May have to move to the Chicago area...does anyone know the requirements to be a sub or permanent teacher in Illinois? Any help or info would be appreciated.
May have to move to the Chicago area...does anyone know the requirements to be a sub or permanent teacher in Illinois? Any help or info would be appreciated.
I know for subbing, you just need to have a college degree....no teaching certificate or anything. Obviously, to teach, you will have to be certified in Illinois to teach permanently.
I teach in Illinois and possibly could be of help. Illinois has more bureaucracy than any of the four other states I've taught so far. Teachers have to register their IL licenses through the county education service office, unlike in other states, where you just deal with the state licensure people. You are are originally licensed through the state, but you have to register with the county you anticipate teaching in. Often times, at the county level, you can ask two different people the same question and get two different answers.
Illinois is way behind in terms of school reform, and despite the fact there are thousands of teachers retiring every year, they're requiring more graduate credits to keep current.
IL also requires its teachers to pass an IL Constitution examination. The system is a difficult one but there is a great need for teachers in the city itself, as well as in a number of rural areas around the state. There is a real shortage here.
I see nothing wrong with requiring teachers to keep current in their discipline.
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IL also requires its teachers to pass an IL Constitution examination. The system is a difficult one but there is a great need for teachers in the city itself, as well as in a number of rural areas around the state. There is a real shortage here.
I see nothing wrong with requiring teachers to keep current in their discipline.
I disagree as far as it being required where teachers have to pay money out of their own pocket and where teachers have to give up their own time. If the state thinks it is that important for teachers to continue in education for a job they are already certified for then they should provide both the money and the time.
At one end of the spectrum is the tremendous shortage of qualified teachers teaching curricula they are certified to teach. I am certified to teach four subject areas, but my district is requiring me to pick up 12 additional hours of graduate credit in the next three years so I can keep my job.
No big deal, you say?
Name any other profession where they're begging for qualified people and yet making it more difficult for qualified people to remain in the profession.
It's comparable to being accepted at a university, only to find out three years later that the university wants you to reapply because they're afraid their original standards were not weeding enough people out.