STEPS FOR GETTING TEACHING CERTIFICATE

1. All students should have applied for graduation and requested a final transcript to be sent to themselves. 
2. After grades and the red doc forms are processed and in the mainframe, the registrar's office does a final evaluation to determine if they have completed all course and teacher ed requirements. 
3. Then the registrar's office notifies the Illinois State Board of Education the names of the students who have completed our approved teacher education program. 
4. At that time they will send a letter to all of the graduates telling them how they will go to the ISBE website "OTIS" and apply on-line.  They will need a credit card to pay the fee.  The letter will direct the students to mail the transcript to the Illinois Board of Ed
5. If the student has passed the APT and has no other issues that could preclude certification (drug convictions, class X felonies, etc), the state will issue the certificate number at the end of the on-line application.  The student can print out a statement to that effect before they leave the website. 
6. The state should then mail the actual certificate to the students within 2-4 weeks
7. Once students get their certificates, they will need to register them with the ROE where they have a teaching position or will be substituting