PI -34

What Every Educator Should

Know

R. Schemelin

What is PI-34?

• DPI administrative rule overseeing the pre-service preparation and license renewal for educators

• A verification process that ties meaningful professional growth to license renewal

• PI-34 applies to educators completing programs after Aug. 31, 2004 but currently licensed educators may switch into the system or will have to switch to the PDP system when they add a new area of licensure

Purpose of Professional Development Plan (PDP)

• Mechanism for license renewal between educator and the State of Wisconsin

• Show how educators plan to increase their proficiency on the WI Educator Standards

• Recognize the link between teaching and student learning

Pre-Service Portfolio

• IHE initiated• Academic Process• External Motivation• Address All Standards• Evidence is collected on

All Standards• Evaluated by IHE

• Job-embedded• Self-directed• Intrinsic motivation• Addressed 2 or more

standards• 3-5 pieces of evidence• Verified

PDP

Licensure Cycle

• Initial Educator 3-5 years• Professional 5 years• Master (optional) 10 years

Initial Educator License

• 3-5 year license, non-renewable if activated• Initial Educator license may be renewed if the initial

educator has not been employed as an educator for at least 3 years in the 5 year period

• Educator develops PDP addressing 2 or more standards

• PDP is verified by majority of 3 member Initial Educator Review Team (IHE, Admin, Peer)

District Requirements of PI-34

• Provide ongoing orientation collaboratively developed and delivered by school boards, administrators, teachers, support staff, and parents/families

• Provide support seminars reflecting WI Teaching Standards and the mission & goals of the school

• Provide a qualified mentor• Designate an administrator who may serve on

the initial educator’s PDP team

Role of the Mentor

• To provide support for the Initial Educator

• To assist the Initial Educator in the reflection process in preparation for development of the PDP

My Initial Educator License is non-renewable and expires after 5 years…

What if I What actually want to teach for more than 5 years?

5 Year PDP Timeline

• Year 1: Reflection• Year 2: PDP Goal Approval

– Submit to PDP & PDP Goal Approval Form to Team by Jan. 1st

– Send Signed PDP Goal Approval Form(s) to DPI • Years 2 - 4: Document Professional Growth and Complete

Annual Reviews• Years 3-5: PDP Verification

– Submit PDP, Evidence, & PDP Verification Form to PDP Team between July 1st & Jan. 15th

– PDP Team Approves/Disapproves by April 1st – Send Approved PDP Verification Form(s), Application, Fee,

Employment Verification to DPI, etc.

Initial Educator PDP Team

• IHE, Admin, Peer who have completed DPI PDP Reviewer Training

• If 2 of 3 members verify goal/plan then send the form(s) into DPI

• If at least 2 members do not verify goal/plan the initial educator may make revisions & resubmit to the team

• Initial Educators may make appeals to the state superintendant• DPI Reviewer Database

– http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/tepdl/pdpteammembers.html• SEWNTP Reviewer Database

– http://www.stritch.edu/pi34/

The majority of your PDP team approves of your plan, and, 3-5 years later, they agree that you met your goals. Now what?

You are issued a 5-year RENEWABLE Professional Educator License.

To get the professional educator license renewed, you are required

to draft ANOTHER PDP, but this time. . .

• 3 “like-licensed” peers (teachers, pupil services, admin) who have completed DPI PDP Reviewer Training

• Majority reviews and verifies completion of the PDP in year 5 of the cycle

• PDP goal does not need to be approved

The PDP Goal

• Self-directed• Allows for flexibility• Goal relates to professional development and student

achievement

I will . . . . What you want to learn & why?

So that . . .Data driven (provides evidence of use in the classroom)

Process of Writing a PDP

• The goal addresses 2 or more of the Wisconsin Educator Standards

• Once a goal has been established, the plan is developed (objective, activities, and collaboration ideas)

• Throughout the process, the plan is carried out through activities, collaboration, collection of evidence, and reflection

DPI Initial Educator Page

• http://dpi.wi.gov/Tepdl/initialed.html