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Everything you ever wanted to know about endorsements

Everything you ever wanted to know about endorsements. (but was afraid to ask). Endorsements Defined.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about endorsements

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  1. Everything you ever wanted to know about endorsements (but was afraid to ask)

  2. Endorsements Defined • Appearing on a teaching certificate or license, endorsements identify the subject(s) a teacher is authorized to teach and specifies the grades in which they are authorized to teach those subjects.

  3. Everyone who completes a program will be endorsed in something • May be specific subjects at specific grade levels (departmentalized). Examples: Math, Science, Agriculture Education • May be all (or most) subjects to same group of children (self-contained). Examples: Elementary Ed & Early Childhood Education

  4. LAS majors/Teacher Education minors • By virtue of completing your program and licensure requirements, you will be endorsed in at least one High School (9-12) endorsement and one Middle Grade Endorsement. • History majors • Advance Placement and Honors History (9-12) • All the other social sciences (except AP and Honors) (9-12) • Middle Grade (6-8) • Social Science (pretty much everything) • English majors • English Language Arts (Speech, Journalism, Writing, etc.) (9-12) • Middle Grade (6-8) • Language Arts

  5. Biology majors • Advance Placement and Honors Chemistry (9-12) • All the other sciences except AP and Honors (9-12) • Middle Grade (6-8) • General Science • Biological Science • Physical Science • Chemistry majors • Advance Placement and Honors Chemistry (9-12) • All the other sciences except AP and Honors (9-12) • Middle Grades (6-8) • General Science • Physical Science

  6. Geology Majors • Advance Placement Earth & Space Science (Geology, Astronomy, Physical Geography, Weather) (9-12) • All the other sciences except AP and Honors (9-12) • Middle Grade (6-8) • General Science • Physical Science • Math Majors • Mathematics (9-12) • Middle Grade (6-8) • Mathematics

  7. Elementary Ed majors • Self-contained (All subjects-same students (K-9) • There are few “self-contained” classrooms at grades 5-9. Will likely need to be middle grade (or high school) endorsed.

  8. Early Childhood Education • Self contained (All subjects-same students) Birth-Grade 3 • Early Childhood Special Education (Pre kindergarten)

  9. Special Education • Special Education (Pre K-21 years old)

  10. “Expanding” your qualifications(To teach more things and be more marketable) • With the exception of foreign language, additional endorsements are “confined” to the grade range of your program. (examples, B-3, K-9, or 6-12). • “Special” K-12 certificates can be endorsed at all grade ranges (should a particular endorsement exist for that grade range)

  11. Adding “designations” to existing Science and Social Science endorsements • Allows one to teach Advance Placement and Honors for other Science or Social Science subjects as well. • Science designations: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Science, and Environmental Science. • Social Science designations: History, Psychology, Sociology & Antropology, Economics, Geography, Political Science.

  12. Requirement (for adding designations): • 12 semester hours in the respective designation. • Take/pass the appropriate ICTS Content test.

  13. Adding “dissimilar” endorsements • High School (9-12) Sciences • 32 hours of Science coursework • 12 hours in a particular designation (chemistry, physics, biology, earth & space science, environmental science) • At least one course from two other designations • At least once biological (life) science course and one physical science course • Take/pass the appropriate ICTS Science content test

  14. High School (9-12) Social Sciences • 32 hours of Social Science coursework • 12 hours in a particular designation (psychology, history, geography, political science, economics, sociology & anthropology) • At least one course from two other designations • Take/passthe appropriate ICTS Social Science content test • Note: with rare exception, Social Science courses are not to be confused with Science courses (and vice versa).

