Once you hold a Professional Educator License (PEL) or Educator License with Stipulations endorsed in a teaching field, you can add additional content area endorsements.  These endorsements can be added at any grade level even if the underlying teaching endorsement on the PEL is a different age range.  The PEL serves as a foundation to which any teaching endorsement can be added after applicable coursework and testing are completed.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) grants professional educator licenses (PELs) and endorsements.  All endorsement candidates who successfully complete the ISBE requirements for subsequent endorsement on an Illinois PEL will be recommended for endorsement.  Note: ISBE requirements are subject to change.  Please contact you advisor for the most up to date endorsement information.

Lewis University offers the following teaching endorsement in Elementary Education:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
ECED 51500	Child Growth and Development	3
ELED 52400	Early Reading and Writing Foundations	3
or ELED 52800	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas
ELED 52800	Reading and Writing in the Content Areas	3
ELED 53000	Classroom Assessment and Intervention	3
ELED 54000	Methods and Content of Teaching Science, Health and Movement	3
ELED 55400	Methods and Content of Teaching Social Studies	2
ELED 55200	Methods and Content of Teaching Mathematics	3
Elementary Field Experience
ELED 50100	Field Experience 1: Classroom Management	1
or ELED 50200	Field Experience 2: Diversity in Education

Note: If a candidate has taken Early Reading as an early childhood major, they would be required to take Reading and Writing in the Content Areas. If a candidate has taken Reading and Writing in the Content Areas as a middle school/secondary major, they would be required to take Early Reading.

Candidate must pass the elementary content test