
23 | how the teacher communicated using written, verbal, | ||||||
24 | nonverbal, and
visual communication techniques; and | ||||||
25 | how the teacher maintained standards of
professional | ||||||
26 | conduct and provided leadership to improve students' | ||||||
27 | learning.
| ||||||
28 | (ii) Review and analysis, by the course instructor | ||||||
29 | or another
experienced
teacher, of written | ||||||
30 | documentation (i.e., lesson plans, assignments, | ||||||
31 | assessment
instruments, and samples of students' work) | ||||||
32 | prepared by the new teacher for
at least 2 lessons. The | ||||||
33 | documentation must provide evidence of classroom
| ||||||
34 | performance, including how the teacher used his or her | ||||||
35 | understanding of
students, assessment data, and | ||||||
36 | subject matter to decide on learning goals;
how the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | teacher designed or selected activities and | ||||||
2 | instructional materials
and aligned instruction to the | ||||||
3 | relevant Illinois Learning Standards; how
the teacher | ||||||
4 | adapted or modified curriculum to meet individual | ||||||
5 | students' needs;
and how the teacher sequenced | ||||||
6 | instruction and designed or selected student
| ||||||
7 | assessment strategies.
| ||||||
8 | (iii) Demonstration of professional expertise on | ||||||
9 | the part of the new
teacher in reflecting on his or her | ||||||
10 | practice, which was observed under clause
(C)(i) of | ||||||
11 | this paragraph (2) and documented under clause (C)(ii) | ||||||
12 | of this
paragraph (2), in terms of teaching strengths, | ||||||
13 | weaknesses, and implications
for improvement.
| ||||||
14 | (C-5) Satisfactory completion of a minimum of 12 | ||||||
15 | semester hours of graduate credit towards an advanced | ||||||
16 | degree in an education-related field from an accredited | ||||||
17 | institution of higher education.
| ||||||
18 | (D)
Receipt of an advanced degree from an accredited | ||||||
19 | institution of
higher education in an education-related | ||||||
20 | field that is earned by a person either while he or she | ||||||
21 | holds an Initial Teaching Certificate or prior to his or | ||||||
22 | her receipt of that certificate.
| ||||||
23 | (E) Accumulation of 60 continuing professional | ||||||
24 | development units
(CPDUs), earned by completing selected | ||||||
25 | activities that comply with paragraphs
(3) and (4) of this | ||||||
26 | subsection (c). However, for an individual who holds an
| ||||||
27 | Initial Teaching Certificate on the effective date of this | ||||||
28 | amendatory Act of
the 92nd General Assembly, the number of | ||||||
29 | CPDUs shall be reduced to reflect the
teaching time | ||||||
30 | remaining on the Initial Teaching Certificate.
| ||||||
31 | (F) Completion of a nationally normed, | ||||||
32 | performance-based assessment, if
made available by the | ||||||
33 | State Board of Education in consultation with the State
| ||||||
34 | Teacher Certification Board, provided that the cost to the | ||||||
35 | person shall not
exceed the cost of the coursework | ||||||
36 | described in clause (B) of this paragraph
(2).
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (G) Completion of requirements for meeting the | ||||||
2 | Illinois criteria for becoming "highly qualified" (for | ||||||
3 | purposes of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public | ||||||
4 | Law 107-110) in an additional teaching area. | ||||||
5 | (H) Receipt of a minimum 12-hour, post-baccalaureate, | ||||||
6 | education-related professional development certificate | ||||||
7 | issued by an Illinois institution of higher education and | ||||||
8 | developed in accordance with rules adopted by the State | ||||||
9 | Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
10 | Certification Board. | ||||||
11 | (I) Completion of the National Board for Professional | ||||||
12 | Teaching Standards (NBPTS) process.
| ||||||
13 | (J) Receipt of a subsequent Illinois certificate or | ||||||
14 | endorsement pursuant to Article 21 of this Code.
| ||||||
15 | (3) This paragraph (3) applies only to those persons | ||||||
16 | required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | ||||||
17 | paragraph under paragraph (1)
of this subsection (c). Persons | ||||||
18 | who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph | ||||||
19 | (2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may | ||||||
20 | earn credit through
completion of coursework, workshops, | ||||||
21 | seminars, conferences, and other similar
training events that | ||||||
22 | are pre-approved by the State Board of Education, in
| ||||||
23 | consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board, for | ||||||
24 | the purpose of
reflection on teaching practices in order to | ||||||
25 | address all of the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
26 | necessary to obtain a Standard Teaching
Certificate. These | ||||||
27 | activities must meet all of the following requirements:
| ||||||
28 | (A) Each activity must be designed to advance a | ||||||
29 | person's knowledge and
skills in relation to one or more of | ||||||
30 | the Illinois Professional Teaching
Standards or in | ||||||
31 | relation to the content-area standards applicable to the
| ||||||
32 | teacher's field of certification.
| ||||||
33 | (B) Taken together, the activities completed must | ||||||
34 | address each of the
Illinois Professional Teaching | ||||||
35 | Standards as provided in clauses (B)(i),
(B)(ii), and | ||||||
36 | (B)(iii) of paragraph (2) of this subsection (c).
