Physical Education
Certification talk
Oct 11, 2013, 10:30 a.m.
121A Freer Hall
– COTE introduction
• Oversee all things related to certification
– Past – CBC and Bloodborne Pathogen training, etc.
• Here today to talk about process of actually getting
licensed.
• Obtain license as soon as you can!!!!regardless of other plans (grad school, Peace
Corp, etc).
– Only protected against program changes for 1 year
– Not protected at all against ISBE changes
– Other state certification will likely hinge on Illinois
licensure first
• Applying for licensure:
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Log onto your student portal (www.cote.illinois.edu)
Example: ed-blutarsky (Bluto)
Click on “Licensure Application”
Will ask if your are registered for or previously
done student teaching.
– If you answer no, Please do not proceed.
– Click on “Click here to fill out your application
request.”
• Email address-Recommend you use your most
reliable-regular email account. Don’t use your
UIUC account.
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Phone number
Degree period
Major
License
Endorsements
– May choose as many as you wish to be considered for (but please use
some common sense)
• Comments: Provide important information
regarding endorsements such as pending
transfer coursework, tests, etc.
• You will all be endorsed in Physical Education (K-12).
• To teach any other subject besides PE at the middle
grade, you must complete the middle grade coursework
and meet the content requirements for the
endorsement.
• H.S. Health Education endorsement requires 24 hours
of coursework, 12 hours at the 300+ level, and pass the
ICTS content test in Health Education
– Signature (must “sign” stating you understand)
(check mark to the side)
• Must submit
– Once you sign, you can’t go back. Contact us if
you need to modify/correct something.
• The next day, you should receive an email
which says the COTE has received your
application.
• Can submit application even if you haven’t yet
passed all tests (just need to be registered for
student teaching).
• I will complete an audit based on DARS report
(which YOU should also run) or your graduate
audit we completed earlier.
– Problems? Will either contact you or records
officer. If contacted, it’s important you respond.
• Nothing missing? Will put application in
pending file until end of spring or summer
term
• Endorsements? Will send Endorsement email
to address you put on form. Contact us if
something is inaccurate or missing.
• End of final semester processing.
– EFE hours (at least 80). (Should check Student
portal for accuracy)
– Student Teaching Time Reports
• Be accurate and fairly descriptive. Only record we will
have of your Student teaching (directions on student
portal).
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Safety Training
Mandated Reporter Training acknowledgement
Approved portfolio
Departmental Recommendation
• Should come automatically from Kinesiology Dept if you meet all
responsibilities
– Tests
Physical Education Content test
Assessment of Professional Teaching
– Grades
– Degree (must appear on transcripts!!!)
– Spring graduates – June, 2013
– This may cause problems with teaching summer school
– Summer grads – August, 2013
– This may cause problems with teaching in the fall.
Recommending you to ISBE:
– We will contact you at email address you provided.
• We will provide a link to ISBE website where
you will go to claim your license.
– Follow steps.
• Be prepared to pay by credit card
• ISBE will follow up by sending an email with a
link where you will go to register your
certificate
– (District where you have a job or where you live or
permanent address)
– If you don’t register it, it will lapse so be sure to do this
• ISBE will no longer provide paper copy of license
– Will need to make a screen shot of license or
– Any school district with your name and SSN can verify
certification
• TESTING (more information)
– Two tests:
• Content test in Physical Education (144) Must be
passed before student teaching
• Assessment of Professional Teaching: Grades K-12 (104)
– Must be passed before certification
– Optional tests
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Health Education Endorsement
Foreign Language Endorsements
All high school endorsements
Etc.
Test dates (May Grads)
• Latest date for student teaching in the springNovember 16th
• May take both tests on the same day
• Be sure you request test scores be sent to
Illinois
• Be sure your SSN is accurate (errors may delay
certification).
• Keep test scores forever (or longer)- May need
them later
• Odds and Ends (important trivia)
• Renewing your license Important! The window for renewing is getting
smaller-don’t let license lapse.
– Can renew online through ISBE website (same site you claim your
certificate on).
• Certification in other states
– Likely will require licensure in Illinois first
– Other states may have program verification form.
• Send form to COTE to fill out.
– Contact information is on our website under
“Links” in www.cote.illinois.edu
• Certification Map
• Teacher Certification Offices-addresses, etc.
(If you ask us about certification in other states, this
is where we’ll likely refer you).
Changes
• Certificate is now a “Professional Educator
License”
• “Types” have gone away (You won’t receive a
type-10 license)
• Endorsements will be placed on your license.
• “Initial”, “standard”, and “Nat’l Board
Certification” has gone away
• Need to renew every 5 fiscal years. Don’t
forget or it will become “lapsed.”
• Summary
– Location: 505 E. Green Street, Suite 202
• Upstairs from PNC Bank and Coldstone Creamery
• Website: www.cote.illinois.edu
• Email
• Brenda or me
– (bmclvngr@illinois.edu or jbuck@illinois.edu
– Pick one of us.
– Include UIN
– Urgent, timely matters? Don’t use email.
– No appointments by email. Call office.