ILLINOIS REGISTER 7646
09
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
3) For safety and driver education: The 16 semester hours in the field that
are specified in Section 1.730(q) of this Part shall continue to apply
through January 31, 2012. Each individual first assigned to teach safety
and driver education on or after February 1, 2012 shall be required to hold
a certificate valid for the secondary grades and an endorsement received
pursuant to 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.100(n).
4) For assignments in reading, the requirements of Section 1.745 of this Part
shall apply.
c) Additional Requirements for Career and Technical Education
1) Assignments at the "skill-level" (grades 11 and 12) in reimbursable career
and technical education generally require 2,000 hours of work experience
in the area to be taught or, for more than one area, a total of 2,000 hours
with no fewer than 250 hours in each area taught. A district may,
however, employ an individual who holds a secondary certificate with the
appropriate career and technical education endorsement but who has not
completed 2,000 hours of work experience in the occupational area to be
taught, provided that the individual acquires this experience in paid
employment outside the teaching profession within four years after the
date of first assignment. The employing entity shall maintain records to
substantiate this experience, which may include written statements from
former supervisors who can be reached for verification or, in cases where
supervisors are no longer available to verify the individual's employment,
affidavits by the applicant's instructors describing the work experience.
2) A teacher who is eligible under this Section to provide skill-level
instruction in a particular area shall also be eligible to serve as a
coordinator of either a specific cooperative education program or
interrelated cooperative education, provided that he or she has also
completed six semester hours of coursework in the organization and
administration of cooperative education.
3) A teacher serving as a coordinator of cooperative education for special
education students shall be required to meet the requirements for
assignment as a special education teacher rather than those for assignment
as a teacher of career and technical education, except that an individual
