| If you want a teaching job in Illinois you will have to | | | | have to complete a program in another state that is |
| have a teaching certificate to do so. The candidate | | | | approved by the State o Illinois. Those candidates that |
| that wants teaching job in the State of Illinois will have | | | | are applying for a School Service Personnel or |
| to be a graduate of an approved teaching program | | | | Administrative certificate have to provide: |
| that is approved by the State Teacher Certification | | | | |
| Board. The approved program can be from another | | | | - A certificate that is valid and comparable to the one |
| state or from the State of Illinois. The courses in that | | | | issued by the State of Illinois; or |
| program have to be defined so that the candidate for | | | | - A state approved verification from where the |
| certification can be properly placed within the grade | | | | candidate graduated that will show that the candidate |
| level that they want to teach or that they have an | | | | completed a current school service personnel program |
| interest in. The candidate will be recommended by the | | | | or administrative program that is approved in order to |
| institution for certification when all of the requirements | | | | obtain and endorsement comparable to the one the |
| are met. | | | | candidate is trying to obtain from the State of Illinois. |
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| In the State of Illinois there are two methods with | | | | |
| which the candidate can gain certification. This second | | | | If the candidate is looking for a teaching job in the City |
| method is transcript evaluation. Let us assume that the | | | | of Chicago, information regarding available jobs can be |
| candidate wants to leach early childhood, elementary, | | | | found online, through public school directories, and |
| high school or special training and is looking for | | | | through job fairs. A candidate may want to attend the |
| certification in one of those areas. Those certificates | | | | job fair scheduled for July 31st at McCormick Place |
| are open to those candidates in the following | | | | (West). If so, registration for the job fair is being taken |
| categories: | | | | at CPS Job Fairs. |
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| - A candidate that has an Illinois teaching certificate | | | | Whether you are looking for a teaching job in Chicago |
| and has experience teaching in a public or private | | | | or one of the suburbs, the best way to find that |
| school in the State of Illinois; | | | | teaching job is through a job fair, where you can rub |
| - A candidate that has a valid out-of-state certificate | | | | elbows with administrators, principals, and human |
| that is the same or very similar to the certificate that | | | | relations personnel. Here you have the opportunity to |
| the candidate is applying for in Illinois; or | | | | see what teaching jobs are available and to make |
| - A candidate that has completed a teacher education | | | | your application. |
| program from out-of-state and one that is approved | | | | |
| by the State of Illinois. | | | | No matter where you want to teach in the State of |
| | | | | Illinois there are teaching opportunities to be had, all you |
| Candidates that are seeking endorsement on the | | | | have to do is find them and act quickly as they are |
| School Service Personnel or Administrative certificates | | | | very competitive. |