Requirements
The Special K-12 licensure program is not a second major. Candidates wishing to teach these subject areas will complete a content area major and a licensure program.
Full Admission into the Special K-12 licensure sequence is based on:
- Formal application to the School of Education when enrolled in EDUC 2120
- An overall GPA of 2.5
- Completion of Professional Blocks 1 and 2
- Declaration of an appropriate content area major
- Positive recommendations from School of Education Faculty
- Approval by the Teacher Education Screening Committee
- Completion of TB clearance
- Successful results of criminal background check
The Content Area Test must be passed prior to student teaching. The edTPA test must be passed prior to receiving a teaching license.
All professional education and content-area coursework that forms part of an application for licensure, endorsement, or approval that is received by ISBE on or after February 1, 2012, must have been passed with a grade no lower than C or equivalent in order to be counted toward fulfillment of the applicable requirements.
Course requirements
The curriculum is sequenced in six professional blocks:
Professional Block 1: EDUC 2120, EDUC 2140
Professional Block 2: EDUC 2130, EDUC 2145
Professional Block 3: EDUC 3011, EDUC 3015, EDUC 3430, EDUC 3510
Professional Block 4: EDUC 3130, EDUC 3170, EDUC 3310 (Foreign Language), EDUC 3510
Professional Block 5: EDUC 3290 (Foreign Language), EDUC 3390 (Art), EDUC 3407 (Art, Foreign Language, Physical Education), EDUC 3520
Professional Block 6: EDUC 4130, EDUC 4600