Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS EVALUATION, RECOGNITION AND SUPERVISION › Subpart D - THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM › Section 1.443 - Illinois Global Scholar Certificate

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In accordance with Section 2-3.167 of the School Code [ 105
				  ILCS 5 ], a school district may establish a program to recognize public high
				  school graduates who have attained global competence, sufficient for meaningful
				  use in college and career, by designating on a student's transcript and high
				  school diploma his or her receipt of the Illinois Global Scholar Certificate,
				  provided that all the conditions of this Section are met.
a) Attainment of Global Competency Sufficient
				for use in College and Career A school district may award the Illinois Global
				Scholar Certificate to any high school graduate who demonstrates global
				competency by successfully meeting all of the following criteria:
1) Complete Eight Globally-Focused Courses
A) Students earning the Illinois Global
				Scholar Certificate must complete a total of eight globally-focused courses
				from at least two different academic disciplines (i.e., science, social
				studies, fine arts, English/language arts/communication arts, world languages
				(i.e., foreign or classical languages), mathematics, career and technical
				education, physical education, family and consumer science, etc.).
B) A globally-focused course may be a
				year-long course or a semester long course.
C) Courses will be designated as
				"globally-focused" by the school district in conjunction with the Global
				Scholar Committee (as described in subsection (f)(1)) using specific processes
				and materials provided by the State Board. Courses must:
i) investigate the world;
ii) recognize the perspectives of self and
				others;
iii) communicate ideas to
				diverse audiences; and
iv) provide
				opportunities to take action to improve conditions in a manner consistent with
				the learning standards adopted by the State of Illinois.
D) Globally-focused courses must address
				world issues, perspectives, concerns or culture throughout the duration of the
				course. Courses that employ a global focus or address global topics in some
				units but not others are not sufficient to be deemed globally-focused courses,
				nor are courses that survey global arts, foods or music without at least 1/3 of
				class time being devoted to the investigation/research into the phenomena,
				and/or assessment of the global and cultural context from which the phenomena
				arise.
E) The following
				commonly-taught courses are likely to be designated as globally-focused:
i) World languages;
ii) International economics, international
				business or global marketing;
iii)
				World history/non-U.S. history;
iv)
				World geography;
v) Comparative
				cultures, comparative religions, comparative government;
vi) Science, technology, engineering and math
				(STEM) courses with global application/perspective;
vii) International relations or foreign
				relations;
viii) Literature of
				another country, region or culture;
ix) International agri-science or
				agriculture; and
x) Other
				globally-focused courses that meet the requirements detailed in Appendix
				H.