Prospective Students
UIC offers certification programs in the following areas: Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education, Elementary, Secondary, Reading (Literacy, Language, and Culture), Special Ed, Urban Ed Leadership, School Social Work, and School Nursing.
NOTICE: Effective January 1, 2010 a candidate can only repeat an Illinois state exam 5 times.
- I am interested in becoming a teacher.
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- Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education & Early Childhood Alternative Certification
- Type 04 certificate (Birth to Grade 3)
Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education - MEd
Early Childhood/Early Childhood Special Education Handbook
Type 44 certificate (Birth to Grade 3)
Early Childhood - Alternative Certification Program
Early Childhood Alt. Cert. Handbook
- Elementary
- Type 03 certificate (Kindergarten to Grade 9)
Elementary Education - BA
Elementary Education - MEd
Undergraduate Elementary Education Handbook 08-09
Graduate Elementary Education Handbook 08-09
- Secondary and Foreign Language
- Secondary - Type 09 certificate (Grades 6-12), Foreign Language - Type 10 Special certificate (Kindergarten to Grade 12)
Undergraduate Programs
Art Education - BFA
Teaching of Chemistry - BS
Teaching of English - BA
Teaching of French - BA
Teaching of German - BA
Teaching of History - BA
Teaching of Mathematics - BS
Teaching of Physics - BS
Teaching of Spanish - BA
Graduate Programs
Instructional Leadership - Secondary Education - MEd (disciplines include Chemistry, English, French German, History, Physics, and Spanish)
(The links below will take you to the discipline websites where available.)
Chemistry
English
French
German
History
Physics
Spanish
English - MA with certification
Teaching of History - MAT
Teaching of Mathematics - MST
Secondary Education and Foreign Language Handbook 08-09
- Special Education
- Type 10 certificate (Pre-K to age 21)
Special Education - MEd (LBSI)
Special Education - MEd (LBSII)
Special Education Handbook
- I am interested in an additional certificate.
- Literacy, Language, and Culture - Type 10 certificate (Kindergarten to Grade 12)
Reading Specialist - MEd (Type 10 Certification)
Reading Teacher - MEd (Reading Endorsement)
Special Education Type 10 certificate (Pre-K to age 21)
Special Education - MEd (LBSII)
Special Education Handbook
- I am interested in becoming a principal or superintendent.
- Type 75 certificate
Urban Education Leadership - EdD
Urban Education Leadership Handbook
- I am interested in School Service Personnel (School Nursing, School Social Work) certification.
- Type 73 certificate
School Nurse
School Social Work
- I am interested in obtaining an additional endorsement or approval.
- Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) approval
Middle School Endorsement
Early Childhood Special Education Approval
There is a wide variety of endorsements available through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). Information on endorsements is also available through the CTE office.
- Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS)
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For information, including registration and study guides, on the Basic Skills test, the Content Area tests, and the Assessment of Teaching Performance (APT) test, please contact ICTS.
- Financial Aid Information
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College of Education - funding your education
UIC Office of Financial Aid
- I'd like to know more about the certification process and the UIC Council on Teacher Education.
- The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is a comprehensive public university located in the heart of Chicago, one of the nation's largest urban areas. UIC takes special advantage of the extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity of the Chicago metropolitan area. The student body is rich in its diversity and cultural heritage, with minority students comprising over 50 percent of the total enrollment.
UIC offers certification programs in elementary education, special education, early childhood education, reading specialist, urban educational leadership, secondary education (with programs in art, chemistry, English, French, German, history, mathematics, physics, and Spanish), school nursing, and school social work. These programs depend upon several entities working together admissions, programs, advisors, colleges, ISBE, community schools and programs, students and candidates, and so on. The various activities involved in preparing teachers are coordinated through the office of the Council on Teacher Education (CTE).
The Illinois' Board of Trustees established the CTE in 1943-44 to formulate policies and programs of student selection, retention, guidance, preparation, and placement in elementary and secondary schools. The CTE consists of deans from the five colleges that sponsor professional education programs that lead to teacher, administrator, and school service personnel certificates: Architecture and the Arts; Education; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Nursing; and Social work. The chair of the CTE is the Dean of the College of Education. The CTE's activities are coordinated through an Executive Director, who is responsible to the CTE Deans. The Executive Director supervises staff who assist in the coordination and implementation of CTE procedures and policies and who insure that candidates are qualified for certification by the Illinois State Board of Education.
The CTE coordinates professional education curricula, policies, and procedures. It serves as a liaison between UIC and the Illinois State Board of Education and between UIC and P-12 school personnel. In its role as liaison with the state, it is regarded as the unit for accreditation.
The Council on Teacher Education consists of deans from the six colleges that sponsor professional education programs that lead to teacher, administrator, and school service personnel certificates. Those departments are :
Architecture and the Arts
Education
Health and Human Development
Liberal Arts and Sciences
Nursing
Social Work
The Council is responsible for the coordination of professional education curricula and serves as a liaison between the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Illinois State Board of Education. In addition, the Council serves as a liaison between the University and school service personnel.
For more details on the certification process, please contact the Council on Teacher Ed at (312) 355-0714.
- UIC Conceptual Framework
- The conceptual framework integrates the unit's philosophy, purposes, and goals with our knowledge base. In this section, we outline our philosophy, purposes, and goals, then discuss the unit standards, including a set of dispositions, that allow us to ensure that candidates can carry them out. We also discuss how a commitment to technology and a commitment to diversity are embedded within our philosophy, purposes, and goals.
Philosophy and Purpose. This conceptual framework is grounded in the philosophy that democratic societies are best served by an educated citizenry who are fulfilling their human potential, who are dedicated to informed, honest, and earnest criticism, open-mindedness, and inclusiveness, and who are able to use their knowledge effectively. Our purpose, then, is to develop educators who embrace that philosophy and strive to develop students who also embody that ideal.
Goals. We have three broad goals. Our goals are to prepare teachers who
(1) Are committed to developing the full human potential of all students,
(2) Are knowledgeable and can critically examine the knowledge they possess, and
(3) Are effective in implementing that knowledge through practice.
In order to prepare teachers with these characteristics, our faculty must effectively model these qualities; thus, these goals are as pertinent to our collective development as faculty who prepare teachers as they are to the candidates we serve. As a faculty, we value these goals, and these values can be seen across colleges and programs. We strive to maintain a diverse faculty and student body. We assume leadership in not just critically examining our knowledge base but in creating new knowledge. We remain at the forefront of educational practice, embracing new technologies and other educational innovations.
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Executive Summary - Announcements and Events for Prospective Students
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- Title II Reports
- Title II Reports contain the pass rates for the Basic Skills test, Content Area tests, and Assessment of Professional Teaching (APT) that have been reported to UIC. Reports do not show pass rates for those tests having less than 10 takers.
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