Making Pi 34 Relevant To You
WEAC members are now able to go to a single place on the Internet to
sort out information about the state’s new teacher licensing law
(known as PI 34), and to conveniently complete the law’s professional
development requirements and opportunities.
And they can do it all at no cost.
The site – called Quality Educator Interactive – is available
online at http://qei.wisconsin.edu.
Among other things, teachers accessing this online service are able
to securely and confidentially store license renewal projects, resumes
and transcripts, using an electronic system developed by the WEAC Professional
Development Academy, the University of Wisconsin System and UW Extension.
Vital career documents remain confidential, portable and accessible
to member educators no matter where the teacher is employed.
Users are able to store any and all records pertaining to their careers.
A teacher may give permission for a prospective employer to view the
electronic records.
One aim of this still-developing Internet home is to make the state’s
new teacher licensing law less cumbersome by providing easy-to-follow
steps online.
The system also connects educators with people able to serve on professional
development plan review teams. This online matchmaker is especially
helpful to teachers in need of peer teachers or higher education representatives
when forming the three-member professional development plan review teams
as required by PI 34 for renewal of the five-year Professional Educator
License.
Veteran educators also are able to offer their services to professional
development plan review teams under any special scenarios – such
as limiting their services to a certain district or to a certain subject
matter.
The interactive system also helps experienced educators decide whether
to renew under PI 34 or to renew their licenses the former way of earning
six college credits. Information about college courses, either at a
nearby campus or a virtual offering, is accessible on the system.
The system also serves the needs of the professional development providers
by including their information in the interactive database where members
can simply search or register to receive alerts about opportunities
in specific topics or geographic areas.
Resource page on Teacher Licensing
Posted June 1, 2005