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The following endorsements can be added at any of the available grade ranges by passing the content test and completing 18 hours of coursework in the content area.

• Agriculture*
• Art*
• Business, Marketing, & Computer Education
• Business, Marketing, & Computer Education Programming
• Business/Marketing/Management*
• Computer Applications*
• Computer Science*
• Dance*
• Drama/Theatre Arts
• English Language Arts
• English as a New Language
• English as a New Language – Bilingual Education
• Family & Consumer Science*
• Family & Consumer Science – Apparel & Textiles
• Family & Consumer Science – Living Environments
• Family & Consumer Science – Nutrition, Wellness, & Hospitality
• General Science*
• Health Education*
• Industrial Technology*
• Language Arts*
• Library Information Specialist
• Mathematics*
• Music*
• Physical Education*
• Science – Biology
• Science – Chemistry
• Science – Earth & Space Science
• Science – Environmental Science
• Science – Physics
• Social Science*
• Social Science – Economics
• Social Science – Geography
• Social Science – History
• Social Science – Political Science
• Social Science – Psychology
• Social Science – Sociology & Anthropology
• Technology Education (Industrial Arts)
• Technology Specialist
• Theatre/Drama*
• Visual Arts
• World Languages

*Middle Grades (5-8) endorsements must include content specific methods coursework within the 18 hour content coursework requirement.​​​​

• Bilingual Education (PK-12)

• 18 semester hours of credit with coursework in each of the following areas:
  
• Foundations of bilingual education
  
• Assessment of bilingual students
• Methods and materials for teaching limited-English-proficient students in bilingual programs (this is a bilingual methods course) 
  
• Cross-cultural studies for teaching limited-English-proficient students
• Methods and materials for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)
• ​Elective (an additional bilingual or ESL course)
• 100 clock hours (or 3 months teaching experience) in a bilingual setting
  
• Appropriate Target Language Proficiency or English Language Proficiency test (if applicable)
  

• Early Childhood Education (B-3)

• 18 semester hours of coursework specific to or inclusive of Early Childhood Education with coursework in each of the following areas:
• Child Growth and Development
• Planning and Assessment
  
• Methods and Content Pedagogy
• Literacy Methods
• Collaborative Relationships with Family or Communities
• Pass the Early Childhood Education content test (206)
  

• Elementary Education (1-6)

• 18 semester hours of coursework specific to or inclusive of Elementary Education with coursework in each of the following areas:
• Growth and Development
• Planning and Assessment
• Methods and Content Pedagogy​
  
• Literacy Methods
• Pass the Elementary Education content test (197-200/305)
  

• English as a Second Language (ESL) (PK-12)

• 18 semester hours of credit with coursework in each of the following areas:
  
• Linguistics
• Theoretical foundations of teaching ESL
• Assessment of the bilingual student
• Methods and materials for teaching ESL
• Cross-cultural studies for teaching limited-English proficient students
• ​Elective (an additional ESL or bilingual course)
  
• 100 clock hours (or 3 months teaching experience) in an ESL setting
  

• Gifted Education Specialist (PK-12)

• Hold an Illinois professional educator license endorsed in a teaching field
• Present evidence of two years of teaching experience on the Illinois professional educator​ license or a comparable out-of-state license involving the education of gifted students
• Hold a master's degree or higher awarded by a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Complete a state-approved K-12 gifted education specialist program at a regionally-accredited institution of higher education (use form 73-05G to verify program completion)
• Includes clinical experiences with five or more students in both PK- grade 8 AND grades 9-12, and work with at least one student enrolled in PK-grade 8 and one student enrolled in grades 9-12.
• Pass the Gifted Specialist content test (312)
  

• Gifted Education Teacher (PK-12)

• 18 semester hours of credit with coursework in each of the following areas:
• characteristics of the field of gifted education as it pertains to gifted children, including their cognitive, creative and affective development
• the wide range of ways in which a child is gifted; issues and practices in identifying and serving gifted children; and the manner in which assessment data shape decisions about identification, learning progress and outcomes
  
• theoretical and research-based data necessary for the development of programs, curriculum and instructional sequences for gifted children, especially those serving gifted students from diverse populations
• A Practicum
• Gifted Education (NES) (312) test

• Middle Grades (5-8)

• ​​​​​18 semester hours of coursework specific to or inclusive of Middle Grades in the following areas:
• Content specific methods coursework
• Content coursework specific to the content area sought​
• Pass the applicable content test specific to the content area sought
  

• Reading Specialist (K-12)

• Hold an Illinois professional educator license
• Present evidence of two years of full-time teaching experience either on the Illinois professional educator license or on a comparable out-of-state license
• Hold a master's degree or higher from a regionally-accredited institution of higher education
• Complete a K-12 reading specialist preparation program from Illinois or out of state (use ISBE form 80-02 to verify program completion)
• Pass the Reading Specialist (176/221) content test​
  

• Reading Teacher (PK-12)

• 18 semester hours of credit with coursework in each of the following areas:
  
• Foundations of reading
• Content area reading
• Assessment and diagnosis of reading problems
• Developmental and remedial reading instruction and support
• Developmental and remedial materials and resources
• Literature appropriate to students across all grade ranges
• ​Reading practicum
  
• Reading Teacher (177) or Reading Specialist (176) test
  

• Safety and Driver’s Education (9-12)

• 18 ​semester hours with the following distribution:
• 3 semester hours in injury prevention or safety
  
• 9 semester hours in driver education that include:
  
• Driving task analysis (introduction to driver education)​
  
• Teaching driver education in the classroom​
  
• Teaching the laboratory portion of the driver education course, including on-street teaching under the supervision of a qualified driver education teacher, advanced driver education, and emergency evasive driving maneuvers​
  
• 6 semester hours from two of the following areas:
  
• First aid
• Adolescent/young adult psychology
• Any safety-related issue relevant to driver education
• Advanced driver education in use of simulation/multiple care programs
• Health/wellness
• Care & prevention of injuries
• Alcohol/drug abuse issues
• ​Drivers Education for students with disabilities​​

• Supervisor​y Endorsements

• ​​Hold an Illinois license endorsement in one of the following:
• Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBSI PK-21)
• Teacher of Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired (BPS PK-21)
• Teacher of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (DHH PK-21)
• Speech Language Pathologist (SLP PK-21)
• Early Childhood Special Education (ECS3 B-3)
• School Support Personnel (School Social Worker, School Nurse, School Counselor, School Psychologist, Speech Language Pathologist Non-Teaching.
• Complete a minimum of 8 semester hours of graduate professional education coursework in the following areas:
• Supervision of Personnel
• Administration and Organization of Schools​
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