Visual Arts
Applying for certification
Feb 15, 9:30 a.m.
229 Art & Design
• Jeff Buck & Brenda Clevenger
• Council on Teacher Education
– Oversee Teacher Education programs
– Provide Information pertaining to Certification
• Past-Criminal Background checks, BBP training, etc.
• Do not delay obtaining your teaching
certificate
– Should obtain certification immediately. Even if
grad school, Peace Corp, etc.
• Not protected at all against ISBE changes.
Example: C or better rule effective Mar 2012.
Completing the entitlement request
form
• Non-citizen (ask and if any-distribute form)
• Citizen
– (Instructions and forms are also in student portal)
– Read purple instruction sheet
• Keep as reference later-Fill out completely
– Fill out Entitlement request form
• If it’s there, it’s necessary
– Name
• Must use name that appears on Banner
• Name changes?
– Change Name in Banner
– Contact us.
– Mailing address
– Most permanent address you have
– Email address. Important!!!!
• Can use any email account you want – including
University of Illinois account
• Print legibly
• Check regularly
• Keep account from filling up and having email bounce
• Non Citizens
– Read Instructions carefully
– Call us if you need assistance
– Save Instruction sheet for reference later.
• Endorsement Request Form (see attachment)
• Explain what endorsements are (grade and subject)
– Will be endorsed for Visual Arts (K-12) by virtue of
program
– Additional (other) endorsements can be acquired
by completing respective requirements
• High School (9-12)
• Middle Grade (5-8)-Must have middle grade courses to
receive any (except visual art)
• Elementary (K-4)
– Check any endorsements on form you wish to be
considered for.
• If you receive other endorsements, you’ll get an email.
If not, you won’t.
• Contact us if it’s incorrect or incomplete.
• May also access directions, app, and
endorsement form on your Student Portal
– Make photocopy of application before turning in.
– Turn in application
• May grads may turn in Now.
• August grads should turn in in May.
• You may turn in application before passing all tests.
• Citizens
– After turning in App, go to www.isbe.net/ecs
• Create (ECS) account (Step 2 on instruction form)
• Stop! Go no further (for now)
• Technical Problems? Contact ISBE. Not us.
• We conduct audit using:
– DARS report
– Grad audit (if grad student)
Problems? Will contact Records Officer. Or you.
• No problems? Will place your application in
our “Pending” files until we have everything
we need, which is:
– Teacher Education Safety training completed (go
to student portal or to www.cote.illinois.edu
– Student Teaching Time report
• Be accurate and thorough (only record of Student
Teaching history)
– Appropriate Test scores
– Approved Portfolio
– Letter of Recommendation
• Sent by Robin Douglas if you’ve met all requirements
– Grades
– Degree
• After we’ve verified everything is complete
– Citizens
• Will be notified by email you provided.
– Claim your certificate online (www.isbe.net/ecs) (Step 4)
– Claim certificate immediately. Proposed fee
increases may cost you more $$$
» Register your certificate at a Regional Office of Education
– ISBE will send you paper copy of Certificate in mail
– Any school district with your SSN can verify certification
• Non Citizens
– We will sign and stamp application
– We will mail it back to you with instructions and
Notice of Intent form
– You’ll need to:
• Present documents to ROE
• Present proof of legal immigration status
• Pay fees
• Early release.
– Find out precisely what school district requires
– Must have received all required test scores.
– Contact us.
• Testing
• Required tests: (see handout)
• Content test in “Visual Arts”
• Assessment of Professional Teaching: Grades K-12
– Some additional endorsements require content
• If not yet passed, indicate when you are taking tests on
endorsement request form.
• Make sure your SSN is reported correctly
• Send your test scores to Illinois
• Keep your original tests scores indefinitely (we
cannot provide copies)
• Certification facts/figures/goodies
– Receive an initial certificate
• Must renew every 4 fiscal years (July 1st – June 30th)
– Certification in other States
• Based on completion of approved program and
certification in Illinois
• Contact information under “resources” in our website:
www.cote.illinois.edu
– This is about all the information we have on out of state
certification.
• May have form for COTE to fill out – Send to us!
• Summary
• 505 E. Green Street, Suite 203
– Above Coldstone creamery & PNC bank
• Contact information on application,
endorsement form, and student portal.
• Email
– Include UIN
– Pick either Brenda or me (not both)
– No appointments scheduled by email. Call .
– Urgent matters? Don’t use email unless we
contacted you via that route.