23 Education and Cultural Resources - Education - Chapter I - State Board of Education - Personnel - Part 24 - Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards for All Illinois Educators

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Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards establish statewide requirements for Illinois professional educator licensing programs and their preparation candidates. The Part defines statutory purpose, licensing field scope, and program alignment timelines. It details expectations for culturally responsive teachers and leaders, including self-awareness, asset-based instruction, inclusive curricula, and critical self-reflection. It further specifies responsibilities for addressing systems of oppression and understanding student experiences shaped by dominant-culture norms and inequity.

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24.10 Purpose

24.50 The Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards

Self-Awareness and Relationships to Others

Systems of Oppression

Students as Individuals

TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER b: PERSONNEL PART 24 CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING AND LEADING STANDARDS FOR ALL ILLINOIS EDUCATORS ~~TEACHERS~~ Section 24.10 Purpose 24.50 The Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards 24.100 The Illinois Professional Teaching Standards Through June 30, 2013 (Repealed) 24.110 Language Arts Standards for All Illinois Teachers Through June 30, 2013 (Repealed) 24.120 Technology Standards for All Illinois Teachers Through June 30, 2013 (Repealed) 24.130 The Illinois Professional Teaching Standards ~~Beginning July 1, 2013~~ AUTHORITY: Implementing Articles 21 and 21B and authorized by Section 2-3.6 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/Art. 21 and 21B and 2-3.6] . SOURCE: Adopted at 26 Ill. Reg. 11847, effective July 18, 2002; amended at 34 Ill. Reg. 11505, effective July 26, 2010; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 1260, effective January 17, 2013 ; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. , effective . Section 24.10 Purpose This Part establishes certain standards that shall apply to the issuance of all Illinois professional educator licenses endorsed in teaching, school support personnel, and administrative fields ~~a teaching field~~. The standards set forth in this Part shall apply both to candidates for licensure and to the programs that prepare them. That is: a) Beginning October 1, 2021, approval of any preparation program or course of study in any teaching, school support, or administrative field pursuant to the State Board of Education’s rules for Certification (23 Ill. Adm. Code 25, Subpart C) shall be based on the congruence of that program or course's content with the applicable standards identified in this Part. ~~approval of any preparation program or course of study in any teaching field pursuant to the State Board~~'~~s rules for Certification (23 Ill~~.~~ Adm~~.~~ Code 25, Subpart C) shall be based on the congruence~~ ~~of that program~~'~~s or course~~'~~s content with the applicable standards identified in this Part; and~~ b) Programs already approved under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25, Subpart C shall submit program alignment by October 1, 2025. ~~the examinations required for issuance of a professional educator license under Article 21B of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/21B] shall be based on the applicable standards set forth in this Part~~. (Source: Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. , effective ) Section 24.50 The Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards a) Self-Awareness and Relationships to Others – Culturally Responsive Teachers and Leaders are reflective and gain a deeper understanding of themselves and how they impact others, leading to more cohesive and productive student development as it relates to academic and social-emotional development for all students. The culturally responsive teacher and leader will: 1) Understand and value the notion that multiple lived experiences exist, that there is often not one “correct” way of doing or understanding something, and that what is seen as “correct” is most often based on our lived experiences. 2) Approach their work and students with an asset-based mindset, affirming the validity of students’ backgrounds and identities. 3) Know about their students and their lives outside of school, using this knowledge to build instruction that leverages prior knowledge and skills. 4) Include representative, familiar content in the curriculum to legitimize students’ backgrounds, while also exposing them to new ideas and worldviews different from their own. 5) Engage in self-reflection about their own actions and interactions and what ideas and biases motivated those actions. 6) Explore their own intersecting identities, how they were developed, and how they impact daily experience of the world. 7) Recognize how their identity (race/ethnicity, national origin, language, sex and gender, gender id

FAQs

What is the purpose of Part 24 under the Illinois Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards?

Part 24 establishes standards that apply to the issuance of Illinois professional educator licenses and to the programs that prepare candidates.

What does the standards section require culturally responsive teachers and leaders to do regarding self-awareness?

They must reflect on how they impact others, value multiple lived experiences, use an asset-based mindset, and engage in ongoing self-reflection about actions, biases, and intersecting identities.

How do the standards describe culturally responsive educators’ responsibilities related to systems of oppression?

They must understand prejudice, discrimination, and racism across interpersonal, intergroup, and institutional levels, collaborate to analyze student experiences, and work against inequity in everyday educational roles.

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