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Last Updated: 03/17/06
Contact Carl J. Wenning, Physics Teacher Education
Program Director,
at wenning@phy.ilstu.edu
for details about participating in any of these opportunities.
Please note that the Illinois State Board of Education maintains an official Web site with information about teacher certification and endorsements. Answers to many of your questions my be found by accessing the Table of Contents.
The Illinois teacher certification system has three tiers: (a) Initial License, (b) Standard License, and (c) Master Teacher Certificate. See the Minimum Requirements Booklet for complete details.
To obtain the Initial License, candidates are required to graduate from an accredited teacher education program at one of the State's universities.Here you will find information about graduation from Illinois State University's nationally accredited Physics Teacher Education Program.
Teachers who hold the Initial License must progress to the Standard License after three years.
To obtain the Master Teacher Certificate, students must earn National Board (NBPTS) certification. This can be done under the mentorship of ISU Physics Department PTE program director Carl Wenning. Illinois State University is home of one of only five National Board Resource Centers.
Click
here to see the current list of states that have reciprocity
with Illinois teaching certificates under the Central States Teacher
Exchange Agreement and NASDTEC Interstate Agreement.
ISBE Teaching Certificate Renewal Process
ISBE Certificate Renewal Manual
IEA Website containing additional information about renewal process
Summer 2006:
Physics 429.03 (Modeling Mechanics) and Physics 429.04 (Modeling CASTLE) available as two six-hour residential workshops. Chicago ITQ Science Project workshops will be taught at Dominican University, River Forest, IL.
Physics 411 (Teaching High School Science) will be taught for those enrolled in the alternative certification program.
The Master
of Science degree in Curriculum & Instruction (M.S. in
C&I) is suitable for in-service teachers desiring to concentrated
in Physics Education. A teaching certificate and two years of classroom experience
are required for admission. A draft
plan of study is available.
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