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Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission:
Comments should be submitted to Erin Fath, Department of Public Instruction, 125 S. Webster Street, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 or at adminrules@dpi.wi.gov. The Department will publish a hearing notice in the Administrative Register which will provide information on the deadline for the submission of comments. RULE TEXT
Section 1. PI 34.023 (2) (f) is renumbered s. PI 34.023 (2) (f) (intro.) and amended to read:
PI 34.023 (2) (f) 1. For educator preparation programs leading to the student's first license under subch. VI, the student teaching shall be for full school days for a full semester of the cooperating school or the equivalent as determined by the state superintendent. Equivalency for the purpose of this subdivision shall include one of the following:
Section 2. PI 34.023 (2) (f) 1. a. and b. are created to read:
34.023 (2) (f) 1. a. The length of the semester of the student’s institution of higher education if the educator preparation program determines a student meets completion requirements. If an institution of higher education operates on a calendar other than semesters, the duration of student teaching shall be no less than 15 weeks.
b. Full days for a full semester of the cooperating school with an option to substitute teach for no more than ten days during the semester if agreed to by the educator preparation program. Short-term substitute teaching authorized under s. PI 34.032 may only occur in the classroom of the cooperating teacher and if the teacher possesses a short-term substitute teaching license. Section 3. PI 34.023 (2) (f) 2. is amended to read:
34.023 (2) (f) 2. For educator preparation programs leading to the student obtaining an additional teacher license under subchs. VI or IX, the student teaching shall bethe student teaching shall be for full days for a full semester of the cooperating school. Equivalency for the purpose of this subdivision, as determined by the state superintendent, is for a duration determined by the educator preparation program to be necessary for the student to gain the necessary clinical experience for the additional license.
Section 4. Finding of Emergency:
An emergency rule is needed to clarify the rules around student teaching equivalency so that school districts and educator preparation programs may take advantage of the flexibility in statute to determine an equivalency for student teaching in time for the upcoming school year. A permanent rule would not provide these flexibilities in time for the upcoming school year, but the promulgation of an emergency rule will ensure that the criteria for student teaching equivalency remain consistent throughout the permanent rule making process.
Section 5. Effective Date:
The rules contained in this order shall take effect upon publication as emergency rules pursuant to the authority granted by s. 227.24, Stats.
