TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION
CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER a: PUBLIC SCHOOL RECOGNITION
PART 1 PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION
SECTION 1.APPENDIX A PROFESSIONAL STAFF EDUCATOR LICENSURE



 

Section 1.APPENDIX A   Professional Staff Educator Licensure

 

Types of Licenses and Endorsements

 

The following list identifies the educator licenses that, if properly registered and renewed, are valid for teaching, administering or performing the specified service in Illinois public schools and the endorsements that are available on each of those licenses. 

 

Type of Endorsement*

 

Grade Level Valid For

Certificate Previously Issued

Years Valid

School Code

or Ill. Adm. Code

Professional Educator License

Career and Technical Education Endorsement on a PEL (agricultural education; business, marketing, and computer education; business, marketing, and computer education (computer programming); computer applications; computer science; family and consumer sciences; health science technology; and technology education)

5-12

None

5

21B-20; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.100

Elementary (No longer issued after August 31, 2018)

K-9

03

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Elementary (Beginning September 1, 2018)

1-6

03

5

21B-20; 21B-25; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.97 (Endorsement for Elementary Education (Grades 1 through 6))

Early Childhood (No longer issued after August 31, 2020)

Birth-Grade 3 (as endorsed)

04

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Early Childhood (Beginning September 1, 2017)

Birth-Grade 2 (as endorsed)

04

5

21B-20; 21B-25; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.96 (Endorsement for Early Childhood Education (Birth through Grade 2))

Junior High (No longer issued after June 30, 1997)

5-8 or 6-8

None

 

21B-20; 21B-25; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.720 (Requirements for Teachers of Middle Grades)

Middle School (No longer issued after January 31, 2018)

5-8 or 6-8

None

5

21B-20; 21B-25; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.720 (Requirements for Teachers of Middle Grades)

Middle Grades (Beginning February 1, 2018)

5-8

None

5

21B-20; 21B-25; 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.99 (Endorsement for the Middle Grades (Grades 5 through 8))

Secondary

6-12

09

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Special K-12

K-12 or PK-12

10

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Special Education (LBSI) (Beginning January 7, 2020)

K-Age 22

None

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Special Education

PK-Age 22

10

5

21B-20; 21B-25

Principal

PreK-Age 22

75

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(B); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.337

Superintendent

PreK-Age 22

75

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(D); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.360

Chief School Business Official on a Professional Educator License

PreK-Age 22

75

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(C); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.345 (Endorsement

for Chief School Business Official)

Director of Special Education

PreK- Age 22

75

5

23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.365 (Endorsement

for Director of Special Education)

Supervisory

PreK- Age 22

None

5

23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.497 (Supervisory Endorsements)

Teacher Leader

PreK- Age 22

None

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(E); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.32 (Teacher Leader Endorsement (Beginning September 1, 2012))

School Counselor

PK-Age 22

73

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart D (School Support Personnel)

School Nurse

PK-Age 22

73

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart D (School Support Personnel)

School Psychologist

PK-Age 22

73

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart D (School Support Personnel)

School Social Worker

PK-Age 22

73

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart D (School Support Personnel)

Speech Language Pathologist

PK-Age 22

73

5

21B-20; 21B-25(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.Subpart D (School Support Personnel)

 

Educator License with Stipulations

Alternative Provisional Educator – Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 2

43 or 44

2 (Pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/21B-50, a one-year renewal is available in special circumstances.)

21B-20(2)(B); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.60 (Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers)

Alternative Provisional Educator − Elementary

1-6

22 or 23

2 (Pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/21B-50, a one-year renewal is available in special circumstances.)

21B-20(2)(B); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.60

Alternative Provisional Educator − Secondary

9-12

24 or 25

2 (Pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/21B-50, a one-year renewal is available in special circumstances.)

21B-20(2)(B); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.60

Alternative Provisional Superintendent (Beginning January 1, 2013)

PK-Age 22

26

2 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(C); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.311 (Alternative Route to Superintendent Endorsement)

Alternative Provisional Educator − Special

K-12 or PK-12

27

2 (Pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/21B-50, a one-year renewal is available in special circumstances.)

21B-20(2)(B); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.60

Transitional Bilingual Educator

PK-12 Language Endorsed

29

5 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(G); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.90 (Endorsement for Transitional Bilingual Educator)

Career and Technical Educator

5-12

35

5

21B-20(2)(E); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.70 (Endorsement for Career and Technical Educator)

Provisional Career and Technical Educator

5-12

36

5

21B-20(2)(F); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.72 (Endorsement for Provisional Career and Technical Educator)

Visiting International Educator − Special

K-12 or PK-12 Field Endorsed

50

3 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(I); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92 (Endorsement for Visiting International Educator)

Visiting International Educator − Elementary

1-6

53

5 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(I); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92

Visiting International Educator − Early Childhood

Birth-Grade 2

54

3 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(I); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92

Visiting International Educator − Secondary

9-12 Field Endorsed

59

3 (No renewals)

21B-20(2)(I); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.92

Chief School Business Official

PK-Age 22

None

5

21-B20(2)(K); 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.345

 

Substitute License

None

All

39

5

21B-20(3)

 

*          If endorsed for teaching, valid for subjects for which the individual is assignable under Section 1.710, 1.720, or 1.737.

 

(Source:  Amended at 46 Ill. Reg. 6272, effective April 11, 2022)