Educator's Certification System (ECS)

The Illinois State Board of Education's Online Teacher Information System (OTIS), Certificate Renewal Tracking System (CeRTS) have been merged together to form the new Educator's Certification System (ECS). ECS is a web-based system that allows educators and district administrators access to certification data from ISBE's Teacher Certification Information System (TCIS).   The ECS web site consists of two portals, or doorways to certification data: District administrators can view certification data that is considered public information; that is issued educator credentials; Enter professional development activities. ECS also allows educators to create private accounts and have access to all of their TCIS data, apply for certificates and endorsements, register and renew their certificates, and apply for NCLB HOUSSE HQ status. ECS accepts only credit cards as payment for application services.

ECS Website

Directions for inputting CPDUs on ECS