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Gifted and Talented Certification


Administered by the School of Education Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Development .

This certificaton is an add-on licensure, and you must be a licensed teacher in order to enroll in this graduate program.

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)

The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:


The requirements of this program meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Wisconsin


The requirements of this program do not meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Not applicable


The requirements of this program have not been determined if they meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming; District of Columbia; American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

Program Requirements


  • You must have completed a bachelor’s degree.
  • You must have a teacher license in another teaching area as determined by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to enroll in this program.
  • You must meet the state teacher licensing rules which are subject to change at any time due to legislative or licensing changes.

Pathways


  1. This Gifted and Talented certification can be completed as a specialization in the Education, MSE  program, and students pursuing this pathway will enroll as a degree seeking student.  
  2. This Gifted and Talented certification can be taken as certification only, and students pursuing this pathway will enroll as a non-degree seeking student.  

Coursework


All of these courses must be earned within a seven-year period (starting with the beginning of the term the course was approved for your program of study).