This page contains Wisconsin licensure information, educational organizations, associations, centers, councils, upcoming conferences, and grant opportunities.

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Wisconsin Educator Licensure

Wisconsin Educator Licensure Information - To teach in the Wisconsin public school system, you must obtain your Wisconsin educator's license. Learn more about how to get an educator's license.

Alternative Pathways to Licensure - Do you already have a Bachelor's degree but still need to obtain your teacher's license in order to teach? Then consider exploring some alternative pathways to licensure.

Educational Organizations

SCOLA (exit WisItalia) - then select "About SCOLA"

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) (exit WisItalia) - is the state agency responsible for administering the educator licensure program. It also contains a wealth of information for educators.
DPI hosts listservs to share world language news, events and resources. They currently host the following listservs: arabiclist, asllist, chineselist, earlylanguagelist, frenchlist, germanlist, heritagelanguagelist, japaneselist, languageleaderlist, latinlist, italianlist, and spanishlist.To subscribe to or confirm your subscription to a DPI listserv, send an email with no content to your preferred list address.

The model below is for the italianlist. (Substitute the name of your preferred listserv, if other than Italian.)

Subscribe-italianlist@dpi.wi.gov

NOTE: The language leadership listserv is intended for those with an interest in activities or information relevant to the field of world language education as a whole. District administrators, curriculum specialists, world language chairs, teacher educators, and leaders of professional organizations and educational agencies may wish to subscribe to this listserv. All stakeholders in world language education are welcome.

Information you wish to be considered for listserv distribution may be sent to (pamela.delfosse@dpi.wi.gov). Please allow up to a week for materials to be posted. Content should be reader-ready and not require significant interpretation or editing prior to distribution.

Associations/Centers/Councils

American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI) (exit WisItalia)

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) (exit WisItalia)

Center for Language Education and Research - Language Resource Center (LRC) (exit WisItalia)

Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition - Language Research Center (LRC) (exit WisItalia)

Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (exit WisItalia)

MidWest Association for Language Learning Technology (exit WisItalia)

National Network for Early Language Learning (exit WisItalia)

Wisconsin Association for Language Teachers (exit WisItalia)

Upcoming Conferences

NOTE: WisItalia provides grant funds to Italian language teachers and other WisItalia members to help offset the costs of educational seminars, workshops and conferences related to Italian language, culture and networking opportunities. To apply, complete the WisItalia, Inc. Education/Licensure/Conference Grant Application for 2009-2010 (Word Fillable) and submit it to wisitalia.info@gmail.com.

March 13, 2010, (UW-Waukesha Commons, Wisconsin) FLESFEST 2010 (exit WisItalia) - The Wisconsin FLES Network, the Wisconsin Association of Language Teachers (WAFLT) and the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) join forces, share sources and combine resources to present FLESFEST 2010. Early Start-Long Sequence Lifelong World Language Learning, K-16 and Beyond. Motivating World Language Learners for Success. Keynote Speaker: Paul Sandrock.

November 26-27, 2010, Rome, Italy Contemporary Rome: Changing Faces of the Eternal City Bilingual Conference (exit WisItalia) - Sponsored by The American University of Rome. This is a bilingial conference (English and Italian). Keynote Speaker: Michael Herzfeld. If you are interested in submitting a paper, the call for papers is due on June 1, 2010. View the promotional "call for papers" information for more details.

Grant Opportunities

Refer to the Grant Opportunities page for up-to-date grant information.

Updated March 6, 2010