Certification
Wisconsin Technical College System Office
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Madison, WI 53707-7874
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TCS 3.08 Instructional administrative certification. Each person
employed by a district, including the district director, who manages, supervises
or evaluates certified instructional staff and exercises overall supervisory
responsibilities in matters affecting curriculum or instruction shall obtain
an instructional administrative certificate from the board. An instructional
administrative certificate shall be granted as follows:
(1) FIVE-YEAR CERTIFICATE. A 5-year certificate shall be issued
to a person employed as an instructional administrator if the person has met
all of the following requirements:
(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 all of the following additional education
and academic preparation:
1. A master's degree or equivalent as defined under s. TCS
3.04(3).
2. Fifteen semester credits approved by the director or designee
of professional education appropriate to the administrative position.
(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 of teaching
experience in any recognized educational system.
(d) Professional experience. A person shall have 2 years of
experience as a certified administrator in any recognized educational system.
(e) Renewal. The 5-year instructional administrative certificate
shall be renewed if during the instructional administrative certificate 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 for 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 administrator if the person
has not met all the requirements for a 5-year certificate under sub. (1) but
meets all of the following minimum requirements:
(a) Education. A person shall have 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 for an instructional provisional certificate
under s. TCS 3.05(2)(b) in the person's area of instruction.
(c) Teaching experience. A person shall have 2 years of teaching
experience in any recognized educational system.
Renewal. The initial provisional instructional administrative
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
