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MrsSR
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Teachers please help!
I need to just RENEW my initial cert. I don't have my four years to move to the standard and I can't find a link anywhere on the website to just renew it. I see tons of apps to go to standard or master and links for registering it in my county.
If you know where it is, can you please direct me there?
Re: Teachers please help!
OK, I am our union rep so I have to walk teachers through this all the time...
Go to the ecs website: http://www.isbe.net/ecs/ and log in. If you haven't set up a user account and password yet, do that first. Go to your credentials and apply for an extension to your initial certificate. It will walk you through step by step. I think you have to pay like $20 but you can do it all online. Then you just wait until it is approved. When you have your 4 years teaching experience, you apply for a standard certificate. HTH!
You didn't do yours online. $20 is probably the online fee.
sorry - that made it sound like you didn't do it online. the "now" part I mean.
I was one of the union reps in my building, too, Liz! : )
Renewing your certificate is not, nor has it ever been, free. It doesn't matter whether you do it online, mail it in to you ROE, or have your district handle it for you. The cost is either $4 or $5 a year...I can't recall at the moment, and you can renew at one time for a total of up to either 4 or 5 years. I keep getting the 4s and 5s mixed up...I think it's $5 a year for a 4 year renewal. You write out a check for your $20 and it is held by the district that you work for, or you hold onto it yourself if you are not employed at the time of renewal.
I'm logged in and I'm still not seeing it. I see where I can REGISTER my certificate, but not renew.
I think a few of you are mixing up registering and renewing. You register for the county you live in. I need to renew it because my four years are up.
If you are currently teaching, you must REGISTER and RENEW in the county you are teaching in....where you live is totally irrelevant. If you are not teaching, then it doesn't matter where you RENEW, but you will still need to send a check to your local ROE and have them stamp it to show the renewal date and send it back to you.
Your method for renewal and the paperwork you will fill out will depend on what professional development you've completed that allows for your renewal (CPDUs, grad classes, etc). It's all on the website, and it's not that hard to find. There is an A-Z index on the ISBE homepage that links you to the renewal forms. Hint: look under R for Renewal. You'll find it there.
Amy- That's funny you were a union rep too. It's definitely an interesting position!
OK, I just looked on the site...you need to click on "Professional Development and Renewal." After you log onto the isbe site, it is the fourth link across the top of the page. Then you will need to click on "Professional Development Activity." This is where you will enter your CPDU's, Master's classes, etc. like RSB was mentioning. Then after you follow the directions, you will submit for renewal. Once it is approves, you have to pay the $20ish and register your certificate in the county where you teach.