Educator Certification, Recertification and Preparation

Types of Certificates

The Illinois State Board of Education issues the following types of professional certificates:

• Teaching Certificates
  • Early Childhood (Birth to Grade Three)
  • Elementary (Kindergarten through Grade Nine)
  • Secondary (Grade Six through Grade Twelve)
  • Special (Subject Specific, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve)
  • Special Education Special Certificate (Pre-School to Age Twenty-One)
• Administrative Certificates
  • General Administrative
  • Superintendent
  • Chief School Business Official
  • Director of Special Education
• School Service Personnel Certificates
  • School Guidance Counselor
  • School Nurse
  • School Psychologist
  • School Social Worker
  • Non-Teaching Speech-Language Pathologist

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