Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session
Relating to: an initial teaching license based on completion of a Montessori teacher education program.
Public instruction, department of Teacher — Certificate
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill expands the teacher education programs that satisfy a requirement for
obtaining an initial teaching license under the alternative teacher licensure path
described below to include teacher education programs approved by the Association
Montessori Internationale.
2015 Wisconsin Act 55
created an alternative teacher licensure path for an
individual who satisfies the following requirements:
1. The individual has a bachelor's degree.
2. The individual successfully completed a teacher education program
accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education.
3. The individual successfully completed a three-credit introductory course in
special education.
4. The individual received a passing score on any standardized examination the
Department of Public Instruction requires to obtain an equivalent license under the
traditional licensing path and the Foundations of Reading test.