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how do CE credits work

by Teachsped2013

Jan 27, 2016

I work in a private theraputic day school and i have no idea how CE credits work or how to work the isbe site for my teacher credentials. please help

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Research skills at the HS level in Illinois

by kjgrossmann

Jan 21, 2016

Hi. I'm a former teacher and current researcher at Northeastern Illinois University. My team is exploring how teachers and librarians address research in the classroom and how resources impact these practices. We're looking for high school teachers to take an anonymous survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ILSocial (Participants are optionally ...See More

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Helping Young People Succeed: Resources for Parents and Educ

by Corey

Nov 24, 2015

Throughout the country, many states have changed their academic standards, and with the new standards come new tests. To help parents navigate these changes, Be a Learning Hero, an America’s Promise Alliance partner, has provided resources to help families understand what the new tests and score reports mean for your child and how you can you can...See More

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Teacher Burnout Treatment

by Brian

Nov 21, 2015

Does anyone know how to find a mental health professional who specializes in the treatment of teacher burnout? I live in the Western suburbs of Chicago.

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mark I imagine there are many therapists who work with people who are suffering form general professional stress and burnout.

In my opinion, there is no one able make your life better if you continue teaching. You should look at moving on. You will be surprised how much better you will feel as you work towards getting out of the horror that is ...See More

Nov 23, 2015

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Selling Teaching Materials!

by Jenn

Oct 30, 2015

After being laid off by CPS on October 5th, I have made the decision to move out of a regular classroom teaching position and into informal education and would love leads if you have any! I digress... Since I am leaving the classroom, I am selling my teaching materials. Borders, posters, (all laminated) science equipment, curriculum, teacher books,...See More

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Classroom Grants

by Meemic Foundation

Sep 21, 2015

Grant Opportunities for the Educational Community Grants are available for a variety of programs, including:

Arts Behavior Modification Cross-Curricular Health/Physical Education History Literature Math Science Social Studies Special Needs STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Technology Funding is also available for a variety of p...See More

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CPS/Public Law 195 Test

by Down-State IL

Sep 20, 2015

Is the PL 195 Constitution test administered in two sections (IL and US) over the course of semester 1 and 2, or is it given during the first semester as one test?

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Dream Flag project for classrms, Langston Hughes poetry

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Sep 14, 2015

The Dream Flag project goals are high academic standards, promoting citizenship and good character and respect for others.

With more than 70,000 dream flag K-12 student participants in 38 US states and 18 countries including Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Honduras, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwa...See More

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Type 29 License ELS-TBE Transitional Bilingual Educator- Spa

by Jorge

Jun 18, 2015

I just got in March 2015 my ELS-TBE Transitional Bilingual Educator endorsement-Spanish. I have tried to figure out what I can teach with this license, but there are still some people really do not know. I have emailed to ISBE many times to find out and no responses back. I have also talked to two school administartors who are in charge in bilingua...See More

