Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification in the State

• Alternative Route to Teacher Certification (E)
• Alternative Teacher Certification (D)

State Contact for Alternative Routes

Where can I get certified to teach through an alternate route in the state?

• - Resident Teacher Program
• Aurora - Master of Arts with Teaching Certificatiion
• Chicago - Academy for Urban School Leadership
• Chicago - Alternative Route to Certification Program
• Chicago - Teachers for ChicagoLand
• DeKalb - Master's Plus Certification Internship Program
• Normal - Alternative Route to Secondary Teacher Certification
• River Forest - Transitions to Teaching
• University Park - Governors State University Alternative Certification Partnership
• Urbana County - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: College of Education
• Charleston - Eastern Illinois University Alternative Teacher Certification Program
• Naperville - Benedictine University Alternative Certification Program

Statistics

• Status of States Concerning Alternatives to Approved College Teacher Preparation Programs for Certifying Teachers
• Numbers of Teaching Certificates Issued to Persons Who Completed an Alternative Route, by State
• Race/Ethnicity and Gender of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Age of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Primary Activity Prior To Entering Alternative Teacher Certification Routes
• Types of Communities Alternative Teacher Certification Participants Teach In
• Employment and Cost of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs
• Numbers of Newly Hired Teachers, by State
• Numbers of Total Teachers Employed by State
• Numbers of Persons Who Completed an Approved College Teacher Preparation Program, by State
• Numbers of Emergency Teaching Licenses Issued, by State
• Numbers of Temporary/Other Teaching Licenses Issued, by State

Information

• Contact information for persons interested in finding a teaching position in the state
• Institutions of higher education that have developed alternative teacher preparation programs leading to a teaching license
• States with which the state has reciprocity of teacher licenses
• Institutions of higher education that have any teacher preparation programs leading to a license to teach