WTCS Certification Educational Requirements
Professional Development Design
Wisconsin Technical College System

Description

The learning experiences defined in this professional development design are intended to lay the groundwork for excellence in teaching and learning and for on-going professional development. The eight courses that make up the WTCS certification requirements ensure that teachers and other instructional leaders possess core skills and abilities needed to meet the needs of a diverse population of adult learners; to plan, deliver, assess, and continually improve learning; and to contribute to the accomplishment of the Wisconsin Technical College System mission.

The certification process begins when an individual is hired by a Wisconsin Technical College or another state agency that offers technical education. The certification process is an effort to insure quality education.

Target Population

This professional development series is intended to lay the groundwork for excellence in teaching and educational leadership in the Wisconsin Technical College System. The target audience is professionals holding positions requiring WTCS certification and includes technical college teachers and those serving in other technical college leadership roles (e.g. counselors, supervisors, librarians, administrators).

External Requirements

Professional development offerings must meet the requirements laid out in Chapter TCS 3, Education Requirements 50 - 69 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

Career/Job Titles

1.

Instructor

2.

Instructional Specialist

3.

Instructional Supervisor

4.

Instructional Related Supervisor

5.

Instructional Administrator

6.

Instructional Related Administrator

7.

Counselor

8.

Librarian

WTCS Pre-Requisites for Provisional Certification

In order to obtain certification in the WTCS, an individual must be a full or part time employee holding a position that requires WTCS certification in one of the sixteen Wisconsin Technical Colleges or another state agency that delivers technical education.

WTCS Certification Education Requirements
Program Outcomes

A. Develop performance-based curriculum for a learning experience

B. Contribute to the accomplishment of the Wisconsin Technical College System Mission

C. Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning

D. Create a supportive learning environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of adult learners

E. Assess learning outcomes

F. Foster the intellectual, professional and personal growth of adult learners

G. Give leadership to the planning, design, implementation, assessment, continual improvement, and marketing of instruction and other educational services

H. Create a learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations including, but not limited to diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, social/economic background, employment status, religion, sexual preference, religion, or affiliation as they are present in your teaching and learning environment.

Core Abilities

Facilitators of WTCS Certification Activities may incorporate core abilities established by the sponsoring organization or they may address the following recommended core abilities:

Learn effectively, modeling lifelong learning

Respect cultural diversity and pluralism

Develop a sense of personal, social, professional ethics

Think critically and creatively

Communicate clearly

Professional Development Activities Configuration

Requirement Number

Requirement Title

Credits

Approximate Hours of Learning

WTCS 50

Course Construction

2

80

WTCS 51

Philosophy of Vocational Technical and Adult Education

2

80

WTCS 52

Teaching Methods

2

80

WTCS 53

Educational Psychology

2

80

WTCS 54

Educational Evaluation

2

80

WTCS 55

Guidance and Counseling

2

80

WTCS 58

Leadership and Supervision

2

80

WTCS 69

Educational Diversity

2

80

Professional Development Activities Detail

Requirement Title:

Curriculum and Course Construction

Requirement Number:

WTCS 50

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description:

Prepares educators to employ the performance-based instructional design process. Participants designate performance expectations, design learning plans, develop assessment tasks, and produce a syllabus. Participants may choose to apply the process to classroom, lab, onsite industrial, online, or other distance learning environments. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #50 - Course/Curriculum Construction.]

Learning Outcome: Develop performance-based curriculum for a learning experience

Requirement Title:

Philosophy of Vocational Technical and Adult Education

Requirement Number:

WTCS 51

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description:

Prepares technical college educators to contribute to the accomplishment of the Wisconsin Technical College mission and purposes. Participants will think critically about their personal philosophy, roles, and responsibilities as they focus on serving Wisconsin Technical College customers (external and internal).

Learning Outcome: Evaluate how your professional role relates to the roles and responsibilities of others and contributes to the accomplishment of the missions of your organization and the Wisconsin Technical College System.

Requirement Title:

Teaching Methods

Requirement Number:

WTCS 52

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description:

Prepares educators to create a learning environment that supports learners and results in the achievement of designated learning outcomes. Emphasizes teaching and learning techniques that promote active learning, support learners with a variety of learning preferences and needs, and generate continuous improvement in teaching and learning. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #52-Teaching Methods]

Learning Outcome: Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning.