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Dorris On 6/24/15, sped wrote: > ISBE doesn't exist to provide advice. Bluntly, the people > you're contacting are bureaucrats who process teacher > certification applications. They don't know anything about > getting a job as a teacher or anything about teaching. > > That said, I understand you're new to this. Being a Type 29, > you ...See MoreOn 6/24/15, sped wrote: > ISBE doesn't exist to provide advice. Bluntly, the people > you're contacting are bureaucrats who process teacher > certification applications. They don't know anything about > getting a job as a teacher or anything about teaching. > > That said, I understand you're new to this. Being a Type 29, > you didn't have the benefit of going to a College of Education > and having an advisor to guide you through this. Basically: > you now go out and try to get a job teaching a bilingual > teaching job by applying. You don't mention where you are, > but I went to indeed dot com (you can't post links on this > site) and typed "Bilingual Teacher" for job title and simply > "Illinois" for location and a whole lot of jobs came up. > > Now, of course, you know where you live and can narrow down > the search. Indeed is an OK website, but not designed for > teachers. I recommend looking into the ROE (Regional Office > of Education) of the county you wish to teach in and they > likely will have a teacher vacancies website that local > districts use. This is not exhaustive, since school districts > may or may not use the ROE's website. In some counties, every > district uses the ROE's site, and in other counties, it is > pretty much useless. > > You should look up the individual websites for the school > districts in your area. If you don't know all of them, I have > found the National Center for Education Statistics to have a > great map viewer which shows all districts in every state. > This can be useful for teachers who are moving into a new > area. I can't post a link on this site, so just go to google > and type "national center for education statistics map viewer" > and it's the first site that pops up. You can then select > Illinois. If you don't know: Illinois has Elementary, > Secondary, and Unit (K-12) school districts. You will need to > view maps for all of them to see all districts in your area. > > You can then get the names of the school districts in your > commuting area, and you can then find their websites. Then, > you can find their jobs page, and see if they have bilingual > jobs available. If so, you should apply for them. Be > advised: teacher job applications are very lengthy and > sometimes includes short essay questions and some > personality-based tests. It can and will take awhile to apply > for each job, so you should dedicate quite a bit of time to > the process. > > Now, bilingual is one of the largest "shortage" fields out > there in suburban Chicago and the city itself. If you're > downstate..., then there may not be many jobs. I don't know > much about downstate. Likely the school district you > contacted was in one of two situations. Either they didn't > have a very large Spanish speaking population, or they were a > good district that paid well and they don't need Type 29s. > See: the Type 29 is a "transitional" certificate. Because > there is such a need for Spanish speaking teachers, ISBE > created a certificate to get Spanish speaking bodies in the > classroom, even though they didn't have a traditional teacher > education program. Think of them as "emergency" certificates > used to fill holes. You get 5 years, or so, to go back to > school while you're teaching and get a full ESL/Bilingual > certificate. > > Obviously school districts would prefer to use fully certified > ESL/Bilingual teachers over Type 29s who have never taught > before nor have they had any teacher education. That said, > the Type 29 exists because there aren't enough bilingual > Spanish speaking, fully-trained teachers. > > So, you're probably looking at teaching at a district that > isn't the best in the county. If you're close to the City of > Chicago, I could almost guarantee you'll get a job with CPS, > but teaching in CPS has it's challenges, particularly for an > untrained teacher, which is a whole other conversation... > > Exactly what you will be able to teach will probably depend > upon your other education. You need a bachelor's degree to > get the Type 29. If you have a science background, then > you'll be Highly Qualified in science. History? Then HQ > history, and so on. Math is a big need. > > That being said, even if you're not considered "highly > qualified," a desperate district still might higher you > because they need a body and can get away with not having > someone highly qualified in a bilingual classroom if the > choice is you or no one at all. > > My guess is you'll get a job if you start applying now and are > flexible. Good luck! > > > > On 6/18/15, Jorge wrote: >> I just got in March 2015 my ELS-TBE Transitional >> Bilingual Educator endorsement-Spanish. I have tried to >> figure out what I can teach with this license, but there >> are still some people really do not know. I have emailed >> to ISBE many times to find out and no responses back. I >> have also talked to two school administartors who are in >> charge in bilingual program Spanish and they have >> literally responded me that I cannot teach anything with >> this license. I have no idea why ISBE extends license or >> endorsement which do not work, but in reality I would >> like to know deeper about it and hear from someone who >> might respond my inquiry. >> Thank you

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Rebecca Hello,

I got a Transitional Bilingual type 29 certificate 3 years ago. And I went to every school webpage close to my area (The suburbs) to find a job. I had no experience,but I had taken the TAP test and passed it, so I was hired right away and the school that hired me is helping me to pay my masters in Bilingual Education.I will be done ...See MoreHello,

I got a Transitional Bilingual type 29 certificate 3 years ago. And I went to every school webpage close to my area (The suburbs) to find a job. I had no experience,but I had taken the TAP test and passed it, so I was hired right away and the school that hired me is helping me to pay my masters in Bilingual Education.I will be done next year.I was also offer two more jobs in Skooky, but I decided for the one close to my home. I teach 1st grade bilingual grade. I teach in my native language, SPanish, and I love it!!!! SOmetimes they also use me to push in for ELL in upper grades, believe me there is a lot of need in this area.

In other words, there is hope. like somebody else advised you, look in key places where the need is big, where schools are not only happy to have yo,u but they are so grateful that they invest in you.

Some people tell me I was lucky, but honestly, I think I was blessed!

