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Announcements

 (Updated 1/16/13)
  • Congratulations to the Class of 2012!! (January 8, 2012)
    The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) has announced 436 new NBCTs in Illinois. Click here to see a list of Illinois’ new NBCTs.
  • For additional National Board statistics and information about Illinois please visit the NBPTS website.
  • Letter from the State Superintendent to the Class of 2012 NBCTs! (January 11,2013)
  • Congratulations to the 83 newly renewed NBCTs from Illinois!!!!! (November 14, 2012)
    The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards has announced that more than 2,792 teachers have successfully met the standards to renew their certification for National Board Certification in 2012.

 

FY2013 NBPTS Candidate Fee Subsidy

The FY2013 Window for the Illinois NBPTS Candidate Fee Subsidy will be opened from February 15, 2013 – June 15, 2013, please continue to monitor the following websites for updates.


 

Illinois National Board Support

Illinois is pleased to announce that the Illinois State Board of Education has renewed the contractual agreement for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Program for 2012-2013. The contractor is the National Board Resource Center at Illinois State University (NBRC) directed by Debra Kasperski, NBCT. The work is aligned to deliver services to support candidates in targeted schools. Educators seeking information on Illinois NBPTS candidacy support or NBCT Mentoring/Professional Development support should visit the following websites for updates:

 

Illinois National Board Certification Renewal Information

  • Public Act 097-0607 went into effect on July 1, 2011. To review changes as they pertain to the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program please visit the following link: Public Act 0607 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
  • For National Board Certified Teachers who currently hold both an Illinois master certificate and a current corresponding certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards:

    Beginning July 1, 2012, an NBPTS designation will be added to your current Illinois master certificate. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation must be issued only for the same validity period as the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, and the designation must be removed from the Professional Educator License when the educator no longer holds the certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

    If you choose not to renew your master certificate with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Illinois NBPTS designation will be removed from your credentials.  If you hold an Illinois endorsement at this time it will be converted to the new Educator License June 2013. Any individual who, prior to June 30, 2012, has been issued an endorsement for a particular area on a Master Certificate may work as a teacher in that area even without having been issued the required Illinois endorsement.
  • For the Class of 2012 National Board Certified Teachers who will be applying for an Illinois master certificate:

    Beginning July 1, 2012, new NBCTs will need to apply for an Illinois master certificate. Once the Illinois master certificate is issued, an NPBTS designation titled “Master Teacher” followed by the area of certification achieved via NBPTS, will be added to the Illinois master certificate. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation must be issued only for the same validity period as the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification, and the designation must be removed from the Professional educator License when the educator no longer holds the certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

    If you choose not to renew your master certificate with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Illinois NBPTS designation will be removed from your credentials Any individual who, on or after July 1, 2012 has been issued a Master Certificate or a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation on a Professional Educator License may work as a teacher only in an area for which he or she holds the required Illinois endorsement. New NBPTS designation holders are not able to teach in the designation area unless they also hold the required Illinois endorsement.

 

Forms

IMPORTANT!!! Instead of submitting the Master Certificate Application (73-03E) to your Regional Office of Education, ALL applications should be sent to the Illinois State Board of Education for processing – 100 North First Street, S-306, Springfield, Illinois 62777-0001.
  • Application for Master Certificates (73-03E) pdf file
  • Certificate Registration Form (73-10) – Effective immediately!   As of 8/26/2011, Section 21B-45 of The Illinois School Code states that all certificates not renewed or registered shall lapse after a period of six months from the expiration of the last year of registration.  Contact your Regional Office of Education if you have questions. All certificates must be registered after the initial issuance.

 

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