Organized and led by Dr. Jo Ann Karr, the Daniel L. Goodwin College of Education provides free ILTS Content Exam workshops for enrolled students during the fall, spring and summer semesters. The activities take place on Zoom and are designed to provide strategies and other supports for successfully completing the ILTS exams required for teacher licensure in Illinois. Registration takes place at the start of every semester.
PREPARATION FOR THE ILTS CONTENT AREA EXAM – Summer 2025
A special series of once-a-week free Content Exam Prep workshops for ELED, ECED, MLED, SPED, and English Language Arts via Zoom starting second week of Summer 2025.
Workshops for an effective approach to the Content Exam:
- Assess your readiness and become familiar with the nature of the questions through the review of sample questions
- Practice strategies for analyzing questions to sort out answer options.
- Preview of materials and online resources for practice
- Consider techniques to reduce test anxiety
- Participate in mini lessons with special emphasis on literacy knowledge subareas/objectives when included in your Content Exam.
- Forum for finding study partners to continue review of content materials.
Get a pass score in fewer tries by participating in interactive action labs now!
Don’t wait until your capstone term to work on exam. Best test-taking strategies plus actual review of content with practice questions each week. Learn an effective and efficient approach to refreshing and filling in gaps of knowledge in your content area. Registration form has more details and workshop days and times. Plan to attend the workshop series after receiving confirmation.
Zoom interactive workshops conducted by Test Prep and Literacy Coach Dr. Jo Ann Karr.
Confirmation of space reserved, if available, will be sent. For further information, email Dr. Karr at jkarr@neiu.edu.
Cost: Your time to participate in the sessions and do the review recommended.
