The Chicago Certification Office is designed to assist teachers,
school service personnel, and school administrators who live
or work in the City of Chicago. Specifically, the division:
facilitates the submission of documents for review by the
Illinois State Board of Education; issues substitute teaching
certificates and paraprofessional approvals; disseminates
information about certification, endorsement, recertification,
and registration requirements; accepts and processes fees
for certification; serves as the No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
resource on behalf of ISBE to Chicago Public Schools (CPS);
reports on progress of CPS implementation of NCLB; and much
more.
Services/Information
Alternative Certification
Contact Information
Educator
Certification System (ECS)
Endorsement of Teaching Certificates
Entitlement Procedures (Completion
of an Illinois Approved Program)
Fees
Foreign Applicants
Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
Lapsed Certificate Information
Out
of State Applicant Information
Paraprofessional Approvals
Recertification
• Initial
to Standard Certification
• Standard
or Master Certificate Renewal
• Administrative
Certificate Renewal
Registration of Certificates
Requirements for being Considered
Highly Qualified
Substitute Teacher Certification
Testing
for Certification • General
Testing Information
• Upcoming
Test dates
• Out
of State Applicants
Transcript Evaluation
Transitional
Bilingual Certificate
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