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Fischer, John A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Designed to improve PK-12 professional learning and increase student achievement, Wisconsin's policymakers developed and implemented new educator licensing guidelines (PI 34) and a Professional Development Plan (PDP) system based on empirical research and national policy trends in 2004. As PI 34 and the PDP system are relatively new, the…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Professional Development, Guidelines, State Programs
Sopko, Kimberly Moherek – Project Forum, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), most recently reauthorized in 2004, requires the inclusion of transition services in an individualized education program (IEP) for students with disabilities by the time they reach their 16th birthday, or earlier if determined appropriate by the IEP team. The IEP must include "(1)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Individualized Transition Plans, Disabilities
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Graue, Elizabeth; Hatch, Kelly; Rao, Kalpana; Oen, Denise – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
In this study, the authors explore the implementation of a statewide class-size reduction program in nine high-poverty schools. Through qualitative methods, they examined how schools used class-size reduction to change staffing patterns and instructional programs. Requiring changes in space allocation, class-size reduction was accomplished through…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching
Riley, Linda L. – 1991
The Equity Leadership Project provided technical assistance, coordination, training, and resources to equity projects developed in the process of implementing the Wisconsin Model for Sex Equity in Career and Vocational Education. The project served 108 school districts. The project's focus was on training regional equity leaders responsible for…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, Educational Improvement
Strohbusch, Mark; Baldus, Lorayne – 1990
A project was undertaken to coordinate up-to-date staff professional development on a regional or state basis in the state of Wisconsin. An earlier study had recommended more specific information and hiring of a staff development coordinator. The "Coordination of Efforts in the Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) System for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1994
In 1994, the Department of Public Instruction/Bureau for Vocational Education (DPI/BVE) proposed performance standards and measures that dovetailed into the existing secondary vocational data system. Tech prep and youth apprenticeship options were provided to all people and groups. Services provided to single parents, displaced homemakers, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Apprenticeships, Correctional Education, Demonstration Programs