Substitute Teaching Requirements

							           Fulton/Schuyler Regional Office of Education 22
Louise Bassett                                                                                                    Barbara J. Closen
Regional Superintendent                                                                           Assistant Regional Superintendent
lbassett@roe22.net                                                                                               bclosen@roe22.net

                                 Regional Substitute Teacher Applicant Checklist

The following must be completed and submitted to the Regional Office before you can be placed on the Fulton/Schuyler
ROE Substitute Teacher list:

        __________        Completed application for substitute certificate – if you don’t already have a valid teaching
                          certificate (See Certification Requirements below)
        __________        Official Transcripts in a sealed envelope (sub certificates only)
        __________        Application fee and/or registration fee(s)
        __________        Proof of an Employment Physical (dated not more than 1 year from date of application)
        __________        Proof of freedom from tuberculosis (dated not more than 1 year from date of application)
        __________        A signed Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status form (available in our office) affirming
                          that you have read and understand reporting requirements.
        __________        Signed Criminal History Records Check Release (available in our office)

Once you have the above steps completed and submitted to the Regional Office we will ask you to make arrangements
with the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department to be fingerprinted. There is a form you will have to obtain from the
Regional Office before being fingerprinted. The Sheriff’s Office will charge you $10 (cash only) at the time of
fingerprinting.

                                  Substitute Teaching Certification Requirements

    1. A completed application form 73-03 C.                         This form      is on the ISBE             website
       http://www.isbe.net/certification/pdf/73-03C_teaching_certificate.pdf and can be filled out on-line and printed.
       We can printout the form for you if you do not have internet access.

    2. A thirty dollar ($30.00) money order made payable to Regional Superintendent. If you are intending to substitute
       in the Fulton/Schuyler Region, you will also have to submit a twenty dollar ($20.00) registration fee, which may
       be included in the money order. Total cost to apply for a substitute certificate and register in the Fulton/Schuyler
       Region is fifty dollars ($50.00). Cash is also accepted.

    3. Official college transcripts showing possession of a bachelors’ degree (ISBE will NOT accept anything other than
       the official transcript) from an institution accredited by North Central Association of Schools or a recognized
       teacher education institution (for options b & c). It is very important that they are in a sealed envelope from
       the university.

        A substitute teacher's certificate may be issued to persons who either (a) hold a certificate valid for teaching in the
        common schools as shown on the face of the certificate, (b) hold a bachelor of arts degree from an institution of
        higher learning accredited by the North Central Association or other comparable regional accrediting association
        or have been graduated from a recognized institution of higher learning with a bachelor's degree, or (c) have had 2
        years of teaching experience and shall present evidence of having a minimum of 60 semester hours of college
        credit, including six semester hours in the field of professional education earned in a recognized institution of
        higher learning. Teaching experience for a Substitute Certificate is defined as teaching in an elementary or
        secondary school.



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