Three
major changes accompany the new licensure rules
Teacher preparation moves from a course and credit orientation to
a performance and competency orientation requiring that teaching skills
be developed and demonstrated throughout the teacher preparation program.
To be certified for licensure, teacher candidates need to demonstrate
or exhibit the knowledge, skills, and dispositions identified in the
ten Wisconsin Teacher Standards.
License renewal will have a career-long focus of self-directed, planned
professional development that is guided by the ten Wisconsin Teacher
Standards.
License levels or categories will be broader in that they will be
based on students’ developmental levels: early childhood, middle
childhood, early adolescence, and adolescence.