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (C) Each activity must be provided by an entity | ||||||
2 | approved by the State
Board of Education, in consultation | ||||||
3 | with the State Teacher Certification Board,
for this | ||||||
4 | purpose.
| ||||||
5 | (D) Each activity, integral to its successful | ||||||
6 | completion, must require
participants to demonstrate the | ||||||
7 | degree to which they have acquired new
knowledge or skills, | ||||||
8 | such as through performance, through preparation of a
| ||||||
9 | written product, through assembling samples of students' | ||||||
10 | or teachers' work, or
by some other means that is | ||||||
11 | appropriate to the subject matter of the activity.
| ||||||
12 | (E) One CPDU shall be available for each hour of direct | ||||||
13 | participation
by a holder of an Initial Teaching | ||||||
14 | Certificate in a qualifying activity.
An activity may be | ||||||
15 | attributed to more than one of the Illinois Professional
| ||||||
16 | Teaching Standards, but credit for any activity shall be | ||||||
17 | counted only once.
| ||||||
18 | (4) This paragraph (4) applies only to those persons | ||||||
19 | required to
successfully complete the requirements of this | ||||||
20 | paragraph under paragraph (1) of
this subsection (c). Persons | ||||||
21 | who seek to satisfy the requirements of clause (E) of paragraph | ||||||
22 | (2) of this subsection (c) through accumulation of CPDUs may | ||||||
23 | earn credit from the following, provided that each activity is | ||||||
24 | designed to advance a person's
knowledge and skills in relation | ||||||
25 | to one or more of the Illinois
Professional Teaching Standards | ||||||
26 | or in relation to the content-area
standards applicable to the | ||||||
27 | person's field or fields of certification:
| ||||||
28 | (A) Collaboration and partnership activities related | ||||||
29 | to improving a
person's knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||||||
30 | including all of the following:
| ||||||
31 | (i) Peer review and coaching.
| ||||||
32 | (ii) Mentoring in a formal mentoring program, | ||||||
33 | including service as a
consulting teacher | ||||||
34 | participating in a remediation process formulated | ||||||
35 | under
Section 24A-5 of this Code.
| ||||||
36 | (iii) Facilitating parent education programs |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | directly related to
student achievement for a school, | ||||||
2 | school district, or regional office of
education.
| ||||||
3 | (iv) Participating in business, school, or | ||||||
4 | community partnerships
directly related to student | ||||||
5 | achievement.
| ||||||
6 | (B) Teaching college or university courses in areas | ||||||
7 | relevant to a
teacher's field of certification, provided | ||||||
8 | that the teaching may only be
counted once during the | ||||||
9 | course of 4 years.
| ||||||
10 | (C) Conferences, workshops, institutes, seminars, and | ||||||
11 | symposiums related
to improving a person's knowledge and | ||||||
12 | skills as a teacher, including all of the
following:
| ||||||
13 | (i) Completing non-university credit directly | ||||||
14 | related to student
achievement, the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Professional Teaching Standards, or content-area
| ||||||
16 | standards.
| ||||||
17 | (ii) Participating in or presenting at workshops, | ||||||
18 | seminars,
conferences, institutes, and symposiums.
| ||||||
19 | (iii) (Blank).
| ||||||
20 | (iv) Training as reviewers of university teacher | ||||||
21 | preparation programs.
| ||||||
22 | An activity listed in this clause (C) is creditable
| ||||||
23 | only if its provider is approved for this purpose by the | ||||||
24 | State Board of
Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
25 | Teacher Certification Board.
| ||||||
26 | (D) Other educational experiences related to improving | ||||||
27 | a person's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, including all | ||||||
28 | of the following:
| ||||||
29 | (i) Participating in action research and inquiry | ||||||
30 | projects.
| ||||||
31 | (ii) Observing programs or teaching in schools, | ||||||
32 | related businesses, or
industry that is systematic, | ||||||
33 | purposeful, and relevant to a teacher's field of
| ||||||
34 | certification.
| ||||||
35 | (iii)
Participating in study groups related to | ||||||
36 | student achievement,
the Illinois Professional |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Teaching Standards, or content-area standards.
| ||||||
2 | (iv) Participating in work/learn programs or | ||||||
3 | internships.
| ||||||
4 | (v) Developing a portfolio of students' and | ||||||
5 | teacher's work.
