3120E - DISTRICT SUPPORT OF ALTERNATIVE TEACHER LICENSURE
In the pursuit of providing the best educational opportunities possible to all of the District’s students, the Board has authorized the District Administrator to put resources towards and support the application for a teaching license through alternative means in circumstances where the District Administrator deems appropriate. The following is established to outline the criteria under which the District administration will support an alternative license pathway. These alternative licensure pathways are separately identified because of the additional obligations placed on the District when supporting the license process, as opposed to the emergency license or permit processes where no professional development obligations are required directly of the District.
Experience-Based Licensure
The District Administrator may support a candidate to teach technical education courses using an experience-based license. To be recommended for approval to the Board, a candidate to teach technical education courses under an experience-based license from DPI, must establish that s/he meets the following criteria:
must have at least 100 total points using the following system as set forth in State law. Note that the District Administrator, in consultation with appropriate staff, may opt not to support an experience-based license even if the proposed candidate can establish sufficient points in the system
The following points for experience in a technical field (must comprise at least twenty-five (25) of the required 100 points):
for a bachelor’s degree in any science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field and any teaching license or permit, 100 points
for a bachelor’s degree in any science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field, seventy-five (75) points
for a bachelor’s degree in a field other than any science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or technical or technology education field, sixty-five (65) points
for industry certification, ninety (90) points
for industry experience in a trade or technical field, five (5) points per forty (40) hours worked up to a maximum of ninety (90) points
for an internship in a trade or technical field, twenty-five (25) points
for being mentored in a trade or technical skill by a colleague or a Wisconsin Technology Education Association approved mentor, twenty-five (25) points
for an apprenticeship in a trade or technical field, five (5) points per forty (40) hours worked up to a maximum of ninety (90) points
The following points for pedagogical experience (must be at least twenty-five (25) out of the 100 required points):
for a bachelor’s degree in technical or technology education, 100 points
for a bachelor’s degree in a field other than science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or technical or technology education field and any teaching license or permit, seventy-five (75) points
for credit earned at an accredited institution of higher education or technical college, three (3) points per credit up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) points for technical or technology education course and science, technology, engineering, or mathematics courses and three (3) points per credit up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) points for education and pedagogical course
for completing at least 100 hours of training in pedagogy, five (5) points per fifty (50) hours up to a maximum of seventy-five (75) points
must agree to a professional development plan that will be implemented and that will be completed successfully during the teacher’s employment and in not more than three (3) years. The plan will consist of the following:
development of a mentor-mentee relationship with an experienced teacher selected by the administration for ability to mentor
The assigned teacher need not necessarily be in the same department.focus on development in pedagogical knowledge and capabilities
provide for regularly review of progress and revision as necessary during the course of the program if determined appropriate
contemplate external courses or programs to assist in professional development as appropriate
other District specific provisions
Professional Teaching Permit
The District Administrator may support the teaching license application of an individual to teach courses in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, art, music, or world languages that do not yet hold a professional teacher license under these guidelines. If the following criteria are met, and in consultation with the appropriate department curriculum and instruction teams, the District will support the license application.
The District is experiencing a shortage in the availability of teachers with professional teaching certification in the subject area and is unable to fill a position with an acceptable license teacher. The reasons for deeming a licensed teacher to be unacceptable must be clearly articulated for internal planning purposes.
The individual holds at least a bachelor’s degree in engineering, mathematics, science, computer science, art, music, or world languages.
The individual possesses at least five (5) years of verifiable industry experience in the same field as the bachelor’s degree.
The individual has completed at least 100 hours of pedagogical training in an alternative teacher licensing program approved by DPI.
The applicable department shall develop and agree to implement a plan to provide supervision of the teacher by a teacher that holds regular professional teaching licensure during the two (2) year period of the permit or for as long as the teacher is employed by the District whichever is shorter.
The hiring of the teacher under this alternative licensure program will not displace a regularly licensed teacher in the District.
If these criteria are met and a plan developed, the District Administrator may choose to make a recommendation to the Board. Only with Board approval may the District support the license application.
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