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CTE Industry-Recognized Credentials list and feedback form​​

This file is a collection of recommended Industry Recognized Credentials (IRCs) in Career and Technical Education pathways that students may earn during or immediately following high school. Credentials included here should be those that employers recognize as favorable or preferential when recruiting, hiring, promoting, and retaining their workforce. The list is meant to be flexible and continuously updated; therefore we encourage and welcome feedback from industries hiring in CTE career pathways. There are tabs sorted by career areas--Information Technology, Health Sciences Technology, Finance and Business Services, Arts & Communication, Agriculture, Foods and Natural Resources; Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology and Trades; Human and Public Services. Please use the feedback form if you are an industry representative offering feedback. Do not use this form if you are a seller/provider of credentialing.

• FAQs about Industry Recognized Credentials​
  
• Industry Recognized Credential list
• Industry professionals IRC feedback form
• ​Quick Guide for Documenting Students' Industry Recognized Credentials​​​
• How are Credentials Being Offered in Illinois Schools? Listen and learn​ from a few CTE System Directors and one Area Career Center Director.
  

EQUITY AND ACCESS

• ​Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Opportunities
  
• UDL Resources
  
• UDL 2020 Series​
  
• Illinois K-12 Title IX Survey
  ​Illinois State Board of Education is conducting a statewide survey to collect contact information of individuals responsible for ensuring Title IX compliance within each district. Results of this survey will assist ISBE with developing a directory of Title IX officials and to determine what professional learning opportunities, guidance, and technical assistance should be made available related to Title IX compliance. ISBE requests that each district’s Title IX official complete the Illinois K-12 Title IX Survey.

Special Populations

• Children of Military Families Resources​
  
• Homeless Individuals
  
• McKinney-Vento and CTE: A Match Made in Perkins V (NAEHCY 2020 Annual Conference)
  
• Improving Equity In and Access to Quality CTE Programs for Students Experiencing Homelessness (NCHE and Advance CTE)​​​
  
• Special Populations: Access, Equity, and Opportunities for Secondary Career and Technical Education Students​
  
• Special Populations Definitions​
  
• Special Populations Recruitment and Retention Super Strategies - Updated July 2020
  
• In coordination with the Illinois State Board of Education, ICSPS created this series of Super Strategy documents to assist the secondary system in meeting the needs of Special Population students identified in Perkins V.
  • The recorded webinar gives an overview of each Special Population and the corresponding super strategies designed to ensure program accessibility and aid in overcoming barriers that may limit a student’s opportunity for success.
• Special Populations Resources​
  
• NAPE: Conducting an Equity Gap Analysis
• Supporting Student Success in CTE​
  

Methods of Administration Civil Rights Review

• Civil Rights for Secondary Education Website
• ​Review process webinar: Secondary Civil Rights Review: November 5, 2019​
  
• Methods of Administration SEA Coordinator(s)
• Marci Johnson, Director of CTE & Innovation
  
• David Osborne, Methods of Administration Coordinator​
  
• Office of Civil Rights​​​​​​​​
  

• Area Career Center Directory - Updated 01/13/2025
  
• Area Career Center Map​
• CTE System Search 
  
• Directory of Regional Offices of Education​
  
• Education for Employment Directory - Updated 01/15/2025
• Education for Employment Boundary Map​​​​
  
• Illinois CTE Networking Directory ​​
  
• ISBE CTE Department Directory​​