Pre-Approved Coursework for the Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) Any of the below courses may be taken to fulfill areas of coursework needed for the professional educator license. Many of these courses are offered online. This is not an inclusive list of all acceptable coursework that may be taken; if you wish to take a course that is not listed below, please submit an official course description to the Illinois State Board of Education for approval. Please note that some of the below courses may no longer be offered by the institution, but they will still be honored if taken previously. To obtain a professional educator license, educators must complete coursework in cross-categorical special education methods, ESL/bilingual methods, reading in the content area, and reading methods. Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Capella University Colorado State University (Siedow Teacher Education) Pueblo, CO Concordia University Mequon, WI Drake University Des Moines, IA ED5702 Instruction for Special Education Students 516 Strategies for Classroom Inclusion EDG 741/941 SPED 150 * Course must be taken for credit through CSU Curricular Adaptations for Learners with Disabilities Instructional Accommodations of Exceptional Learners Grand Canyon University SPED 123/233 SPE 527/ SPE 524TE SPE 226 Methods and Strategies for Exceptional Learners Inclusion and Collaborative Practices Educating the Exceptional Learner or ---------------------------- One course from each category: SPE 553 or Characteristics of Intellectual Disabilities & Strategies to Teach Individuals with ID SPE 521TE or Characteristics and Strategies for Mild to Moderate Intellectual Disabilities for Current Practitioners SPE 531TE or Characteristics and Strategies for Severe and Profound Disabilities for Current Practitioners SPE 532TE and Characteristics and Strategies for Mild to Moderate Emotional Disabilities for Current Practitioners SPE 557 or Characteristics of Learning Disabilities & Strategies to Teach Individuals with LD SPE 530TE Characteristics and Strategies for ISBE Educator Licensure 1 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Illinois State University Normal, IL Indiana University Bloomington, IN SED 101 SED 411 K 305 Mild to Moderate Learning Disabilities for Current Practitioners The Exceptional Learner Survey of Methods in Special Education Teaching the Exceptional Learner in the Elementary School K 306 Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Classrooms K 206 Teaching Methods for Students with Special Needs Lindenwood University EDS 5300/3300 Introduction and Methods of St. Charles, MO Teaching Children with Disabilities in Cross-Categorical Settings Marquette University EDUC 4931 Topics in Education-Methods of Teaching Children/Youth with exceptional Needs Murray State University Murray, KY Parkland College Urbana, IL Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO SED 443 EDU 104 ED 6090 Curriculum and Instruction for Children and Youth with Mild Disabilities Introduction to Special Education Specialized Instructional Strategies Across the Curriculum for Special Educators Cross- Categorical Special St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA University of Dayton Dayton, OH University of Iowa Iowa City, IA University of Missouri Columbia, MO University of Phoenix University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN ED 6080 Educational Methods in Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical Disabilities SPED 310 Inclusion Strategies for Students with Special Needs EDT 340 Educating Diverse Student Populations- Incl. 7U:184 Academic Skills for Special Needs Students SPC ED 4380 Methods in Cross-Categorical Special Education SPE 546 Special SPE 511 EDUC 206 and Special Introduction to Exceptionalities Cross- Categorical Special University of St. Francis Joliet, IL EDUC 413 EEND/MEDU 644 Exceptional Needs Instructional Strategies Specialized Curriculum and Methods in Special Education Cross- Categorical Special University of Wisconsin- Madison CURRIC 506 Strategies for Inclusive Schooling ISBE Educator Licensure 2 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Madison, WI Walden University Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT CURRIC 507 EDUC 6929 FLC1 Inclusive Education in Secondary Schools Including Students with Special Needs Instructional Models and Design, Supervision and Culturally Responsive Teaching