Certification
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TCS 3.06 Instructional supervisory certification. Each person
employed by a district, under the direction of an instructional administrator,
who supervises instructional staff, manages one or more district instructional
programs, or supervises the development or design of instruction shall obtain
an instructional supervisory certificate from the board. An instructional
supervisory certificate shall be granted as follows:
(1) FIVE-YEAR CERTIFICATE. A 5-year certificate shall be issued
to a person employed as an instructional supervisor where the following requirements
are met:
(a) Education and academic preparation. A person shall complete
the education and academic preparation requirements required for a 5-year
certificate under s. TCS 3.05(1)(a), and the following additional education
and academic preparation:
1. Two semester credits approved by the director or designee
which contain the competencies identified by the state certification committee
under s. TCS 3.14(4)(a) in supervision or equivalent district in-service activities
which contain the competencies identified by the state certification committee
under s. TCS 3.14(4)(a) in supervision and approved by the state certification
committee under s. TCS 3.14(4)(b).
2. Twelve semester credits approved by the director or designee
of professional education appropriate to the supervisory position in addition
to that required under this paragraph.
3. A master's degree or equivalent as defined under s. TCS
3.04(3).
(b) Occupational experience. A person shall have the amount
of occupational experience required under s. TCS 3.05(1)(b).
(c) Teaching experience. A person shall have 2 years experience
as a teacher in any recognized educational system.
(d) Professional experience. A person shall have 2 years of
experience as a certified supervisor in any recognized educational system.
(e) Renewal. The 5-year instructional supervisory certificate
shall be renewed if during the instructional supervisory certification period
preceding the expiration date, the person seeking renewal completes 6 semester
credits or 2 months of appropriate occupational experience or other professional
activities provided by a district professional growth plan approved under
s. TCS 3.14(4)(g).
(2) PROVISIONAL CERTIFICATE. A provisional certificate shall
be issued to a person employed as an instructional supervisor where the person
has not met all of the requirements for a 5-year certificate under sub. (1)
but does meet all the following minimum requirements:
(a) Education. A person shall have a baccalaureate degree or
equivalent as defined under s. TCS 3.04(1) or (2).
(b) Occupational experience. A person shall have the amount
of occupational experience required for an instructional provisional certificate
under s. TCS 3.05(2)(b) in the person's field of instruction.
(c) Teaching experience. A person shall have 2 years teaching experience in any recognized educational system.
(d) Renewal. The initial provisional instructional supervisory
certificate shall be valid for 3 years and may be renewed for additional 2
year periods if during the provisional certification period preceding the
expiration date, the person makes progress toward meeting the requirements
of a 5-year certificate by completing 6 semester credits or district in-service
activities, fulfilling the requirements under sub. (1)(a). A person meeting
the requirements for sub. (1)(a) but not sub. (1)(d) shall complete 2 semester
credits approved by the district director or designee for renewal.
History: Cr. Register, April, 1993, no. 448, eff, 5-1-93; corrections
made under s.13.93 (2m) (b) 7, Stats., Register, June 1994, No.462
