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News and Updates​

• 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.

  • Industry Recognized Credential list
  • Industry professionals IRC feedback form
    
    
• Interested in applying to become a CTE Teacher?Learn more here!​
  
• CTE Evaluation
• Illinois has joined the Law and Public Safety Education Network

  Illinois has joined the Law and Public Safety Education Network (https://lapsen.org/​) LAPSEN is a national non-profit association representing the career and technical education instructors, administrators and partnering professionals who focus on the Law, Public Safety, Correction and Security Career Cluster. LAPSEN was founded to help instructors and other make a real difference in students' lives by providing resources, professional development and connections to help educators be more effective. Illinois teachers have access to the courses, standards, resources, lesson plans and professional development.

• ISBE Career Connections: Building Community Before the IACTE Annual Conference

  Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel & Conference Center
  February 15, 2023
  REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

  Join the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) for a day of networking and collaboration with and among Illinois CTE educators and state administrators before we all attend the annual IACTE conference.

  Morning sessions will provide timely information and support for specific groups including:

  • Agriculture Grant Recipients
  • Career Exploration/Career Development Experience Grant Recipients
  • College and Career Pathway Coordinators
  • District/School CTE Administrators
  • Ed Pathway Grant Recipients
  • EFE Directors
  • Innovation Grant Recipients
  • New or Nearly New CTE Teachers
  • Regional Work Experience Career Exploration Programs
  • School Counselors

  Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend a specialized networking lunch and afternoon breakout sessions providing opportunities for individuals to broaden their knowledge and skillsets related to various CTE topics.

  In addition, the ISBE Career Connections Conference is hosting an evening keynote event to help kick-off the IACTE Conference (February 16-17). Dr. Amanda Bastoni, Educational Research Scientist at CAST, as well as former CTE teacher and administrator, will bring her energetic and highly-informative presentation style that will provide significant insights into what schools of all sizes and in all settings across Illinois can do with and through CTE to improve learning and increase student success.

  Participants have the opportunity to register for the Day Conference Event, the Keynote Dinner Event, or both events. Don’t miss this opportunity to grow your knowledge and skills while interacting with CTE colleagues from across the state. Register now for the ISBE Career Connections Conference!

  And register for the 2023 IACTE Conference on February 16 and 17, 2023​.

• Educators Rising Pathway Information Sessions​

  Educators Rising is a community-based initiative, in which chapters at schools feed teacher preparation programs at institutes of higher education with the support of district leadership, State Departments of Education, and local philanthropists. These entities come together to provide pathways to grow and diversify the profession.

  Educator Rising's Early and Local Pathways Information Session for Superintendents, Principals, and School/District Administrators

  • Webinar Recording​
  • Slide Deck
  • Q & A​

  Educator Rising's Early and Local Pathways Information Session for Teachers

  • Webinar Recording​
  • Slide Deck
  • Q & A​
    
    
• Announcing the 2022-2023 ISBE CTE Professional Learning Calendar

  We are pleased to announce the initial ISBE CTE Professional Development calendar for the 2022-2023 school year. This calendar is considered an initial calendar because we are already adding additional events to it. We are also excited to share that there is no cost to participate in any of the events being run solely by ISBE and the NIU Illinois CTE Project.

  All sessions are open free of charge to all Illinois educators, including teachers, clinicians, counselors, and administrators from Early Childhood through twelfth grade settings as well as postsecondary educators. For example, Administrator Academy workshops are not only open to school administrators, but to all educators. Participants who complete workshops will earn Illinois Professional Development Hours or, when applicable based on the workshop and one’s position, Administrator Academy credit.

  Check out the full (and growing!) ISBE CTE Professional Development calendar – Registration links are continually being added over the coming weeks.

  Upcoming Professional Learning Events:

  • Register for August 3 - Social & Emotional Learning Leads to College & Career Readiness - 9 a.m.-Noon - Online
  • Register for August 4 - PaCE Framework Overview - 9 a.m.-Noon - Online
  • Register for August 5 - Illinois Career Pathways Overview - 9 a.m.-Noon - Online
    
    
• Nominate a Student, Teacher, Program or Business Partner to be Featured in the Upcoming CTE Newsletter

  The CTE & Innovation Department is in the process of creating a monthly newsletter. One section of this new document will be a Spotlight celebrating students, teachers, programs, and business partners across Illinois. The inaugural issue will come out for CTE Month in February. We hope that celebrations can be part of this newsletter from the start. Students, parents, teachers, and administrators across the state are being asked to nominate students, teachers, programs, and business partners they know. These examples of great things happening in CTE will provide inspiration that may well result in new ideas being introduced elsewhere in the state. Please use the links to the following forms to make a nomination.

  • Nominate a Student
  • Nominate a Teacher
  • Nominate a Program
  • Nominate a Business Partner​
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• Jointly Administered CTE ​Program Form

  This form is to be used by a nonpublic school (a qualified school or a technical academy) located in Illinois to petition ISBE to be recognized as a jointly administered Career and Technical Education (CTE) program.

  A Jointly administered CTE program is a program or set of programs offered or proposed by a qualified school or technical academy that provides coursework and training in CTE pathways aligned to industry-recognized certifications and credentials.
  

  Submit the form to CTE@isbe.net.

  • Jointly Administered CTE Program Form
    
  • ​Approved Qualified School or Technical Academy List​
    
  • Approved Qualified School or Technical Academy List​
    
  • (35 ILCS 40/7.5) Invest in Kids Act
    
    
• Updated​​ C​TE Licensing and Endorsement Guidance

  The Illinois State Board of Education's CTE and Innovation Department has prepared a guidance document, presentation, and recorded webinar for the field on the CTE licensure process, all new CTE endorsements, and the relevant assignability.

  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsements Guidance​​ (Updated 8/5/2021)
    
  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsement Presentation Slides
    
  • ISBE CTE Licensing and Endorsement Recorded Webinar
    
    

  Please forward all questions related to this document to cte@isbe.net​.​​​​​​​​​​​