Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Public Instruction
Chapter PI 34 - Educator Licenses
Subchapter IV - Program Support
Section PI 34.0195 - License based on equivalency or experience
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code § PI 34.0195
Current through February 24, 2025
(1) LICENSE BASED ON EQUIVALENCY.
(a) An initial or professional
educator license may be issued to an applicant who has not completed an
approved program, if the applicant has obtained a statement from an institution
that the applicant has completed the equivalent of that institution's approved
program, and if the applicant meets all of the applicable requirements of this
chapter.
(b) An initial or
professional educator license may be issued to an applicant who completes
department approved standards-based training and assessments for the license.
The assessment requirement shall include receiving a passing score on a
standardized examination approved by the state superintendent in the area of
licensure and in teaching knowledge. An initial or professional educator
license may also be issued to an applicant who has demonstrated competence
through an assessment process, approved by the state superintendent, that meets
the standards under subch. II, including any standardized examinations
prescribed by the state superintendent for licensure.
(c) An initial or professional educator
license may be issued to an applicant who has completed an alternative training
program approved by the state superintendent that is provided by, but not
limited to, a college or university, school, school district, CESA, consortia,
technical college, private enterprise or agency. Each alternative training
program shall be based on the standards under subch. II and shall include
assessment of candidate performance as measured against the standards,
including any standardized examinations prescribed by the state superintendent
for licensure.
(d)
1. The state superintendent shall insure that
program providers under pars. (b) and (c) have adequate resources to support
teaching by faculty and learning by students. The state superintendent shall
insure that program providers under pars. (b) and (c) have sufficient budgetary
resources to fulfill their mission and offer quality programs.
2. The program provider, in collaboration
with the department, shall systematically evaluate and report to the public
graduate performance in obtaining employment in Wisconsin schools or school
districts as well as graduate performance in advancing from the initial to
professional educator license and master educator license after the first 5
years of employment.
(2) LICENSE BASED ON EXPERIENCE. An initial educator or professional educator license may be issued to an applicant who presents evidence of having completed an approved program in another state except student teaching if the applicant verifies 3 or more years of successful teaching experience in the subject or grade level of preparation and if the applicant meets all of the applicable requirements of this chapter.
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