Educator Licensure Steering Committee of the Illinois P-20 ...

[Pages:28]Educator Licensure Steering Committee of the Illinois P-20 Council

June 2012

Erika Hunt and Audrey Soglin Committee Co-Chairs

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? The P-12 Educator Licensure Steering Committee will facilitate a comprehensive discussion about educator certification and licensure within the context of other initiatives surrounding teacher preparation.

? The Commission will provide feedback to the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) on the new licensure rollout and its implications across the educational system from birth to postsecondary education.

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 The Steering Committee will be co-chaired by: Erika Hunt of Center for the Study of Education Policy Audrey Soglin of the Illinois Education Association

The Committee will meet bi-monthly and bring a high-level, systematic focus to issues surrounding educator certification and licensure.

Short-term work groups will delve deeper into specific issues as needed and report back to the larger committee.

The Committee is not designed to replace the committees that ISBE created to investigate certain issues, such as program standards for early childhood, elementary or middle school endorsement. Rather, it will build upon the existing and ongoing work.

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The Steering Committee will explore the comprehensive range of issues related to the new educator licensure and certification structure. These include:

General Topic License and endorsements

Teacher Prep Program Design Program Standards

Educator Assessments

Specific Issues New single license Existing endorsements Proposed endorsements (grade spans,

subjects, student populations) Focused endorsements Candidate selection Student teaching and clinical work District/university partnerships Early childhood standards Elementary program standards Middle grades program standards Math and English/Language Arts Review assessment structure Consider alignment of assessments to

endorsements and content standards

Important related issues

Diversity among teacher candidates Alternative certification and focused

programs Community college and program alignment

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August 2011: Illinois SB 1799 reconfigures educator certification and licensure structure.

June 2012: The Illinois P20 Council convenes an Educator Certification Steering Committee that will make recommendations to ISBE.

Fall 2013: Initial elementary and middle grades teacher preparation programs redesigned.

Winter 2012:

Rules and content standards

2011:

for elementary and

ISBE Convenes the Early

middle grades due for

Childhood Advisory Group and the

adoption.

Elementary and Middle Grades

Advisory Group to develop content standards

for math and English language arts (Note: ECAG

rolled out later than EMAG).

Spring 2015: First teacher candidates graduate from redesigned programs.

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Kellee Sullivan Illinois State Board of Education

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