| ||||||
6 | (E) Professional leadership experiences related to | ||||||
7 | improving a person's
knowledge and skills as a teacher, | ||||||
8 | including all of the following:
| ||||||
9 | (i) Participating in curriculum development or | ||||||
10 | assessment activities
at the school, school district, | ||||||
11 | regional office of education, State, or
national level.
| ||||||
12 | (ii) Participating in team or department | ||||||
13 | leadership in a school or
school district.
| ||||||
14 | (iii) (Blank).
| ||||||
15 | (iv) Publishing educational articles, columns, or | ||||||
16 | books relevant to
a teacher's field of certification.
| ||||||
17 | (v) Participating in non-strike related activities | ||||||
18 | of a professional
association or labor organization | ||||||
19 | that are related to professional development.
| ||||||
20 | (5) A person must complete the requirements of this | ||||||
21 | subsection (c) before the expiration of his or her Initial
| ||||||
22 | Teaching Certificate and must submit assurance of having done | ||||||
23 | so to the regional superintendent of schools or a local
| ||||||
24 | professional development committee authorized by the regional | ||||||
25 | superintendent to submit recommendations to him or her for this | ||||||
26 | purpose.
| ||||||
27 | Within 30 days after receipt, the regional superintendent | ||||||
28 | of schools shall review the assurance
of
completion submitted | ||||||
29 | by a person and, based upon compliance with all of the
| ||||||
30 | requirements for receipt of a Standard Teaching Certificate, | ||||||
31 | shall forward to
the State Board of Education a recommendation | ||||||
32 | for issuance of the Standard Certificate or non-issuance.
The | ||||||
33 | regional superintendent of schools shall notify the affected | ||||||
34 | person
if the recommendation is for non-issuance of the | ||||||
35 | Standard Certificate. A person who is considered not to be | ||||||
36 | eligible for a Standard Certificate and who has received the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | notice of non-issuance may appeal this determination to the | ||||||
2 | Regional Professional Development Review Committee (RPDRC). | ||||||
3 | The recommendation of the regional superintendent and the | ||||||
4 | RPDRC, along with all supporting materials, must then be | ||||||
5 | forwarded to the State Board of Education for a final | ||||||
6 | determination.
| ||||||
7 | Upon review of a regional superintendent of school's | ||||||
8 | recommendations, the
State Board of Education shall issue | ||||||
9 | Standard Teaching Certificates to those
who qualify and shall | ||||||
10 | notify a person, in writing, of a decision denying a
Standard | ||||||
11 | Teaching Certificate. Any decision denying issuance of a | ||||||
12 | Standard
Teaching Certificate to a person may be appealed to | ||||||
13 | the State Teacher
Certification Board.
| ||||||
14 | (6) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
15 | State Teacher
Certification Board, may adopt rules to implement | ||||||
16 | this subsection (c) and may
periodically evaluate any of the | ||||||
17 | methods of qualifying for a Standard Teaching
Certificate | ||||||
18 | described in this subsection (c).
| ||||||
19 | (7) The changes made to paragraphs (1) through (5) of this | ||||||
20 | subsection (c) by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General | ||||||
21 | Assembly shall apply to those persons who hold or are eligible | ||||||
22 | to hold an Initial Certificate on or after the effective date | ||||||
23 | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and shall | ||||||
24 | be given effect upon their application for a Standard | ||||||
25 | Certificate.
| ||||||
26 | (8) Beginning July 1, 2004, persons who hold a Standard | ||||||
27 | Certificate and have acquired one master's degree in an | ||||||
28 | education-related field are eligible for certificate renewal | ||||||
29 | upon completion of two-thirds of the continuing education units | ||||||
30 | specified in subdivision (C) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) | ||||||
31 | of Section 21-14 of this Code or of the continuing professional | ||||||
32 | development units specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) | ||||||
33 | of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this Code. Persons who | ||||||
34 | hold a Standard Certificate and have acquired a second master's | ||||||
35 | degree, an education specialist, or a doctorate in an | ||||||
36 | education-related field or hold a Master Certificate are |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | eligible for certificate renewal upon completion of one-third | ||||||
2 | of the continuing education units specified in subdivision (C) | ||||||
3 | of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) of Section 21-14 of this | ||||||
4 | Code or of the continuing professional development units | ||||||
5 | specified in subdivision (E) of paragraph (3) of subsection (e) | ||||||
6 | of Section 21-14 of this Code.
