Section 407.140
Qualifications for Early Childhood Teachers and School-age Workers
a) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall be at least 19 years
of age.
b) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall have a high school
diploma or equivalency certificate (GED).
c) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 407.100, the early childhood
teacher responsible for a group of children that includes infants, toddler or
preschool-age children shall have achieved:
- Sixty semester hours (or 90 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited
college or university with six semester or nine quarter hours in courses related
directly to child care and/or child development, from birth to age six; or
- One year (1560 clock hours) of child development experience in a
nursery school, kindergarten, or licensed day care center and thirty semester
hours (or 45 quarter hours) of credits from an accredited college or university
with six semester or nine quarter hours in courses related directly to child
care and/or child development, from birth to age six; or
- Completion of credentialing programs approved by the Department
in accordance with Appendix G of this Part.
d) School-age workers shall be at least 19 years of age and at least five years
older than the oldest child with whom they work.
e) In addition to meeting the requirements of Section 407.100, the newly employed
school-age worker responsible for a group of school-age children shall have
achieved:
- Thirty semester hours (or 45 quarter hours) of credit from an accredited
college or university with six semester hours (or 9 quarter hours) related
to school-age child care, child development, elementary education, physical
education, recreation, camping or other related fields; or
- 1560 clock hours of experience in a recreational program or licensed
day care center serving school-age children or a license exempt school-age
child care program operated by a public or private school, and six semester
hours (or nine quarter hours) of credit from an accredited college or university
related to school-age child care, child development, elementary education,
physical education, recreation, camping or other related fields; or
- A high school diploma or equivalency certificate plus 3120 clock
hours of experience in a recreational program, kindergarten, or licensed day
care center serving school-age children or a license exempt school-age child
care program operated by a public or private school.
f) Completion of a training program accredited by the American Montessori Society
or Association Montessori International may be substituted for the courses directly
related to child care and/or child development required by this Section. Persons
holding a Montessori pre-primary credential may supervise children through age
six. Persons holding a Montessori primary or elementary credential may supervise
children six years of age or older.
g) Persons who were deemed qualified as a child care worker or school-age
worker prior to January 1, 1985, continue to be deemed qualified as an early
childhood teacher or school-age worker.
h) Early childhood teachers and school-age workers shall be responsible for
the planning and supervision of a group of children. Early childhood workers
and school-age workers shall also be responsible for supervising persons assigned
to assist their group who are not similarly qualified.
(Source: Added at 22 Ill. Reg., effective January 1, 1998
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