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1 | | supports offered by the Initiative. A cohort may include a high |
2 | | school student enrolled in a dual credit course offered by a |
3 | | participating institution of higher education. |
4 | | "Community organization" means a nonprofit organization |
5 | | that has a demonstrated capacity to train, develop, and |
6 | | organize parents and community leaders into a constituency that |
7 | | will hold the school and the school district accountable for |
8 | | achieving high academic standards; in addition to |
9 | | organizations with a geographic focus, "community |
10 | | organization" includes general parent organizations, |
11 | | organizations of special education or bilingual education |
12 | | parents, and school employee unions. |
13 | | "Developmental classes" means classes in basic skill |
14 | | areas, such as mathematics and language arts that are |
15 | | prerequisite to, but not counted towards, degree requirements |
16 | | of a teacher preparation program.
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17 | | "Dual credit course" has the meaning given to that term |
18 | | under the Dual Credit Quality Act. |
19 | | "Eligible school" means an early childhood program in which |
20 | | no less than 60% of the children it serves are receiving |
21 | | subsidized care under the Department of Human Services' Child |
22 | | Care Assistance Program or a public elementary, middle, or |
23 | | secondary school in this State that serves a substantial |
24 | | percentage of low-income students and that is either hard to |
25 | | staff or has hard-to-staff teaching positions.
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26 | | "Hard-to-staff school" means an early childhood program in |
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1 | | which no less than 60% of the children it serves are receiving |
2 | | subsidized care under the Department of Human Services' Child |
3 | | Care Assistance Program or a public elementary, middle, or |
4 | | secondary school in this State that, based on data compiled by |
5 | | the State Board of Education in conjunction with the Board of |
6 | | Higher Education, serves a substantial percentage of |
7 | | low-income students, as defined by the Board of Higher |
8 | | Education. |
9 | | "Hard-to-staff teaching position" means a teaching
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10 | | category (such as special education, bilingual education, |
11 | | mathematics, or science)
in which statewide data compiled by |
12 | | the State Board of Education
in conjunction with the Board of |
13 | | Higher Education indicates a multi-year pattern of substantial
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14 | | teacher shortage or that has been identified as a critical need |
15 | | by the local school board.
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16 | | "Initiative" means the Grow Your Own Teacher Education
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17 | | Initiative created under this Act. |
18 | | "Para educator" means an individual with a history of
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19 | | demonstrated accomplishments in school staff positions (such
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20 | | as teacher assistants, school-community liaisons, school
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21 | | clerks, and security aides) in schools that meet the definition |
22 | | of a hard-to-staff school under this Section.
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23 | | "Parent and community leader" means an individual who has |
24 | | or had a child enrolled in a school or schools that meet the |
25 | | definition of a hard-to-staff school under this Section and who |
26 | | has a history of active involvement in the school or who has a |
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1 | | history of working to improve schools serving a
substantial |
2 | | percentage of low-income students, including membership in a |
3 | | community organization. |
4 | | "Program" means a Grow Your Own Teacher preparation program
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5 | | established by a consortium under this Act.
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6 | | "Schools serving a substantial percentage of low-income
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7 | | students" means schools that maintain any of grades |
8 | | pre-kindergarten through 8, in which at least 35% of the |
9 | | students are eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches |
10 | | and schools that maintain any of grades 9 through 12, in which |
11 | | at least 25% of the students are eligible to receive free or |
12 | | reduced price lunches. |
13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-1036, eff. 1-1-15 .) |
14 | | (110 ILCS 48/20) |
15 | | Sec. 20. Selection of grantees. The Board of Higher |
16 | | Education shall award grants to qualified consortia that |
17 | | reflect the distribution and diversity of hard-to-staff |
18 | | schools and hard-to-staff positions across this State. In |
19 | | awarding grants, the Board of Higher Education shall select |
20 | | programs that successfully address Initiative criteria and |
21 | | that reflect a diversity of strategies in terms of serving |
22 | | urban areas, serving rural areas, the nature of the |
23 | | participating institutions of higher education, and the nature |
24 | | of hard-to-staff schools and
hard-to-staff teaching positions |
25 | | on which a program is focused.
