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Requirements

Years Valid

District Specific

Limitations

Renewable?

Requirements

Years Valid

The life of the PEL

Limitations

Renewable?

Requirements

• ONE of the following:
• Have completed 60 semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher education
• Hold an associate degree issued by a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Have achieved a passing score on the ParaPro test (offered by Educational Testing Service [ETS]) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Have achieved a passing score on the written examination administered by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent

Years Valid

5

Limitations 

Renewable?

If PD Requirements have been met (50 clock hours of PD 25.550(c))

Requirements

• Hold a PEL endorsed in either Early Childhood Education (self-contained general education) OR Learning Behavior Specialist I (any grade range).
• Complete coursework in the following four areas:
  
• Early childhood special education assessment
• Methods of instruction in early childhood special education
• Development of language in the young child
• Child, family, and community relationships

Requirements

To qualify for this approval, you must meet the requirements in ONE of the following three options:

• Option 1:
• Hold a PEL with and LBSI endorsement or LBSI Approval with no end date, or ECT Approval
• Complete a theoretical foundations of bilingual/ESL education course
• Complete an ESL methods course
• Complete a bilingual assessment course
• Option 2:
• Hold a PEL in teaching and the ESL Endorsement
• Complete a course addressing characteristics of exceptional children
• Complete a course addressing cross-categorical special education methods
• Complete a course addressing psychological diagnosis for exceptional students
• Option 3:
• Hold a PEL endorsed in school support personnel
• Complete a bilingual assessment course

Requirements

Years Valid

Limitations 

Renewable?

Requirements

• ONE of the following:
• Complete 60 semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher education
• Hold an associate degree issued by a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Achieve a passing score on the ParaPro test (offered by Educational Testing Service [ETS]) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Achieve a passing score on the written examination administered by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Attain a rating of level 3.0 on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)

Requirements

Years Valid

Limitations 

Renewable?

Requirements

• ONE of the following:
•  Have completed 60 semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institution(s) of higher education OR
• Hold and associate degree issued by a regionally accredited institution of higher education OR 
• Hold a high school diploma and achieved a passing score on the ParaPro test (offered by educational Testing Services [ETS])
  
• Hold a high school diploma and achieved passing scores on the ACT Workkeys:
  
• Applied Mathematics/Applied Math (with a score of 4)​
  
• Reading for information/Workplace Documents (with a score of 4)​
  
• Hold a National Intervener Credential/Certificate​
  

Requirements

• Hold a valid Professional Educator License (PEL) endorsed in a teaching field.
  
• ONE of the following:
• Official transcripts showing completion of 9 hours of coursework in the subject area to be taught
• A passing score on the corresponding Illinois Content Area Test

3 Fiscal Years

Educator must be working towards the requirements for the corresponding endorsement during validity period. Can be granted outside of the current grade range.

Not available for special education positions or Safety and Driver’s Education.

Will not be issued after June 30, 2023.

No​​​​

***To add a Short-Term Approval (STA) for a specific science or social science designation at the Senior High 9-12 grade range, you must complete 9 semester hours of coursework in the specific designation or the applicable content area test to be acceptable towards the STA.***

This approval allows the holder to serve K-12 students with the following disabilities, regardless of the teaching license held: learning disabilities, social emotional disorders, cognitive disability, physical disabilities, autism, and traumatic brain injuries.

Requir​ements

• Hold an Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) endorsed for teaching or an Educator License with Stipulations (ELS) endorsed as a Transitional Bilingual Educator (TBE).
• ISBE Form 73-86:
• Educator's plan of study identifying coursework to be completed to qualify for the LBS I endorsement within the three-year validity period of the short-term emergency approval (Please Note: This LBS I endorsement would only be valid for the grade range of the educator's teaching license at the time of issuance)
• Statement of assurance that supervision will be provided by an individual who holds one the following:
1. general administrative, superintendent, or principal or general supervisory and LBS I (PK-21) endorsement
2. Director of Special Education endorsement
3. an LBS I (PK-21) supervisory endorsement
• Name, IEIN (Illinois Educator Identification Number), and credentials of supervisor required
• Statement of Assurance that the school district has exhausted all recruitment efforts and have been unable to secure the services of an individual who is appropriately licensed for the teaching position in question
• Verification of the educator's plan to enroll in the coursework specified leading to an endorsement as a LBS I and that the plan, can be completed within the three-year period allotted to this approval
1. Your school district and regional superintendent must sign the form and send us the form directly or to the regional office to be official.
• Documentation to be provided by the applicant:
• Official transcripts showing completion of coursework in survey of exceptional children and at least one of the other three areas of coursework required for the LBS I approval​
  
• ​General characteristics of children with disabilities within the LBSI scope
  
• General methods for teaching children with disabilities within the LBSI scope
  
• Psychological assessment of children with disabilities within the LBSI scope
  

Three-year validity period starts immediately and is valid for three full fiscal years.​

Before this approval expires, the educator should obtain the LBS I PK-21 endorsement or the LBS I endorsement within the grade range of the educator’s teaching license. If you already hold an LBS I endorsement or approval, you may apply for this approval to expand your grade range. 

Will not be issued after June 30, 2023.​

No​​​​​​​​

Requirements

• ONE of the following:
• Have completed 60 semester hours of college credit from one or more regionally accredited institutions of higher education
• Hold an associate degree issued by a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Have achieved a passing score on the ParaPro test (offered by Educational Testing Service [ETS]) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• Have achieved a passing score on the written examination administered by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent
• ONE of the following:
• Attained a rating of Level 3.5 or above on the Educational Interpreter Performance Assessment (EIPA)
• Maintained a valid certification from the RID
• Maintained a valid Illinois Board for Evaluation of Interpreters (IL BEI) Basic Certification or higher issued by the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission

Requirements

• Hold a license endorsed in PK-21 special education or LBSI grades 6-12 (secondary education LBSI)
• Complete coursework addressing career and technical programming for students with disabilities
• Complete ONE of the following:
• A course in guidance and counseling
• A course in career and technical education
• One year of cumulative work experience outside the field of education

Requirements

• Have two years of teaching experience
• Hold a license endorsed for LBSI PK-21 or secondary education
• Have completed at least 16 semester hours of college coursework, which shall at least include each of the areas identified in subsections (A) through (D) and may include one or more of the areas identified in subsections (E) through (H) of this section:
  1. Survey of the exceptional child.
  2. Diagnosis of, and characteristics of the student with, all the disabilities encompassed by the Learning Behavior Specialist I (LBSI) credential
  3. Adaptations or modifications of the general curriculum to meet the needs of students with disabilities encompassed by the LBSI credential
  4. Career and technical programming for students with disabilities
  5. Methods appropriate for teaching children with all disabilities encompassed by the LBSI credential
  6. Guidance and counseling
  7. Educational and psychological diagnosis
  8. Career and technical education