Instructions: Respond to each of the questions in the box below for the PK-16 issues identified. Indicate the strategies and/or initiatives planned in response to each issue.
A.1. State coordination of the relationship of PK-12 to higher education is necessary to achieve a seamless PK-16 state education system.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
A.2. Local coordination of the relationship of PK-12 to higher education is necessary to achieve a seamless PK-16 local education system.
Responsible: Institutions
A.3. Increased state funding is necessary to achieve an effective PK-16 education system.
Responsible: UWSA
B.1. Ensuring the quality of teacher preparation, induction, mentoring and professional development in concert with DPI rules and school renewal is an all-university responsibility (including faculty from education, letters and science, and other related disciplines) in collaboration with local PK-12 school partners.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
B.2. Teacher preparation programs should prepare prospective teachers to ensure that all students meet high academic standards.
Responsible: Institutions
B.3. Teacher preparation programs should prepare prospective teachers to perform effectively in diverse school cultures in keeping with Plan 2008.
Responsible: Institutions
B.4. Students in teacher preparation programs should be representative of the diversity that exists in PK-12 schools.
Responsible: Institutions
B.5. UW System should align university resources in teacher education to effectively meet state needs.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
B.6. Collaborative teacher education program development (including the use of technology) within the UW System and with other partners will improve the access to certification programs in critical shortage areas.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
B.7. Promotion and tenure policies should not impede contributions of faculty involved in research, teaching, and service related to PK-16 reform.
Responsible: Institutions
B.8. The concept of “clinical faculty” in-residence and other faculty exchanges between PK-12 teachers and UW faculty should continue to be developed.
Responsible: Institutions
B.9. Teacher and administrator leadership development should be jointly fostered through the local PK-16 partnerships.
Responsible: Institutions
B.10. UW System has an important role in supporting career teachers who might assume mentoring and other school-based teacher leadership roles.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
B.11. PK-16 reform will be advanced by increasing the number of career teachers and mentors who hold National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification as well as the number of teachers who are certified as master educators.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
ADDRESSED IN SYSTEMWIDE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOCY (I.T.) PLAN
D.1. High academic standards and rigorous curricula contribute to the achievement of all children.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
D.2. PK-16 education in Wisconsin must allow students to make seamless transitions between secondary and postsecondary education, in which students do not experience gaps or unnecessary overlaps in their learning.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA
D.3. UW System Administration and UW institutions should embrace accountability and quality assurance of teacher education graduates.
Responsible: Institutions & UWSA