| ||||||
7 | (d) Master Certificate. Persons who have
successfully | ||||||
8 | achieved National Board certification through the National | ||||||
9 | Board
for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a | ||||||
10 | Master Certificate, valid
for 10 years and renewable thereafter | ||||||
11 | every 10 years through compliance with
requirements set forth | ||||||
12 | by the State Board of Education, in consultation with
the State | ||||||
13 | Teacher Certification Board. However, each teacher who holds a
| ||||||
14 | Master Certificate shall be eligible for a teaching position in | ||||||
15 | this State in
the areas for which he or she holds a Master | ||||||
16 | Certificate and each guidance counselor who holds a Master | ||||||
17 | Certificate in the area of counseling shall be eligible for a | ||||||
18 | counseling position in this State without satisfying any
other | ||||||
19 | requirements of this Code, except for those requirements | ||||||
20 | pertaining to
criminal background checks. A holder of a Master | ||||||
21 | Certificate in an area of science or social science is eligible | ||||||
22 | to teach in any of the subject areas within those fields, | ||||||
23 | including those taught at the advanced level, as defined by the | ||||||
24 | State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher | ||||||
25 | Certification Board. A teacher who holds a Master Certificate | ||||||
26 | shall be
deemed to meet State certification renewal | ||||||
27 | requirements in the area or areas
for which he or she holds a | ||||||
28 | Master Certificate for the 10-year term of the
teacher's Master | ||||||
29 | Certificate.
| ||||||
30 | (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-796, eff. 8-10-02; | ||||||
31 | 93-679, eff. 6-30-04.)
| ||||||
32 | (105 ILCS 5/21-27)
| ||||||
33 | Sec. 21-27. The Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. The | ||||||
34 | Illinois
Teaching
Excellence Program is hereby established to | ||||||
35 | provide categorical funding for
monetary
incentives and |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | bonuses for teachers and guidance counselors who are employed | ||||||
2 | by school districts and
who hold a
Master Certificate. The | ||||||
3 | State Board of Education shall allocate and distribute
to each
| ||||||
4 | school district an amount as annually appropriated by the | ||||||
5 | General Assembly
from federal funds for the
Illinois Teaching | ||||||
6 | Excellence Program. Unless otherwise provided by
| ||||||
7 | appropriation, each
school district's annual allocation shall | ||||||
8 | be the sum of the amounts earned for
the
following incentives | ||||||
9 | and bonuses:
| ||||||
10 | (1) An annual payment of $3,000 to be paid to (A) each
| ||||||
11 | teacher
who
successfully completes the program leading to | ||||||
12 | and who receives a Master
Certificate and is employed as a | ||||||
13 | teacher by a school district and (B) each guidance | ||||||
14 | counselor who successfully completes the program leading | ||||||
15 | to and who receives a Master Certificate and is employed as | ||||||
16 | a guidance counselor by a school district . The school
| ||||||
17 | district shall
distribute this payment to each eligible | ||||||
18 | teacher or guidance counselor
as a single payment or in not | ||||||
19 | more than 3 payments.
| ||||||
20 | (2) An annual incentive equal to $1,000 shall be paid | ||||||
21 | to
each teacher
who
holds a Master Certificate, who is | ||||||
22 | employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
| ||||||
23 | in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that | ||||||
24 | year to classroom
teachers. This mentoring may include, | ||||||
25 | either singly or in combination, (i)
providing high quality | ||||||
26 | professional development for new and experienced
teachers,
| ||||||
27 | and (ii) assisting National Board for Professional | ||||||
28 | Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
candidates through the NBPTS | ||||||
29 | certification process. The school district shall
| ||||||
30 | distribute 50% of each annual incentive payment upon | ||||||
31 | completion of 30 hours of
the required mentoring and the | ||||||
32 | remaining 50% of the incentive upon completion
of the | ||||||
33 | required 60 hours of mentoring. Credit may not be granted | ||||||
34 | by a school
district for mentoring or related services | ||||||
35 | provided during a regular school day
or
during the total | ||||||
36 | number of days of required service for the school year.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (3) An annual incentive equal to $3,000 shall be paid | ||||||
2 | to
each teacher who
holds a Master Certificate, who is | ||||||
3 | employed as a teacher by a school
district, and who
agrees,
| ||||||
4 | in writing, to provide 60 hours of mentoring during that | ||||||
5 | year to classroom
teachers in schools on academic early | ||||||
6 | warning status or in
schools
in which 50% or more of the | ||||||
7 | students receive free or reduced price lunches, or
both.
| ||||||
8 | The school district shall distribute 50% of each annual | ||||||
9 | incentive
payment upon completion of 30 hours of the | ||||||
10 | required mentoring and the
remaining 50% of the incentive | ||||||
11 | upon completion of the required 60 hours of
mentoring. | ||||||
12 | Credit may not be granted by a school district for | ||||||
13 | mentoring or
related services provided during a regular | ||||||
14 | school day or during the total
number of
days of required | ||||||
15 | service for the school year.
| ||||||
16 | Each regional superintendent of schools shall provide | ||||||
17 | information
about the Master Certificate Program of the | ||||||
18 | National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and | ||||||
19 | this amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly
to each | ||||||
20 | individual
seeking
to register or renew a certificate under | ||||||
21 | Section 21-14 of this Code.
| ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 92-796, eff. 8-10-02; 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
| ||||||
23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
|