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(PK-21/Approved Program)

​All teaching endorsements require the following:

• A bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
  
• Proof of a valid, comparable, out of state license or State Approved Program Verification (Use form 80-02: State Approved Program and Completion of Standards Verification​)
  
• 32 semester hours, or a major in the content-area, from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Student teaching or equivalent experience​
• Completion of coursework* addressing methods of teaching exceptional children, reading methods, content area reading, and methods of teaching English learners (Use form 80-02: State Approved Program and Completion of Standards Verification)
  
• Licensure Tests: All test scores are valid indefinitely. View the options below to see the required tests for each area.  Click here to register for the tests​.

If completing a program at an Illinois institution, please work closely with the institution to ensure their specific requirements/timeframes are met.

​*View a list of acceptable courses you may take to fulfill this coursework requirements.

• Specific Testing Information/Options

This information is accurate at the date posted below.  Applicants will be held to the most current statutory and administrative rule requirements.

If you do not have a major on an official transcript in Early Childhood Education or Elementary Education, the suggested coursework acceptable to fulfill the 32 hour constructed major includes the following:

Early Childhood: history and philosophy of early childhood education, child growth and development, language acquisition and development, early childhood assessment, early childhood methods, primary level teaching methods, and a child, family, and community course.

Elementary: elementary reading methods, elementary reading assessment, elementary content area reading,children's literature, elementary math methods, elementary science methods, elementary social science methods, a general elementary methods course, child growth and development, adolescent psychology, and history and philosophyof education.