Emotional Maturity: ability to adjust one’s emotional state to suitable level of intensity in order to remain engaged with one’s surroundings Reflection: ability to review, analyze, and evaluate the success of past decisions in an effort to make better decisions in the future Flexibility: ability to demonstrate willingness to accept and adapt to change Performance Expectations: Reflection and inquiry provide an informed and integrated basis for advocating for all learners. Through this process, NCE candidates will develop the disposition, knowledge and skills to: • Help students construct their own knowledge • Understand the contextual nature of learning • Collaborate with students, teachers, administrators, parents, policymakers and the community at large • Engage in inquiry • Assess, reflect on, and critique their own knowledge, practice, school and society Admission Requirements: 1. Baccalaureate degree from a Regionally Accredited Institution. 2. Three professional or academic references (this requirement is waived for applicants with a GPA of 3.0 or higher). 3. Candidates must either be current teachers with at least three years of full-time teaching experience with children aged 0-8, at their current site or multiple sites. 4. Candidates hold at least the Gateway for Opportunity ECE Credential Level 4 or the equivalent. 5. Accelerated candidates complete the student teaching requirement in their current place of employment. Before the candidate begin the program, the licensure officer needs to verify that the site and the mentor meet ISBE requirements. Delivery of the Program: The ECE accelerated program is delivered fully online. Synchronous seminar coursework requires candidates join scheduled Zoom sessions. Asynchronous coursework is designed with weekly learning modules that guide and engage candidates toward the goals and required outcomes of the course content. An online course schedule is available to help candidates see the times/days classes meet throughout the year. Candidates must be enrolled in a minimum of 3 semester hours to be eligible for financial aid. Six or more semester hours of credit is considered full-time enrollment for financial aid purposes. Required Content Area Testing: • Integrate theory and practice All ECE MAT candidates must have a passing score on the #206 content exam before graduation in order to receive a PRIOR to beginning the Practicum 2 experience. This policy meets the Illinois State board of Education’s policy set forth in the school code. Candidates will not be enrolled in Practicum 2 until the content test has been passed. Please refer to http://www.il.nesinc.com/ for testing information. For the accelerated program students, the first attempt of taking the content test has to happen before December 1, 2024. According to a new state policy, candidates are allowed to move into
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