Requirement Title:

Educational Psychology

Requirement Number:

WTCS 53

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description: Participants use principles of educational psychology to connect teaching to learning. Focusing on the importance of a learner-centered educational environment, they apply what is known about how people learn to the process of planning, evaluating, and improving the quality of learning.

Learning Outcome: Evaluate how your professional role relates to the roles and responsibilities of others and contributes to the accomplishment of the missions of your organization and the Wisconsin Technical College System.
Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning.
Create a supportive learning environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of adult learners.

Requirement Title:

Educational Evaluation

Requirement Number:

WTCS 54

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description: Prepares educators to design and implement the performance assessment component of a course. Places emphasis on the development of criterion-referenced performance assessment strategies, the application of varied assessment formats, and the use of assessment as a tool for improving teaching and learning. Participants will design performance assessment strategies for a course or other learning experience, create varied assessment tools, and summarize their assessment philosophy. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #54 - Educational Evaluation]

Learning Outcome: Assess learning outcomes.

Requirement Title: Guidance and Counseling

Requirement Number:

WTCS 55

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description: A guidance and counseling framework is used to develop skills and strategies to enhance student success. Participants will explore the educator's role in meeting the guidance and counseling needs of learners. They will develop a personal theory of counseling, explore available student support resources and analyze legal and ethical implications of the educator's role.

Learning Outcome: Play an effective and appropriate role in meeting the guidance and counseling needs of learners.

Requirement Title: Leadership and Supervision

Requirement Number:

WTCS 58

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description:

Prepares practicing or aspiring leaders and supervisors of instructional staff in the WTCS to provide effective leadership to the planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and marketing of learning opportunities and other related services. Emphasis is placed on contributions to a learning college and team environment. Participants evaluate models and share best practices in their leadership roles and overall responsibility of coordination of the delivery of quality learner-centered products and services. Participants differentiate the roles of leader and manager while growing to appreciate followers and their professional and personal growth. Strategies for the optimization of human and financial resources and compliance with laws, policies, and procedures are also addressed. Successful completion of WTCS Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute (WLDI) may substitute for this course.

Learning Outcome: Give leadership to the planning, design, implementation, assessment, continual improvement, and marketing of instruction and other educational services.

Requirement Title: Educational Diversity

Requirement Number:

WTCS 69

Approximate Hours
of Learning:

80

Requirement
Description: Prepares participants to create an inclusive and effective learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations. Participants examine organizational, classroom, and individual diversity issues, and develop strategies for increasing personal effectiveness in working with diverse groups. Participants apply competencies to meeting the needs of the specific diverse populations, or individual members of diverse groups, that make up their teaching and learning environments. These populations include, but are not limited to, diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, and sexual orientation.

Learning Outcome: Create an inclusive and effective learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations including, but not limited to, diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, and sexual orientation as they are present in your teaching and learning environment.

For more information contact: barbara.miller@wtcsystem.edu

Last modified: July 31, 2008

*Career/Job Titles*

1.	Instructor
2.	Instructional Specialist
3.	Instructional Supervisor
4.	Instructional Related Supervisor
5.	Instructional Administrator
6.	Instructional Related Administrator
7.	Counselor
8.	Librarian

*WTCS Certification Education Requirements* *Program Outcomes*

A.	Develop performance-based curriculum for a learning experience
B.	Contribute to the accomplishment of the Wisconsin Technical College System Mission
C.	Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning
D.	Create a supportive learning environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of adult learners
E.	Assess learning outcomes
F.	Foster the intellectual, professional and personal growth of adult learners
G.	Give leadership to the planning, design, implementation, assessment, continual improvement, and marketing of instruction and other educational services
H.	Create a learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations including, but not limited to diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, social/economic background, employment status, religion, sexual preference, religion, or affiliation as they are present in your teaching and learning environment.

*Core Abilities*

Facilitators of WTCS Certification Activities may incorporate core abilities established by the sponsoring organization or they may address the following recommended core abilities:
	Learn effectively, modeling lifelong learning
	Respect cultural diversity and pluralism
	Develop a sense of personal, social, professional ethics
	Think critically and creatively
	Communicate clearly


*Professional Development Activities Configuration*

*Requirement Number*	*Requirement Title*	*Credits*	*Approximate Hours of Learning*
WTCS 50	Course Construction	2	80
WTCS 51	Philosophy of Vocational Technical and Adult Education	2	80
WTCS 52	Teaching Methods	2	80
WTCS 53	Educational Psychology	2	80
WTCS 54	Educational Evaluation	2	80
WTCS 55	Guidance and Counseling	2	80
WTCS 58	Leadership and Supervision	2	80
WTCS 69	Educational Diversity	2	80