  15. Many High School (9-12) endorsements (such as Math, English Language Arts, Agriculture Education, Physical Education, Health Education) have somewhat “generic” requirements: • 24 hours of coursework • 12 of those 24 hours must be “upper-level” (generally defined as 300 or above) • (for math, “upper level is identified as MATH 118 or higher) • Take/pass appropriate content area test

  16. Foreign Languages • 9-12 • 32 hours of same foreign language (or) • Pass the appropriate ICTS foreign language content test • 5-8 • 18 hours of same foreign language (or) • Pass the appropriate ICTS foreign language content test • Some majors will need to take the middle grade courses

  17. Foreign Languages (continued) • Primary (grades K-3 (or 4)) • 18 hours of same foreign language (or) • Pass appropriate ICTS Foreign Language Content test

  18. Commonly sought high school (9-12) endorsements with specific requirements Requirements are found in COTE website (www.cote.illinois.edu) under “certification” and then “endorsements” • Learning Behavior Specialist I (Special Education)-courses are generally available only to graduate Students • Reading Teacher-courses are generally only available to graduate students

  19. English as a Second Language (ESL)- • Teaching English to non-native speakers • Somewhat difficult to attain during undergrad tenure. Plan ahead. • Bilingual Education • Teaching in the native language of the learner (not English) • Somewhat difficult to obtain during undergraduate tenure. Plan ahead. • “Temporary” Transitional Bilingual Certificate • Pass the appropriate Target Language Proficiency test • Valid for 5 years (unless/until you meet the “regular requirements for the bilingual endorsement) • (Come talk to me about details)

  20. Middle grade (5 (or 6)-8) endorsements (outside your major) • Generally the requirement is: • 18 hours of applicable coursework • Elementary Ed, Foreign language, LBSI, Ag Ed, PE, Music, Art • Must take the 6 hours of early adolescent psychology & middle grade curriculum, instruction, & methods • At UIUC these courses are EPS 427, EPSY 430, CI 410 Only offered online & summers • Middle school coursework is already built into LAS Secondary Ed minors • Notable exceptions to simple 18 hour requirement (see our website www.cote.illinois.edu) for details) • LBSI • Math • English as a Second Language • Bilingual Education • Reading • Library Information Specialist

  21. Primary (K-4) Endorsements • K-4 • LBSI (Special Education) • English as a Second Language • Bilingual Education • Reading • Library Information Specialist

  22. An endorsement outside the grade range of your program Foreign Language (K-4) or (9-12) • K-4 • 18 hours of same foreign language or pass appropriate content test • Pass the Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) that covers that grade range. • 9-12 • 32 hours of same foreign language or pass appropriate content test. • Pass the Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) that covers that grade range. • Because it’s outside the grade range of your program, you have to apply for it through ISBE after you are certified.

  23. Pursuing endorsements • Determine what endorsements you want • Determine what the requirements are • Plan ahead • Don’t have to declare like you might a minor • Gen Education courses and Area of concentration courses may count toward endorsements • Take tests when you feel most prepared

  24. “Highly Qualified” • A Federal No Child Left Behind definition • 4 ways to be Highly qualified (3 of which you can potentially meet while completing program) • Transcripted major • 32 hours • Passing the respective content test • HOUSSE (gained through teaching experience) • Will be “highly qualified” for your program endorsements based on your major and the content test you are required to pass. • Goal should be to be both endorsed and “highly qualified” • Can potentially be endorsed in something without being highly qualified and vice versa. • Recommend you take a test if you want to be “highly qualified”-even if you don’t need it for the related endorsement. • Additional info is on our Frequently Asked Questions link on our website.

  25. Odds and Ends • The COTE can add endorsements when you apply for your initial certificate/license. • Just request them • I can do an audit to see where you presently stand and what remains (if anything). • Can apply for/add endorsements later through ISBE • Regional Office of Education • Springfield Office (for City of Chicago residents)

  26. Council On Teacher Education • Jeff Buck (jbuck@illinois.edu) • Brenda Clevenger (bmclvngr@illinois.edu) • 505 East Green Street • Above Coldstone Creamery and PNC bank • (217) 333-7195

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