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1 | | The Board of Higher Education shall select consortia that |
2 | | meet the following requirements:
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3 | | (1) A consortium shall be composed of at least one |
4 | | 4-year institution of higher education with an Illinois |
5 | | approved teacher preparation program, at least one school |
6 | | district or group of schools, and one or more community |
7 | | organizations. The consortium membership may also include |
8 | | a 2-year institution of higher education, a school employee |
9 | | union, or a regional office of education.
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10 | | (2) The 4-year institution of higher education |
11 | | participating in the consortium shall have past, |
12 | | demonstrated success in preparing teachers for elementary |
13 | | or secondary schools serving a substantial percentage of |
14 | | low-income students. |
15 | | (3) The consortium shall focus on a clearly defined set |
16 | | of eligible schools that will participate in the program. |
17 | | The consortium shall articulate the steps that it will |
18 | | carry out in preparing teachers for its participating
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19 | | schools and in preparing teachers for one or more |
20 | | hard-to-staff teaching positions in those
schools. |
21 | | (4) The consortium shall recruit potential candidates |
22 | | for the program and shall take into consideration when |
23 | | selecting a candidate whether the candidate: |
24 | | (A) holds a high school diploma or its equivalent |
25 | | or is a high school student enrolled in a dual credit |
26 | | course offered by a participating institution of |
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1 | | higher education ; |
2 | | (B) meets either the definition of "parent and |
3 | | community leader" or the definition of "para educator" |
4 | | contained in Section 10 of this Act; |
5 | | (C) (blank); has experienced an interruption in |
6 | | his or her college education; |
7 | | (D) exhibits a willingness to be a teacher in a |
8 | | hard-to-staff school with the goal of maintaining |
9 | | academic excellence; |
10 | | (E) shows an interest in postsecondary education |
11 | | and may hold an associate's degree, a bachelor's |
12 | | degree, or another postsecondary degree, but a |
13 | | postsecondary education is not required; |
14 | | (F) is a parent, a para educator, a community |
15 | | leader, or any other individual from a community with a |
16 | | hard-to-staff school; |
17 | | (G) commits to completing and passing all State |
18 | | standards, including the licensure test to obtain an |
19 | | educator license; |
20 | | (H) shows a willingness to set high standards of |
21 | | performance for himself or herself and students; and |
22 | | (I) demonstrates commitment to the program by: |
23 | | (i) maintaining a cumulative grade point |
24 | | average of at least a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or the |
25 | | equivalent as determined by the Board of Higher |
26 | | Education); |
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1 | | (ii) attending monthly cohort meetings; and |
2 | | (iii) applying for financial aid from all |
3 | | other financial aid resources before applying for |
4 | | assistance from the program. |
5 | | (5) The consortium shall employ effective procedures |
6 | | for teaching the skills and knowledge needed to prepare |
7 | | highly competent teachers. Professional preparation shall |
8 | | include on-going direct experience in target schools and |
9 | | evaluation of this experience. |
10 | | (6) The consortium shall offer the program to cohorts |
11 | | of candidates, as defined in Section 10 of this Act, on a |
12 | | schedule that enables candidates to work full time while |
13 | | participating in the program and allows para educators to |
14 | | continue in their current positions. In any fiscal year in |
15 | | which an appropriation for the Initiative is made, the
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16 | | consortium shall guarantee that support will be available |
17 | | to an admitted cohort for the cohort's education for that |
18 | | fiscal year. At the beginning of the Initiative, programs |
19 | | that are already operating and existing cohorts of |
20 | | candidates under this model shall be eligible for funding. |
21 | | (7) The institutions of higher education participating |
22 | | in the consortium shall document and agree to expend the |
23 | | same amount of funds in implementing the program that these |
