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Teacher Certification
Before you can apply for your teaching licensure, Evaluation Services will:
- Conduct a final audit of your academic record
- Post your degree
- Notify the ISBE that you have completed your entitlement program
- Send you an email (PDF 16KB) explaining how to apply for your Professional Educator License via ECS through the ISBE website
The final audit does not occur until:
- your student teaching is finished
- all other graduation requirements [including applying for graduation] are completed, and final grades have been turned in
Even if you are not planning to teach in Illinois or in the immediate future, you need to complete the application process within one [1] year of your graduation. Delaying the application process can result in additional requirements, tests, &/or forms in order to be certified.
If you cannot use a credit card for the application fee or have special circumstances [i.e. foreign birthplace, resident alien status, over one [1] since you graduated from Illinois State, etc.], you will need to:
- complete the paper form available from the ISBE website or your local Regional Office of Education (ROE)
- bring the completed form to Illinois State University Evaluations for authorization [school seal & signatures]
- return the completed form, a complete set of all your college transcripts and both state & county fees back to the ROE
