Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Public Instruction
Chapter PI 34 - Educator Licenses
Subchapter VI - Teaching Areas
Section PI 34.051 - Blind and visual impairment
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง PI 34.051
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) AUTHORIZATION. A license issued under this section authorizes an individual to teach pupils who are blind and visually impaired in any grade.
(2) ELIGIBILITY. The state superintendent may issue a blind and visual impairment license under this section to an applicant who completes an approved program which included all of the following:
(a) Philosophical, historical, and legal
foundations of special education and the area of blind and visual
impairment.
(b) Characteristics of
pupils who are blind and visually impaired, including the structure and
functions of the eye.
(c)
Assessment, diagnosis, and evaluation of pupils who are blind and visually
impaired.
(d) Instructional content
for pupils who are blind and visually impaired.
(e) Instructional strategies to plan
effective learning environments for pupils who are blind and visually
impaired.
(f) Student teaching of
pupils who are blind and visually impaired.
(g) Successful completion of the national
literary Braille competency test.
(h) Coursework in methods of teaching
Braille.
(i) Experience in teaching
Braille to pupils which is based on documentary evidence approved by the state
superintendent. The experience may include a practicum or student
teaching.
(j) The applicant
successfully met the assessments requirements under s. PI 34.021(1) (c) and
(d).
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