Legal Aspects of
Teaching
Illinois
Teacher Certification Requirements
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Pass Basic Skills Test
Pass Content Area Test
Pass Assessment of Professional Teaching
2,000 hours or work experience in area
Bachelor’s Degree in area
No Child Left Behind
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Highly qualified teacher
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Secondary certificate
Content area test passing score
Major or coursework in each area of major
teaching responsibility
Note: CTE teachers who teach core
academic subjects must meet these
criteria.
Carl D. Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act
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From vocational and technical education
to CTE
Purpose – more fully develop skills of
students who enroll in CTE programs
Rigorous content
Professional development on academic
integration
Academic and CTE teachers work together
Corey H.
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Regular education teachers
Required to devote 20 percent of their
continuing professional development credits in
each renewal cycle to activities that will help
them serve students with disabilities in the least
restrictive environment
In order for the activity to meet this purpose,
the evidence of completion must indicate how
the activity will help the teacher meet the needs
of students with disabilities.
Abused and Neglected Child
Reporting Act
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Any employee who has reasonable cause to believe a
child, known to him/her in their professional or official
capacity, may be an abused or neglected child, will
immediately report or request a report to be made in
confidence to the Illinois Department of Children and
Family Services (DCFS) and to the Superintendent.
Neither the Superintendent nor any other District
administrator may, in any instance, change any report of
child abuse or neglect made by an employee to DCFS or
make any attempt to interfere in the making of a report
to DCFS.
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act
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Federal law that protects privacy of student
education records. The law applies to all schools
that receive funds under an applicable program
of the U.S. Department of Education.
Gives parents certain rights with respect to their
children's education records. These rights
transfer to the student when he or she reaches
the age of 18 or attends a school beyond the
high school level.
Education for
All Handicapped Children Act
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Requires each state provide special
education services for all students with
disabilities at public expense and under
public supervision and direction
Least restrictive environment
Individual education plan
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