HR Update

Please know that the Pre-Approval process and forms for Salary Credit have been updated and posted to the HR webpage (Pre-Approval Docs).  It is required that all work done for Salary Credit (In-District work, book studies, collegiate classes, etc) be pre-approved before the start of the class, session, event, etc.  Salary credit will not be applied if the pre-approval is not completed prior.


A second update from HR:
Please remember that beginning with the 2015-2020 renewal cycle, and every cycle thereafter,  there are no longer any reductions for licensure renewal professional development hours. There will no longer be any reductions for advanced degrees, National certifications, etc., since these “pre-July 1, 2014” activities, as allowed under 25.800(e) of Administrative Code, were last applicable to FY 2020 license renewal.



Below is the baseline number of professional development hours educators will owe for license renewal, beginning with licenses renewed this spring/summer:

Licensees Holding National Board for Professional Teachers Certification: 60 hours (if serving in an administrative role, 1 Administrator Academy per year is also required)
Teachers who are not National Board Certified: 120 hours
School Support Personnel who are not National Board Certified: 120 hours
Administrators who are not National Board Certified: 100 hours + 1 Administrator Academy per fiscal year


Educators who are due to renew their licenses this spring/summer should begin taking additional professional development hours now so they will be able to accumulate the required hours needed to renew their licenses.  Please contact licensure@isbe.net or (217) 557-6763 with questions.




Please feel free to call the HR Department at x71114 with any questions.  Thanks.