Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Public Instruction
Chapter PI 34 - Educator Licenses
Subchapter IX - Supplementary Areas
Section PI 34.078 - Bilingual-bicultural education
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง PI 34.078
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) AUTHORIZATION. A license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach in a bilingual-bicultural educational program in the license area of the underlying teaching license.
(2) ELIGIBILITY. The state superintendent may issue a bilingual-bicultural education license under this section to an applicant who meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Holds a teaching license under subch.
VI.
(b) Is proficient in English
and in the target language.
(c)
Completed an approved program in bilingual-bicultural education at the grade
level of the license being sought. The program shall include coursework in
cultural and cross-cultural studies in all of the following:
1. Contemporary social problems, with an
emphasis on the bilingual-bicultural child.
2. Culture of the target group or
groups.
3. Analysis contrasting the
target culture with other cultures.
4. Bilingual-bicultural field experiences in
the community of the target group.
5. Demonstrated competency in foundations of
bilingual-bicultural education, including the rationale, history, and survey of
existing models.
6. Demonstrated
theory and methodology of teaching bilingual-bicultural pupils in both English
and the target language.
7.
Language study which develops knowledge related to phonology, morphology, and
syntax in the target language as these elements contrast with
English.
8. A clinical program in
bilingual-bicultural education.
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