PX42 (7 sem. hrs.) Western Illinois University SPED 552 SPED 553 Instructional Models and Design, Supervision and Culturally Responsive Teaching Instructional Methods for K-6 Learners with Disabilities Instructional Methods for Secondary Learners with Disabilities American College of Education Indianapolis, IN Capella University Colorado State University (Siedow Teacher Education) Pueblo, CO Concordia University Mequon, WI Drake University Des Moines, IA Grand Canyon University BE 5033 Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language ED5728 Methods, Curriculum, and Materials for English Language Learners 507 Classroom Instruction That Works With English Language Learners *Course must be taken for credit through CSU ED 323 Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language EDUC 144 ESL Methods EDUC 120/220 ESL 223N/523N/5000/523 ESL Strategies English Language Teaching: Foundations and Methodologies ESL 433N/533N/5001/533 Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Immersion ESL 500TE English Language Teaching: Foundations and Methodologies Illinois State University Normal, IL ESL 501TE TCH 318 Advanced Methodologies of Structured English Immersion Effective Strategies for Teaching English Learners in the General Education Classroom Indiana University Bloomington, IN Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO Murray State University Murray, KY ENG 345 L 442 TESOL 5400 TESOL Methods and Materials Teaching English Language Learners: Bilingual and English as a New Language TESOL Methods TSL 331 ESL Methods Grades P-5 ISBE Educator Licensure 3 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA TSL 332 ESL Methods Grades 5-12 ENG 470 Methods and Materials for K-12 ESL Teaching ENG 542 ENGL 380 Methods for TESL Teaching English as a Second Language University of Dayton Dayton, OH ENGL 381 EDT 437 Teaching English as a Second Language: Secondary and Postsecondary Second Language Learning and Teaching University of Illinois Urbana, IL University of Iowa Iowa City, IA ENG 466 CI 477 7S:167 TESOL Methods for Teaching English Language Learners Bilingual ESL Methods and Material Methods of Teaching ESOL in K-12 Settings 7S:168/EDTL:4448 Instruction of English Language Learners for K-12 Classrooms EDTL 4468 Instruction of ELLs for K-12 Classrooms University of Missouri Columbia, MO LTC 8649 Methods of Teaching English Language Learners University of Phoenix LTC 4460 ESL 503 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Instructional Techniques and Methods of ESL TESOL 504 Instructional Techniques and Methods SEI 300/500/501 Structured English Immersion SEI 503 Advanced Structured English Immersion Methods ESL/Billingual Methods University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN University of St. Francis Joliet, IL University of Wisconsin- Madison Madison, Wisconsin Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN BLE 504 EDUC 381 EEND/MSED 632 CURRIC 316 CURRIC 674 ENG 612 ED 365/565 Instructional Techniques and Methods Literacy, Language, and Culture Methods and Materials for Teaching English Language Learners Advanced Methods in Teaching ESL ESL Curriculum and Assessment English Language Learning Methods ISBE Educator Licensure 4 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT NNA1 Planning, Implementing, Managing Instruction Western Illinois University ELIS 457G Methods and Materials of Teaching English Language Learners Capella University ED5552 Teaching Comprehension Strategies DePaul University Chicago, IL T&L 413 Reading/Language Arts in the Middle Grades Drake University Des Moines, IA EDUC 170/270 Grand Canyon University EDUC 142 RDG 514 Secondary Reading and Interdisciplinary Curriculum s: Elementary RDG 517 s: Secondary ELM 540 Foundational Literacy Skills SED 454 Reading and Learning Strategies for Middle and Secondary Schools SED 553 Reading and Learning Strategies for Middle and Secondary Schools RDG 537TE Elementary for Current Practitioners Hope College Holland, Michigan RDG 538TE EDUC 282/283 Secondary s for Current Practitioners Literacy II (283 is field experience component) Illinois State University Normal, IL Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Indiana University Bloomington, IN EDUC 285/286 TCH 465 ELED 580 M 469 X 401 Literacy in the Content (286 is field experience component) Content Literacy Introduction to Reading Content Literacy Critical Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO