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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 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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sped 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 E...See MoreISBE 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

Jun 24, 2015

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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

Jun 29, 2015

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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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