Current through August 26, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In
this section:
(a) "Educational entity"
includes any of the following:
1.
CESA.
2. Charter school.
3. Licensed child care provider under
contract with a school district to provide 3 or 4-year-old
kindergarten.
4. Private
school.
5. School
district.
5m. Tribal
school.
6. Wisconsin center for the
blind and visually impaired.
6m.
Wisconsin Challenge Academy under s.
321.03 (1) (c),
Stats.
7. Wisconsin educational
services program for the deaf and hard of hearing.
(b) "Regularly employed in education" means
employed as an educator providing services directly to students, families or
fellow educators in a prekindergarten through college setting or providing
administrative oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12 setting for one
hour per day per semester or its equivalent.
(c) "Successfully completed" means the
fulfillment of duties as a teacher, pupil services professional, or
administrator for each semester completed under the terms of
employment.
(2)
AUTHORIZATION. A tier III license issued under this section authorizes an
individual to teach or work in the license area specified under subch. VI, VII,
or VIII.
(3) ELIGIBILITY. The state
superintendent may grant a tier III license to an applicant if all of the
following requirements are met:
(a) The
applicant holds or has held a valid tier II license.
(b) The applicant meets one of the following
requirements:
1. Completed 6 semesters of
experience in the license area of the tier II license. The 6 semesters of
experience shall be completed within the five years preceding the start date of
the new tier III license. The 6 semesters of experience shall include
experience providing direct services to students or providing administrative
oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12 setting in the license area of
the tier II license while employed by an educational entity in
Wisconsin.
2. Held a tier II
license issued in the 2017-18 school year and completed 6 semesters of
experience in the license area of the tier II license. The 6 semesters of
experience shall have occurred between July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2018, and
shall have included experience providing direct services to students or
providing administrative oversight in a prekindergarten through grade 12
setting in the license area of the tier II license while employed by an
educational entity in Wisconsin.
(c) The applicant verifies to the state
superintendent that the applicant has successfully completed the service under
par. (b) on a form provided by the department. The form shall require
verification from each applicable employer for whom the applicant has
successfully completed service.
(4) LICENSE AREA. If the applicant holds
multiple tier II licenses under subch. VI, VII, or VIII, experience in a
license area in that subchapter will qualify as experience for other licenses
held in the same applicable subchapter.
(5) DURATION. A license issued under this
section remains valid unless one of the following occurs:
(a) The license holder has not been regularly
employed in education for 5 or more consecutive years.
(b) The license holder does not meet the
requirements under sub. (6). The state superintendent shall restore a license
that becomes invalid under this paragraph if the license holder obtains a
satisfactory background check under sub. (6) within 180 calendar days of the
license being invalidated.
(6) BACKGROUND CHECK. An individual holding a
license issued under this section shall submit a request to the department to
have a new background check conducted once every five years. The request shall
be made between January 1 and June 30 of the fifth year since the individual's
last background check, and by the same dates every five years thereafter. The
department may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of background
checks.
