Carol Steinman
Regional Superintendent
Pat Burt, Director
School Improvement
CeRTS
On-Line Professional
Development Program
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The first listing under the ISBE heading is CeRTS. Click on it.
¢ Click on Teacher
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Initially use your certificate # as the
password, then you can setup a new personal password
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Edit Profile
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Review information – edit if necessary
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Save
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Record Professional Development Activities
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Be aware of reduction requirements before entering
activities (You can use the calculator on CeRTS)
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Select the Professional Development Option you
chose – Continue
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Enter information
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Save Activity
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View Professional Development Summary
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Edit/Delete Professional Development Activity
Option
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Statement of Assurance
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Check over – enter information required
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SUBMIT
- IMPORTANT - you
must click on SUBMIT for your
Statement of Assurance to be electronically sent to the ROE.
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Exemptions – you may request to change your
status to active or exempt.
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If you list your email address on your profile,
you should be electronically notified of the recommendation of renewal. Otherwise you can go into the CERTS system to
check the status.
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After Professional Development is recommended, submit
Registration Form and Fees to ROE #12 or on OTIS (OnLine
Teacher Information System – OTIS is listed beside CeRTS
on the ISBE webpage)
¢ For those who renewed last year – you can enter your activities as you complete them on CeRTS. Be sure to keep your documentation. *If you want to enter activities that ended after April 1, 2005 but before July 1, 2005 because you sent in your Assurance Statement prior to earning the credit, CeRTS will not allow these to be entered at this time. You will be able to get credit for these activities, however the earliest the system will be ready to accept such activities will be January 2006, possibly later.