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Teacher Shortage USDE 2024-25
12/11/2023
The U.S. Department of Education has approved the Department of Public Instruction's identification of teacher shortage areas for the 2024-2025...
Wisconsin Improvement Program Deadline
12/06/2023
The Wisconsin Improvement Program (WIP) portal closes on December 15, 2023 at 5 p.m. for the 2023-2024 academic year. Intern requests must be...
WISEstaff Preliminary Snapshot
11/20/2023
The deadline to complete the WISEstaff Preliminary Certification has been extended from November 16 to November 28, 2023 due to technical issues for...
Emergency Rule Published: Student Teaching Equivalency
11/17/2023
The Department of Public Instruction published an emergency rule today in the Wisconsin State Journal defining equivalency for the length of student...
WI Improvement Program (WIP) Important Dates & Drop-in Sessions
08/08/2023
This fall the LEAD Team is pleased to announce a new system to process Wisconsin Improvement Program (WIP) internship requests and offer virtual...
Tier I Licensing Options Memo for Districts
08/01/2023
The LEAD Team published in July a memo to help school districts navigate the application process for those staff who have not met full licensure...
Background Check Maintenance Window
07/01/2022
Educators with a Life or Lifetime license who did not complete the required Request Background Check - Lifetime Licensee [5900] application by 11:59...
Life/Lifetime Background Check Application Deadline 2022
06/28/2022
Who - For educators who need to complete a background check with DPI during the 2022 year, you must have an application completed by 11:59 PM on June...