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2024-2025 Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Academic Catalog

Special Education Basic Endorsement


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Requirements for a Basic Endorsement in Special Education:


Candidates pursuing another licensure other than special education can secure an endorsement in special education with the following courses:

Additional Information:


This allows persons to be hired provisionally as a special educator in grades covered by their initial teaching licensure in another area (e.g., elementary 1-6, middle grades 5-8, or secondary 6-12, depending upon their initial licensure in a non-special education area); however, if a person is to remain as a special educator long-term, he/she will need to pursue full licensure in special education in accordance with a plan agreed upon between their hiring district and the state of Illinois.

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