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1 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who |
2 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting all other |
3 | | candidate cohorts other than diverse candidate cohorts through |
4 | | the Illinois National Board for Professional Teaching |
5 | | Standards Comprehensive Support System. |
6 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse candidate cohort |
7 | | facilitator" means a National Board certified teacher who |
8 | | collaborates to advance the goal of supporting racially and |
9 | | ethnically diverse candidates through the Illinois National |
10 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards Comprehensive |
11 | | Support System. |
12 | | "National Board certified teacher diverse liaison" means |
13 | | an individual or entity that supports the National Board |
14 | | certified teacher leading a diverse candidate cohort. |
15 | | "National Board certified teacher liaison" means an |
16 | | individual or entity that supports the National Board |
17 | | certified teacher leading candidate cohorts other than diverse |
18 | | candidate cohorts. |
19 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or |
20 | | distant candidate cohort facilitator" means a National Board |
21 | | certified teacher who collaborates to advance the goal of |
22 | | supporting rural or remote candidates through the Illinois |
23 | | National Board for Professional Teaching Standards |
24 | | Comprehensive Support System. |
25 | | "National Board certified teacher rural or remote or |
26 | | distant liaison" means an individual or entity that supports |
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1 | | the National Board certified teacher leading a rural or remote |
2 | | candidate cohort. |
3 | | "Qualified educator" means a teacher or school counselor |
4 | | currently employed in a school district who is in the process |
5 | | of obtaining certification through the National Board for |
6 | | Professional Teaching Standards or who has completed |
7 | | certification and holds a current Professional Educator |
8 | | License with a National Board for Professional Teaching |
9 | | Standards designation or a retired teacher or school counselor |
10 | | who holds a Professional Educator License with a National |
11 | | Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation. |
12 | | "Rural or remote" or "rural or remote or distant" means |
13 | | local codes 32, 33, 41, 42, and 43 of the New Urban-Centric |
14 | | Locale Codes, as defined by the National Center for Education |
15 | | Statistics. |
16 | | "Tier 1" has the meaning given to that term under Section |
17 | | 18-8.15. |
18 | | "Tier 2" has the meaning given to that term under Section |
19 | | 18-8.15. |
20 | | (b) Any funds appropriated for the Illinois Teaching |
21 | | Excellence Program must be used to provide monetary assistance |
22 | | and incentives for qualified educators who are employed by or |
23 | | retired from school districts and who have or are in the |
24 | | process of obtaining licensure through the National Board for |
25 | | Professional Teaching Standards. The goal of the program is to |
26 | | improve instruction and student performance. |
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1 | | The State Board of Education shall allocate an amount as |
2 | | annually appropriated by the General Assembly for the Illinois |
3 | | Teaching Excellence Program for (i) application or re-take |
4 | | fees for each qualified educator seeking to complete |
5 | | certification through the National Board for Professional |
6 | | Teaching Standards, to be paid directly to the National Board |
7 | | for Professional Teaching Standards, and (ii) incentives under |
8 | | paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (c) for each |
9 | | qualified educator, to be distributed to the respective school |
10 | | district, and incentives under paragraph (5) of subsection |
11 | | (c), to be distributed to the respective school district or |
12 | | directly to the qualified educator. The school district shall |
13 | | distribute this payment to each eligible teacher or school |
14 | | counselor as a single payment. |
15 | | The State Board of Education's annual budget must set out |
16 | | by separate line item the appropriation for the program. |
17 | | Unless otherwise provided by appropriation, qualified |
18 | | educators are eligible for monetary assistance and incentives |
19 | | outlined in subsections (c) and (d) of this Section. |
20 | | (c) When there are adequate funds available, monetary |
21 | | assistance and incentives shall include the following: |
22 | | (1) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or |
23 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a Tier 1 |
24 | | school district who apply on a first-come, first-serve |
25 | | basis for National Board certification. |
26 | | (2) A maximum of $2,000 towards the application or |
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1 | | re-take fee for teachers or school counselors in a school |
2 | | district other than a Tier 1 school district who apply on a |
3 | | first-come, first-serve basis for National Board |
4 | | certification. |
5 | | (3) A maximum of $1,000 towards the National Board for |
6 | | Professional Teaching Standards' renewal application fee. |
7 | | (4) (Blank). |
8 | | (5) An annual incentive of no more than $1,500 |
9 | | prorated at $50 per hour, which shall be paid to each |
10 | | qualified educator currently employed in a school district |
11 | | who holds both a National Board for Professional Teaching |
12 | | Standards designation and a current corresponding |
13 | | certificate issued by the National Board for Professional |
14 | | Teaching Standards and who agrees, in writing, to provide |
15 | | up to 30 hours of mentoring or National Board for |
16 | | Professional Teaching Standards professional development |
17 | | or both during the school year to classroom teachers or |
18 | | school counselors, as applicable. Funds must be disbursed |
19 | | on a first-come, first-serve basis, with priority given to |
20 | | Tier 1 school districts. Mentoring shall include, either |
21 | | singly or in combination, the following: |
22 | | (A) National Board for Professional Teaching |
23 | | Standards certification candidates. |
24 | | (B) National Board for Professional Teaching |
25 | | Standards re-take candidates. |
26 | | (C) National Board for Professional Teaching |
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1 | | Standards renewal candidates. |
2 | | (D) (Blank).
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3 | | Funds may also be used for instructional leadership |
4 | | training for qualified educators interested in supporting |
5 | | implementation of the Illinois Learning Standards or teaching |
6 | | and learning priorities of the State Board of Education or |
7 | | both. |
8 | | (d) In addition to the monetary assistance and incentives |
9 | | provided under subsection (c), if adequate funds are |
10 | | available, incentives shall include the following incentives |
11 | | for the program in rural or remote schools or school districts |
12 | | or for programs working with diverse candidates or for |
13 | | retention bonuses for hard to staff schools , to be distributed |
14 | | to the respective school district or directly to the qualified |
15 | | educator or entity: |
16 | | (1) A one-time incentive of $3,000 payable to National |
17 | | Board certified teachers teaching in Tier 1 or Tier 2 |
18 | | rural or remote school districts or rural or remote |
19 | | schools in Tier 1 or Tier 2 school districts, with |
20 | | priority given to teachers teaching in Tier 1 rural or |
21 | | remote school districts or rural or remote schools in Tier |
22 | | 1 school districts. |
23 | | (2) An annual incentive of $3,200 for National Board |
24 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant candidate |
25 | | cohort facilitators, diverse candidate cohort |
26 | | facilitators, and candidate cohort facilitators. Priority |
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1 | | shall be given to rural or remote candidate cohort |
2 | | facilitators and diverse candidate cohort facilitators. |
3 | | (3) An annual incentive of $2,500 for National Board |
4 | | certified teacher rural or remote or distant liaisons, |
5 | | diverse liaisons, and liaisons. Priority shall be given to |
6 | | rural or remote liaisons and diverse liaisons. |
7 | | (4) An annual retention bonus of $4,000 per year for 2 |
8 | | consecutive years shall be awarded to National Board |
9 | | certified teachers employed in hard-to-staff schools. |
10 | | Funds must be disbursed on a first-come, first-served |
11 | | basis. |
12 | | (Source: P.A. 100-201, eff. 8-18-17; 101-333, eff. 1-1-20; |
13 | | 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)".
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