Reading and Language Arts Instruction Stipulation

Requirement

Reading and Language Arts Instruction is required for teachers in regular (EC, EC-MC, MC-EA, K-9), special education (EC, MC-EA, EA-A, K-12), reading teacher and administrative reading specialist in accordance to Wisconsin State statute §118.19(12) and PI 34.022(6).

Reading and Language Arts Verification Form

This form will be required with application except for those who complete an approved educator preparation program after July 1, 2025 (beginning on that date the endorsement for the license by the preparation program will include this information). All other applicants in the impacted license areas must provide verification of completed instruction in or by an approved educator preparation program that prepared the applicant to teach reading and language arts using science−based early reading instruction. . This instruction is defined in Wis. Stats. §118.015 (1c) (b) to include:

• Phonological awareness, including word awareness, rhyme recognition, repetition and creation of alliteration, syllable counting or identification, onset, and rime manipulation,
• Phonemic awareness, including phoneme identification, isolation, blending, segmentation, addition, substitution, and deletion,
• Phonics,
• Building background knowledge,
• Oral language development,
• Vocabulary building to develop lexical and morphological knowledge,
• Instruction in writing,
• Instruction in comprehension, and
• Reading fluency.

Impacted applicants must obtain a completed Reading and Language Arts Verification Form (PI-1626) from the certification officer at the educator preparation program where their program or instruction was completed to verify that the requirements have been met. The applicant must upload the completed PI-1626 form with all other documents in ELO. This form is only available from a certification officer at an approved Wisonsin preparation program.

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Description

​Educators must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of teaching reading and language arts using appropriate instructional methods including phonics to teach reading and language arts to pupils in grades PK to 6. "Phonics" means a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and syllables.

Courses that address this stipulation and meet the state statutory requirements that go into effect on July 1, 2025.
 

The entities above offer these courses to those in their approved educator preparation programs and to those outside their programs to meet statutory stipulations.