WISCONSIN QUALITY EDUCATOR INITIATIVE

WISCONSIN QUALITY EDUCATOR INITIATIVE

ag3125Adopted May 1, 2015

3125 - WISCONSIN QUALITY EDUCATOR INITIATIVE

The Board of Education is committed to having a quality teacher in every classroom and a strong leader in every building. The Board encourages the use of best educational practices to improve instruction and increase student achievement. To these ends, the Board requires that the District hire the most qualified and experienced individuals available and that all staff be licensed as required by law.

Attaining and maintaining proper State licensure under P.I. 34 is primarily the licensee’s responsibility. However, the Board recognizes its responsibilities under P.I. 34 and supports efforts that promote the effectiveness of staff through career-long preparation and learning and performance-based assessment.

P.I. 34 controls licenses for teachers, administrators and pupil service professionals. The regulations identify three (3) licenses for these staff: initial educator, professional educator, and master educator. An initial educator license is issued by the Department of Public Instruction for a period of five (5) years and is nonrenewable unless the individual has not been employed as an educator for at least two (2) years within the five (5) year period. A professional educator license is a renewable license issued for a period of five (5) years. A master educator license is a renewable license issued for a period of ten (10) years.

The District has the following responsibilities under P.I. 34 relating to initial educators:

  1. Ongoing Orientation

    The District shall provide ongoing orientation to initial educators. The ongoing orientation shall be developed, and delivered by the Board, administrators, teachers, support staff and parents.
  2. Support Seminars

    The District shall provide support seminars for initial educators.
  3. Qualified Mentor

    The District shall provide the initial educator with a qualified mentor. A "mentor" is an educator who is trained to provide support and assistance to initial educators and who will have input into the confidential formative assessment of the initial educator and who is not to be considered as part of the formal employment evaluation process. To be "qualified," the person must hold an appropriate license.

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