
Regional Superintendent of Schools | Lorie LeQuatte
Serving Franklin, Johnson, Massac, & Williamson Counties
Serving Franklin, Johnson, Massac, & Williamson Counties

A primary service of the Regional Office of Education is to assist applicants with educator licensure. We stay current with changing regulations, laws, and policies in educator licensure and act as a liaison between the Regional Office of Education and the State Educator Licensure Board for applicants, school districts, and other interested parties. Effective July 1, 2013, all registration fees will be paid online through the ELIS system.
If you need to create an ELIS account, please click HERE.
FY 2021 Professional Development Cycle (licenses renewing in FY 2021) and every cycle thereafter, all educators are required to complete 120 professional development hours, regardless of the number of or types of degrees held. The only exception is those educators who are National Board Certified, who will only owe 60 hours. Please share this information with administrators and educators, as educators who are up for renewal July 1, 2020, will need to have completed 120 hours of PD (or 60 if National Board Certified).
Renewal & Professional Development for Educators
If you hold one of the following licenses, you must renew it every five years. All endorsements are renewed with the license.
Beginning with the 2015 – 2020 renewal cycle, and every cycle thereafter, teachers and school support services personnel must complete 120 hours of professional development to renew regardless of the number or types of degrees held.
License Type | Required PD Hours | Registration Fees (Five Year Cycle) |
Professional Educator License (PEL) (Teacher or School Support Personnel) | 120 hours | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Professional Educator License (PEL) (Administration) | 100 hours AND 1 Administrator Academy (AA) per fiscal year (If employed as Administrator for 50% or more FTE). | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Educator License w/Stipulations (Chief School Business Official) | 100 hours AND 1 Administrator Academy (AA) per fiscal year (If employed as Administrator for 50% or more FTE). | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Educator License w/Stipulations (CTE) | 120 hours | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Educator License w/Stipulations (Provisional CTE) | No required professional development | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Educator License w/Stipulations (Part-Time CTE) | No required professional development | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Substitute Teaching License | No required professional development | $50.00/5-year cycle |
Paraprofessional License | No required professional development | $30.00/5-year cycle |
Short-Term Substitute License | No required professional development | No Fees/expires 2023 |
For all login and password recovery assistance, please call one of our ROE offices or the “Help Desk” at the Illinois State Board of Education at 217.557.6763.
Please Note: When a transcript is required, it must be an official transcript. To be considered official, it must arrive at the Regional Office of Education in sealed envelope, just as you received it from your college or university. Universities may send transcripts directly to our office via mail or electronic transcript.
How to Create an ELIS Account from ISBE Video on Vimeo.
Once a license has been issued, it must be registered. Teachers must register their teaching licenses in the county in which they teach. Teachers are highly encouraged to monitor their license on ELIS.
How to register your license from ISBE Video on Vimeo.
How to reinstate a lapsed license from ISBE Video on Vimeo. Please note that you MUST reinstate a lapsed license in order to teach or substitute teach in a school district.
If you would like to substitute teach in ROE #21 you must hold a valid Professional Educator
License (PEL), Substitute Teacher License (SUB), Short Term Substitute License (STS), or
Paraprofessional (PARA) License.
If you would like to be placed on the Substitute Listing as a: Substitute, Paraprofessional, Teacher’s Aide:
Short-Term Substitute Teacher:
Listed below are the steps required in order to substitute teach in ROE #21. You must hold a valid
Professional Educator License (PEL)
Substitute Teacher (SUB) License
Paraprofessional (PARA) License
Persons wishing to obtain a Substitute Teacher Authorization must have the following:
This is the last step and should be completed after the steps above.
* Please note: you will be issued a new Substitute Authorization Certificate each school year. The certificate may be picked up at our Williamson County office after July 1 each year. This certificate must be obtained to verify that you will be placed on the substitute listing for the following year.
ROE #21 hosts a list of eligible substitute teachers. This list is available for public and private schools. For information about getting on the list, see the information below.
If you have previously been fingerprinted by ROE 21, have a Health Form on file, and were on the previous year’s list for the past school year, you will be rolled over and be placed on the next year’s Substitute Teacher Listing, unless you opt out.
If you have had a break in service as a Substitute Teacher on our listing and you were removed from the listing at any time, you must reapply as a new substitute teacher by completing all paperwork .
If you would like to be removed from our Substitute Listing, or you need to update your information, please call one of our ROE #21 offices.
If you have questions regarding licensure, please contact one of our offices.
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