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         Alternative Route to Administrative Certification for NBPTS Teachers

 

 

Illinois institutions of higher education that have an approved principal preparation program may now apply to offer a course of study leading to an Administrator Certificate for National Board certified teachers who qualify to enter the program.  The course of study must be approved by the Illinois State Board of Education in consultation with the State Teacher Certification Board.  Any institutions interested should complete and return ISBE Form 77-22 which can be found on the web at http://www.isbe.net/certification/pdf/77-22_admin_cert.pdf.  Instructions may be found at http://www.isbe.net/certification/pdf/77-22_admin_cert_instructions.pdf.     

 Applicants for the Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must meet four criteria:

1. National Board certification and a Teacher Leadership Endorsement;

2. A master's degree in an approved Teacher Leader program from an accredited institution of higher education;

 3.  15 hours of coursework; and  

4. A passing score on the Illinois Certification Testing System “Principal 186” state test.

If you have any questions, please contact Dennis Williams, Educator Preparation & Recertification Division, at 217-782-2948 or by e-mail at dwilliam@isbe.net

 

Sec. 21-5e. Alternative Route to Administrative

Certification for National Board Certified Teachers.

    (a) It shall be the policy of the State of Illinois to

improve the recruitment and preparation of instructional

leaders.

    (b) On or before July 1, 2007, the State Board of

Education, in consultation with the State Teacher

Certification Board, shall establish and implement an

alternative route to administrative certification for teacher

leaders, to be known as the Alternative Route to an

Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified

Teachers. "Teacher leader" means a certified teacher who has

already received National Board certification through the

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who has

a teacher leader endorsement under Section 21-7.5 of this Code.

 

 

Persons who meet the requirements of and successfully complete

 

 

the program established by this Section shall be issued a

 

 

standard administrative certificate for serving in schools in

 

 

this State. The State Board shall approve a course of study

 

 

that persons must successfully complete in order to satisfy one

 

 

criterion for issuance of the administrative certificate under

 

 

this Section. The Alternative Route to an Administrative

 

 

Certificate for National Board Certified Teachers must include

 

 

the current content and skills contained in a college's or

 

 

university's courses and the Illinois Professional School

 

 

Leader Standards for State certification, with the exception of

 

 

courses that contain the competency areas and the Illinois

 

 

Professional School Leader Standards that a candidate has

 

 

already met through National Board certification or through a

 

 

teacher leadership master's degree program.

 

 

    (c) The Alternative Route to an Administrative Certificate

 

 

for National Board Certified Teachers shall be comprised of the

 

 

following 4 phases:

 

 

        (1) National Board certification and an endorsement in

 

 

    teacher leadership in accordance with Section 21-7.5 of

 

 

    this Code;

 

 

        (2) a master's degree in a teacher leader program;

 

 

        (3) 15 hours of coursework in which the candidate must

 

 

    show evidence of meeting competencies for organizational

 

 

    management and development, finance, supervision and

 

 

    evaluation, policy and legal issues, and leadership, as

 

 

    stated in the Illinois Professional School Leader

 

 

    Standards for principals; and

 

 

        (4) a passing score on the Illinois Administrator

 

 

    Assessment.

 

 

    (d) Successful completion of the Alternative Route to an

 

 

Administrative Certificate for National Board Certified

 

 

Teachers shall be deemed to satisfy all requirements to receive

 

 

an administrative certificate established by law. The State

 

 

Board shall adopt rules that are consistent with this Section

 

 

and that the State Board deems necessary for the establishment

 

 

and implementation of the program.

 

 

 

this page was last updated 03/31/2009