Loras College L 517 EDU 30705/50705 L.EDU-337 L.EDU-361 Advanced Study of Content Reading and Literacy Methods of Teaching Reading in the Content Reading Across the Curriculum Practicum & Instruction in Remediation of Reading Problems ISBE Educator Licensure 5 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Murray State University Murray, KY REA 527/627 Teaching Reading in the Secondary School REA 407 Middle School Reading s Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA ED 318 ED 6020 EDUC 459 Elementary Reading Instruction II Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (can be used for reading methods or reading in the content area) Elementary Content Reading University of Dayton Dayton, OH EDUC 336 EDT 426 EDT 452 Content Reading Reading/Language Arts- MC Reading in Content s University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign EDT 452 C&I 472 CI 503 Digital Literacies, ELL & Content Reading Strategies Literacy in Content s Reading Instruction for Grades K-5 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA University of Missouri Columbia, MO CI 582 7E:171/EDTL: 4171 LTC 7560 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum Literacy Learning and Teaching III Teaching EDU 404 Content Literacy Instruction University of Phoenix LTC 4420 RDG 523 Adolescent Literacy Content Reading and Writing for Elementary RDG 513 Elementary Methods RDG 514 Primary RDG 515 Secondary RDG 527 Content Reading and Writing for Adolescents RDG 546 Content Reading and Writing for Elementary University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN RDG 542 EDUC 493 Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: for Secondary Settings Content Reading: Differentiated Instruction ISBE Educator Licensure 6 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name University of St. Francis REND/MSED 689 Disciplinary Literacy University of Wisconsin- Madison Madison, WI CURRIC 503 CURRIC 315 Literacy Across the Curriculum Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN Walden University Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT CURRIC 309 ED 560 EDUC 6908 ELT4 (6 sem. hrs. can be used to fulfill methods and content area) Reading and Writing Across the Content s Literacies in the Content s Improving Specific Teaching Practices: Reading, Writing, and Spelling ELT5 Specific Teaching Practices: Reading, Writing, and Spelling Western Illinois University RDG 580 s American College of Education Indianapolis, IN Capella University Concordia University Mequon, WI Drake University Des Moines, IA LIT 5203 ED 5551 ED 5554 EDG 552/852 EDG 553 EDUC 139/239 Strengthening Literacy Developing Fluent Readers Sociocultural Context of Reading Instruction Improving the Teaching of Reading Reading Assessment and Instruction Literary Methods for the Intermediate Grades EDUC 150/250 Secondary Grand Canyon University EDUC 137/237 RDG 512 RDG 513 Literary Methods for the Primary Grades (K-3) Reading and Writing: Elementary Reading and Writing: Secondary ELM 540 Foundational Literacy Skills SED 435/535 Adolescent Literacy ECH 425/515 Early Literacy Development EED 525 Curriculum, Assessment, and Methods: Literacy RDG 520TE Elementary Education Reading and Writing for Current Practitioners RDG 534TE Secondary Education Literacy and ISBE Educator Licensure 7 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Writing for Current Practitioners EED 516TE K-3 for Current Practitioners ECH 521TE Early Literacy Development for Current Practitioners EED 470 Curriculum, Methods and Assessment: Literacy & Language Arts K-3 Hope College Holland, Michigan EED 475 EDUC 280/281 Curriculum, Methods and Assessment: Literacy & Language Arts 4-8 Literacy I (281 is field experience component) Illinois State University Normal, IL Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN Indiana University Bloomington, IN EDUC 282/283 TCH 464 ELED 580 E 340 E 341 Literacy II (283 is field experience component) Developmentally Appropriate Strategies, Materials, and Resources in Literacy Introduction to Reading Methods of Teaching Reading I Methods of Teaching Reading II E 342 Survey of Reading and Language Arts Methods M 464 Lewis University RDG 54-561 Lindenwood University St. Charles, MO Marquette University Milwaukee, WI & RDG 54-571 EDU 30505/50305 EDUC 4347 EDUC 4357 Michigan State University TE 405 Methods of Teaching Reading Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Teaching Reading and Integrated/Language Arts (1/2 credit) Instructional Strategies and Learning Communities for Teaching Reading and Integrated/Language Arts 4-12 (1/2 credit) Methods of Teaching Reading, Writing, and Oral Communication Teaching Elementary Reading 1 Teaching Reading, Language Arts, and Children s Literature II Teaching of Language and Literacy to Diverse Learners-Elementary TE 301 ISBE Educator Licensure 8 Updated September 30, 2015 OR Literacy, Learners and Learning in Context, TF 842:Elementary Reading
