PI 34 Requirements for Secondary Math Education
The active date for this Video is June 8,
2017 - note that contents are subject to change.
The State of Wisconsin, through the Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction (DPI), has
a set of rules that are referred to as PI
34.
The rules include description of the General
Education requirements that must be met by
all teachers seeking an initial teaching license,
regardless of previous degrees.
This video script covers PI-34 requirements
for students in the UW-Whitewater Secondary
Math Education Program, and the information
applies to these students pursuing licensure
to teach science in middle and high schools,
regardless of the undergraduate degree (BS
or BSE), or the higher educational institution
from which the degree was awarded.
The PI 34 General Education requirements and
typical UWW undergraduate courses meeting
those requirements include:
a) Written & Oral communication (met with
English 101 or waiver, & Communication 110
or waiver)
b) Humanities, including literature (met with
English 102)
c) Mathematics (met with one of the Math courses
you are taking for your major anyway)
d) Fine Arts (met with GENED 110 World of
the Arts)
e) Social Studies (met with GENED 130 Individual
and Society)
f) Biological Science (Select 1 course from
Biology)
g) Physical sciences (Select one course from
Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Physics, or
Laboratory Physical Geography Course (GEOGRPY
210)).
h) Western and non-western history or contemporary
culture (met with GENED 390 The World of Ideas
& GENED 120 Historical Perspectives or GENED
140 Global Perspectives)
See the Catalog for Placement Test scores
that may be used to waive a course requirement.
In addition to math major degree requirements
and the General Education courses that meet
the related PI 34 requirements, students in
the Secondary Math Education Program must
also take Special Education 205, and a course
that meets the Conservation requirement of
PI 34 (for example, either Biology 214 or
Geography 252 meets the Conservation requirement.)
If you are pursuing Secondary Math licensure
and you did not take the courses listed above
as part of your degree program, you must submit
official transcripts to the Secondary Math
Education Program Coordinator and Department
Chair of the course listed to determine equivalence.
Contact the Secondary Math Education Program
Coordinator with any questions you have about
these requirements.
For more information on the PI 34 General
Education requirements, see
http://www.uww.edu/coeps/academics/licensure/pi34
https://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/programs/wisconsin-quality-educator-initiative
http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/pi/34/IV/15/4