24 | | institutions spend per student on similar educational |
25 | | programs. Grants received by the consortium shall |
26 | | supplement and not supplant these amounts. |
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1 | | (8) The Board of Higher Education shall establish |
2 | | additional criteria for review of proposals, including |
3 | | criteria that address the following issues: |
4 | | (A) Previous experience of the institutions of |
5 | | higher education in preparing candidates for |
6 | | hard-to-staff schools and positions and in working |
7 | | with students with non-traditional backgrounds. |
8 | | (B) The quality of the implementation plan, |
9 | | including strategies for overcoming institutional |
10 | | barriers to the progress of non-traditional |
11 | | candidates. |
12 | | (C) If a community college is a participant, the |
13 | | nature and extent of existing articulation agreements |
14 | | and guarantees between the community college and the |
15 | | 4-year institution of higher education. |
16 | | (D) The number of candidates to be educated in the |
17 | | planned cohort or cohorts and the capacity of the |
18 | | consortium for adding cohorts in future cycles. |
19 | | (E) Experience of the community organization or |
20 | | organizations in organizing parents and community |
21 | | leaders to achieve school improvement and a strong |
22 | | relational school culture. |
23 | | (F) The qualifications of the person or persons |
24 | | designated by the 4-year institution of higher |
25 | | education to be responsible for cohort support and the |
26 | | development of a shared learning and social |
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1 | | environment among candidates. |
2 | | (G) The consortium's plan for collective |
3 | | consortium decision-making, involving all consortium |
4 | | members, including mechanisms for candidate input. |
5 | | (H) The consortium's plan for direct impact of the |
6 | | program on the quality of education in the eligible |
7 | | schools. |
8 | | (I) The relevance of the curriculum to the needs of |
9 | | the eligible schools and positions, and the use in |
10 | | curriculum and instructional planning of principles |
11 | | for effective education for adults. |
12 | | (J) The availability of classes under the program |
13 | | in places and times accessible to the candidates. |
14 | | (K) Provision of a level of performance to be |
15 | | maintained by candidates as a condition of continuing |
16 | | in the program. |
17 | | (L) The plan of the 4-year institution of higher |
18 | | education to ensure that candidates take advantage of |
19 | | existing financial aid resources before using the loan |
20 | | funds described in Section 25 of this Act. |
21 | | (M) The availability of supportive services, |
22 | | including, but not limited to, counseling, tutoring, |
23 | | transportation, technology and technology support, and |
24 | | child care. |
25 | | (N) A plan for continued participation of |
26 | | graduates of the program in a program of support for at |
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1 | | least 2 years, including mentoring and group meetings. |
2 | | (O) A plan for testing and qualitative evaluation |
3 | | of candidates' teaching skills that ensures that |
4 | | graduates of the program are as prepared for teaching |
5 | | as other individuals completing the institution of |
6 | | higher education's preparation program for the |
7 | | certificate sought. |
8 | | (P) A plan for internal evaluation that provides |
9 | | reports at least yearly on the progress of candidates |
10 | | towards graduation and the impact of the program on the |
11 | | target schools and their communities. |
12 | | (Q) Contributions from schools, school districts, |
13 | | and other consortia members to the program, including |
14 | | stipends for candidates during their student teaching. |
15 | | (R) Consortium commitment for sustaining the |
16 | | program over time, as evidenced by plans for reduced |
17 | | requirements for external funding, in subsequent |
18 | | cycles.
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19 | | (S) The inclusion in the planned program of |
20 | | strategies derived from community organizing that will |
21 | | help candidates develop tools for working with parents |
22 | | and other community members.
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23 | | Subject to the requirements under the Dual Credit Quality |
24 | | Act, a participating institution of higher education may offer |
25 | | a high school student a dual credit course under the program. |
26 | | The Board of Higher Education may not adopt rules regarding |