NOTICE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS:
Under the Transition Rules developed by ISBE in response
to the Corey H. lawsuit, special education teachers who have
not exchanged their current certificates for the new
Standard or Master Certificates and are due to make the exchange
in 2002 are allowed to exchange their certificates early.
This "early exchange option" is designed to allow
special education teachers to take advantage
of and receive credit for continuing professional development
activities offered in the area of teaching students with disabilities
before July 1, 2002.
In order to receive credit for such activities, special education
teachers must have exchanged their certificates for the new
Standard or Master Certificates and must file a Certificate
Renewal Plan with their local professional development committee.
The requirements for continuing professional development
for special education teachers have changed, effective July
1, 2001, and the ISBE has recently distributed a Revision
to the Certificate Renewal Manual to reflect those changes.
Information regarding the new requirements and the text of
the Revision to the Manual may be found on the ISBE web site
at www.isbe.net/certification.
Section 25.11(a)(3)(A) of the Transition Rules permits early
exchange for those defined in Section 25.807(a) as "special
education teachers." Section 25.807 includes those with
4-course approvals (Section 226.810) and those teaching on
authorization for assignment (PZZ)(Section 226.820) in the
definition of "special education teacher.
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