*Professional Development Activities Detail*

*Requirement Title:*	*Curriculum and Course Construction*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 50
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares educators to employ the performance-based instructional design process. Participants designate performance expectations, design learning plans, develop assessment tasks, and produce a syllabus. Participants may choose to apply the process to classroom, lab, onsite industrial, online, or other distance learning environments. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #50 - Course/Curriculum Construction.]
*Learning Outcome:*	Develop performance-based curriculum for a learning experience



*Requirement Title:*	*Philosophy of Vocational Technical and Adult Education*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 51
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares technical college educators to contribute to the accomplishment of the Wisconsin Technical College mission and purposes. Participants will think critically about their personal philosophy, roles, and responsibilities as they focus on serving Wisconsin Technical College customers (external and internal).
*Learning Outcome:*	Evaluate how your professional role relates to the roles and responsibilities of others and contributes to the accomplishment of the missions of your organization and the Wisconsin Technical College System.



*Requirement Title:*	*Teaching Methods*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 52
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares educators to create a learning environment that supports learners and results in the achievement of designated learning outcomes. Emphasizes teaching and learning techniques that promote active learning, support learners with a variety of learning preferences and needs, and generate continuous improvement in teaching and learning. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #52-Teaching Methods]
*Learning Outcome:*	Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning.

*Requirement Title:*	*Educational Psychology*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 53
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Participants use principles of educational psychology to connect teaching to learning. Focusing on the importance of a learner-centered educational environment, they apply what is known about how people learn to the process of planning, evaluating, and improving the quality of learning.
*Learning Outcome:*	Evaluate how your professional role relates to the roles and responsibilities of others and contributes to the accomplishment of the missions of your organization and the Wisconsin Technical College System. Facilitate teaching/learning strategies that help learners maximize learning. Create a supportive learning environment that meets the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical needs of adult learners.



*Requirement Title:*	*Educational Evaluation*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 54
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares educators to design and implement the performance assessment component of a course. Places emphasis on the development of criterion-referenced performance assessment strategies, the application of varied assessment formats, and the use of assessment as a tool for improving teaching and learning. Participants will design performance assessment strategies for a course or other learning experience, create varied assessment tools, and summarize their assessment philosophy. [This course meets WTCS Certification Requirement #54 - Educational Evaluation]
*Learning Outcome:*	Assess learning outcomes.



*Requirement Title:*	*Guidance and Counseling*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 55
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	A guidance and counseling framework is used to develop skills and strategies to enhance student success. Participants will explore the educator's role in meeting the guidance and counseling needs of learners. They will develop a personal theory of counseling, explore available student support resources and analyze legal and ethical implications of the educator's role.
*Learning Outcome:*	Play an effective and appropriate role in meeting the guidance and counseling needs of learners.



*Requirement Title:*	*Leadership and Supervision*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 58
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares practicing or aspiring leaders and supervisors of instructional staff in the WTCS to provide effective leadership to the planning, design, implementation, evaluation, and marketing of learning opportunities and other related services. Emphasis is placed on contributions to a learning college and team environment. Participants evaluate models and share best practices in their leadership roles and overall responsibility of coordination of the delivery of quality learner-centered products and services. Participants differentiate the roles of leader and manager while growing to appreciate followers and their professional and personal growth. Strategies for the optimization of human and financial resources and compliance with laws, policies, and procedures are also addressed. Successful completion of WTCS Wisconsin Leadership Development Institute (WLDI) may substitute for this course.
*Learning Outcome:*	Give leadership to the planning, design, implementation, assessment, continual improvement, and marketing of instruction and other educational services.



*Requirement Title:*	*Educational Diversity*
*Requirement Number:*	WTCS 69
Approximate Hours of Learning:	80
Requirement Description:	Prepares participants to create an inclusive and effective learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations. Participants examine organizational, classroom, and individual diversity issues, and develop strategies for increasing personal effectiveness in working with diverse groups. Participants apply competencies to meeting the needs of the specific diverse populations, or individual members of diverse groups, that make up their teaching and learning environments. These populations include, but are not limited to, diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, and sexual orientation.
*Learning Outcome:*	Create an inclusive and effective learning environment that will meet the needs of diverse student populations including, but not limited to, diversity of: age, sex, physical and cognitive ability, race, ethnic background, and sexual orientation as they are present in your teaching and learning environment.