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 your advisor for the most up to date endorsement information.

Lewis University offers the following teaching endorsement in Elementary Education.

Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
ELED 41000	Classroom Assessment and Intervention	3
ELED 34000	Methods and Content of Teaching Science, Health and Movement	3
ELED 35200	Methods and Content of Teaching Mathematics	3
ELED 35400	Methods and Content of Teaching Social Studies	3
ELED 35300	Early Reading and Writing Methodologies	3
or ELED 47100	Content Area Literacy and Reading Strategies
ECED 31500	Child Growth and Development	3
Select one of the following:		1
ELED 20000	Field Experience 1: Community and School Immersion
ELED 30000	Field Experience 2: Classroom Management
ELED 40000	Field Experience 3: Diversity in Education
Total Hours		19

Pass the Elementary Education content test

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