Illinois Administrative Code
Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
Part 25 - EDUCATOR LICENSURE
Subpart B - LICENSES
Section 25.90 - Endorsement for Transitional Bilingual Educator
Universal Citation: 23 IL Admin Code ยง 25.90
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
Requirements for the educator license with stipulations endorsed for transitional bilingual educator, issued pursuant to Section 21B-20(2)(G) of the Code, shall be as follows:
a) Requirements of Prior Education or Certification or Licensure. The applicant shall:
1) have possessed, within five years prior to
the date of application, a valid teaching certificate, license, or comparable
legal authorization issued by a foreign country or by a state or possession or
territory of the United States; or
2) hold a bachelor's degree or higher from a
regionally accredited institution of higher education in the United States or
a degree from an institution of higher learning in a foreign country
that SEPLB determines to be the equivalent of a bachelor's degree from a
regionally accredited institution of higher learning in the United
States (Section 21B-20(2)(G) of the Code). The applicant must submit
an official transcript from the U.S. institution or a certified transcript from
the foreign institution. The State Superintendent will determine equivalency by
comparing the applicant's course of study to that required for a bachelor's
degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning in the
United States on factors including:
A) the
applicant's length of study at the foreign institution (which shall be
equivalent to four years of postsecondary study);
B) the number of credit hours or similar
units of instruction that the applicant has successfully completed (which shall
be the equivalent of 120 semester hours);
C) the content of the applicant's courses and
the distribution of courses among the various disciplines constituting a
bachelor's degree program in the United States, which shall include the
equivalent of a 32-semester-hour major field of study;
D) the applicant's grades or similar evidence
of successful academic performance; and
E) the foreign institution's accreditation
status, if any.
b) Language Requirements
1) The applicant must demonstrate adequate
speaking, reading, and writing, including grammar, skills in a non-English
language in which transitional bilingual education is offered in Illinois. This
requirement may be fulfilled in one of the following ways:
A) The applicant presents evidence of having
graduated from a teacher preparation institution or an institution of higher
education in which the medium of instruction was in a non-English language in
which transitional bilingual education is offered in Illinois and for which
licensure is sought.
B) The
applicant successfully completes the required test (see Section
25.710) in the
non-English language in which transitional bilingual education is offered in
Illinois and for which licensure is sought. If no test for transitional
bilingual education in the target language is listed in Section 25.710, the
required test shall be another test approved by the State Superintendent. The
selection, development, and administration of each test not listed in Section
25.710 shall conform
to the requirements of Section
25.715 to the
extent feasible in light of the rate of incidence of the target language in
Illinois.
C) The applicant holds an
Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy or has obtained working fluency or higher on
the Global Seal of Biliteracy in the language that coincides with the
endorsement sought on the license.
2) The applicant must demonstrate adequate
speaking, reading, and writing, including grammar skills, in English. This
requirement may be fulfilled in one of the following ways:
A) The applicant presents evidence of having
graduated from an institution of higher education in which the medium of
instruction was English.
B) The
applicant successfully completes the English Language Proficiency Test (see
Section 25.710).
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