On 6/29/15, Dorris wrote: > On 6/24/15, sped wrote: >> ISBE doesn't exist to provide advice. Bluntly, the people >> you're contacting are bureaucrats who process teacher >> certification applications. They don't know anything about >> getting a job as a teacher or anything about teaching. >> >> That said, I understand you're new to this. Being a Type 29, >> you didn't have the benefit of going to a College of > Education >> and having an advisor to guide you through this. Basically: >> you now go out and try to get a job teaching a bilingual >> teaching job by applying. You don't mention where you are, >> but I went to indeed dot com (you can't post links on this >> site) and typed "Bilingual Teacher" for job title and simply >> "Illinois" for location and a whole lot of jobs came up. >> >> Now, of course, you know where you live and can narrow > down >> the search. Indeed is an OK website, but not designed for >> teachers. I recommend looking into the ROE (Regional > Office >> of Education) of the county you wish to teach in and they >> likely will have a teacher vacancies website that local >> districts use. This is not exhaustive, since school districts >> may or may not use the ROE's website. In some counties, > every >> district uses the ROE's site, and in other counties, it is >> pretty much useless. >> >> You should look up the individual websites for the school >> districts in your area. If you don't know all of them, I have >> found the National Center for Education Statistics to have a >> great map viewer which shows all districts in every state. >> This can be useful for teachers who are moving into a new >> area. I can't post a link on this site, so just go to google >> and type "national center for education statistics map > viewer" >> and it's the first site that pops up. You can then select >> Illinois. If you don't know: Illinois has Elementary, >> Secondary, and Unit (K-12) school districts. You will need to >> view maps for all of them to see all districts in your area. >> >> You can then get the names of the school districts in your >> commuting area, and you can then find their websites. > Then, >> you can find their jobs page, and see if they have bilingual >> jobs available. If so, you should apply for them. Be >> advised: teacher job applications are very lengthy and >> sometimes includes short essay questions and some >> personality-based tests. It can and will take awhile to apply >> for each job, so you should dedicate quite a bit of time to >> the process. >> >> Now, bilingual is one of the largest "shortage" fields out >> there in suburban Chicago and the city itself. If you're >> downstate..., then there may not be many jobs. I don't know >> much about downstate. Likely the school district you >> contacted was in one of two situations. Either they didn't >> have a very large Spanish speaking population, or they > were a >> good district that paid well and they don't need Type 29s. >> See: the Type 29 is a "transitional" certificate. Because >> there is such a need for Spanish speaking teachers, ISBE >> created a certificate to get Spanish speaking bodies in the >> classroom, even though they didn't have a traditional > teacher >> education program. Think of them as "emergency" > certificates >> used to fill holes. You get 5 years, or so, to go back to >> school while you're teaching and get a full ESL/Bilingual >> certificate. >> >> Obviously school districts would prefer to use fully certified >> ESL/Bilingual teachers over Type 29s who have never > taught >> before nor have they had any teacher education. That said, >> the Type 29 exists because there aren't enough bilingual >> Spanish speaking, fully-trained teachers. >> >> So, you're probably looking at teaching at a district that >> isn't the best in the county. If you're close to the City of >> Chicago, I could almost guarantee you'll get a job with > CPS, >> but teaching in CPS has it's challenges, particularly for an >> untrained teacher, which is a whole other conversation... >> >> Exactly what you will be able to teach will probably depend >> upon your other education. You need a bachelor's degree > to >> get the Type 29. If you have a science background, then >> you'll be Highly Qualified in science. History? Then HQ >> history, and so on. Math is a big need. >> >> That being said, even if you're not considered "highly >> qualified," a desperate district still might higher you >> because they need a body and can get away with not > having >> someone highly qualified in a bilingual classroom if the >> choice is you or no one at all. >> >> My guess is you'll get a job if you start applying now and > are >> flexible. Good luck! >> >> >> >> On 6/18/15, Jorge wrote: >>> I just got in March 2015 my ELS-TBE Transitional >>> Bilingual Educator endorsement-Spanish. I have tried to >>> figure out what I can teach with this license, but there >>> are still some people really do not know. I have emailed >>> to ISBE many times to find out and no responses back. I >>> have also talked to two school administartors who are in >>> charge in bilingual program Spanish and they have >>> literally responded me that I cannot teach anything with >>> this license. I have no idea why ISBE extends license or >>> endorsement which do not work, but in reality I would >>> like to know deeper about it and hear from someone who >>> might respond my inquiry. >>> Thank you

Aug 26, 2015

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