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name Assessment and Instruction, TE 846: Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners (2 of these classes must be taken to meet the reading methods requirement) OR TE 843 Secondary Reading Assessment and Instruction AND TE 846: Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners (both courses must be taken) Murray State University Murray, KY ELE 301 Language and Early Literacy for Early Childhood REA 306 Literacy Development in the Elementary School REA 407 Middle School Reading REA 412 Assessment and Strategies for Struggling Readers Northern Michigan University ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I Marquette, MI Rockhurst University ED 6020 Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (can be used for reading methods or reading in the content area) Siedow Teacher Education/Colorado State University Pueblo, CO St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA 504 The Threads of Reading: Strategies for Literacy Development ECE 303 EDUC 371 *Course must be taken for credit through CSU Literacy for Young Children Language Arts and Reading in the Elementary Schools: K-3 EDUC 372 Language Arts and Reading in the Elementary Schools: 4-8 University of Dayton Dayton, OH University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign EDUC 556 EDT 350 EDT 458 C&I 471 Teaching Reading to Adolescents Find Literacy Thr Lit.- MC and Assessment Principles and Practices for Fostering Independent Reading C&I 502 Introduction to Reading C&I 503 Reading Instruction K-5 ISBE Educator Licensure 9 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name University of Iowa Iowa City, IA University of Missouri Columbia, MO C&I 504 Reading Instruction 6-12 7E:160 Literacy Learning and Teaching I 7E:164 LTC 8680 Literacy Learning and Teaching II Issues and Trends in Reading Instruction 4371/7371 Literacy in Special Education II University of Phoenix LTC 4211 RDG 525 Essentials of Literacy: Reading Elementary Reading and Writing Strategies RDG 522 Reading and Writing Instructional Strategies for Elementary RDG 513 Elementary Methods RDG 514 Primary RDG 515 Secondary RDG 518 Phonological Theory and Classroom Application RDG 536 : Primary RDG 538 : Elementary RDG 543 : Secondary RDG 542 Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: for Secondary Settings RDG 530/537 Curriculum Constructs and Assessment: Reading and Language Arts RDG 410 Elementary Reading/Language Arts Methods RDG 420 Elementary Methods: Reading/Language Arts RDG 416 Methods of Teaching in Early Childhood Language and Literacy RDG 570 Curriculum Constructs and Assessment- Reading and Language Arts for Special Education University of Southern Indiana EDUC 378 Literacy Methods I Evansville, IN University of St. Francis REND/MSED 643 Exploration of Literacy Strategies and Materials for Student ISBE Educator Licensure 10 Updated September 30, 2015
Institution, City, State Course # Course Name University of Wisconsin- Madison Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN CURRIC 368 ED 528 Achievement The Teaching of Reading Foundations of Literacy Development ED 529 Literacy in Elementary School Walden University Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT SPED 466/566 EDUC 6951 DSC1 Teaching Reading to Students with Disabilities Motivating Students to Read Elementary Reading and Literacy Methods DSP1 Application of Elementary Reading and Literacy Methods EAT1 or EAT2 ( Literacy and Elementary Reading ELT5 Specific Teaching Practices: Reading, Writing, and Spelling ELT4 (6 sem. hrs. can be used to fulfill methods and content area) Western Illinois University RDG 568 RDG 569 RDG 570 Specific Teaching Practices: Reading, Writing, and Spelling Foundations of Reading in the Middle and Secondary School Reading in Early Childhood Integrating Literacy Instruction in the Elementary Curriculum ISBE Educator Licensure 11 Updated September 30, 2015