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The analysis tracks DPI emergency license counts rising to 3,832 in 2023-24, alongside growth in license holders and broad subject-area increases. 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This trend is seen across districts but is more prevalent in small or urban districts, certain subject areas, and cases of individuals with less experience. As school leaders increasingly rely on emergency license holders, they may want to consider what support they offer them.  \nAimncidlushedifttui nrgnoevucar faltloi r workfng fromorce202lnhdisgchas,pteh number of emergency teaching licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) kept rising to 3,832 in the 2023-24 academic year (referred to as  \n2024) . Though this represents only a 0.9% increase over the previous year, the number of emergency licenses has still risen 19.9% since 2022 – the last time the Forum reported on emergency teaching licenses (see Figure 1) . The number of license holders followed a similar trend, growing marginally in 2024 after a large increase in 2023.  \nThe jump was not driven by a few subject areas but rather was the accumulated growth across many, especially smaller, areas. For example, from 2022 to 2024, emergency licenses in Spanish grew by 49% to 73 in total, and those in physical education grew by  \n96% to 90 licenses. Meanwhile, the three subject areas containing the most emergency licenses – crosscategorical special education, regular education, and elementary/middle education – only grew by a collective 10.9% over the same time period.  \nAs the use of emergency licenses continues to expand in Wisconsin schools, this report examines the types of individuals and districts that are more likely to use emergency licenses and what this says about the state of education.  \n“Emergency” Licenses?  \nIn the most typical route into Wisconsin’s educator workforce, an incoming teacher earns a bachelor’s degree in education, meets the state’s licensing requirements, and begins teaching with a Tier II Provisional License. Teachers who do not follow the traditional route, however, begin their teaching careers with Tier I Licenses with Stipulations as shown in this DPI graphic. In order to obtain a Tier I license, a person only needs to have earned a bachelor’s degree and passed a background check. (Some content areas require the degree to be in specific related fields.) Educators with Tier I licenses are allowed to work in schools for one or three years while they work towards a Tier II license. In addition to new teachers on nontraditional tracks, DPI also issues Tier I licenses to teachers who are licensed in states other than Wisconsin or who want to teach classes or grade levels outside of their current licenses.  \nInformally, Tier I licenses are often called emergency licenses or teaching permits. In this brief, we use the term “emergency license” to reflect the public’s broad understanding. In some respects, the term may now be misleading, if individuals use them less for isolated  \nemergency situations and more as established entry methods into education careers. For example, emergency licenses are common for second-career educators, who already have college degrees. Emergency licenses allow them to earn wages and gain experience while working towards full licensure.  \nFor some districts, however, the situation may still seem dire, as they often turn to educators with emergency licenses when the traditional pipeline – schools of education – does not yield enough candidates in their needed areas. They might recruit brand-new teachers with no formal education training. Alternatively, a district may ask experienced or retired teachers, or school support staff, to take on roles for which they are not yet licensed. These may be temporary arrangements to fill a gap as the district seeks a permanent employee with appropriate licensure. Otherwise, the educator may eventually fulfill the needed licensing requirements to take on the new role permanently.  \nA growing sh","cbCaifYlhJ0GpFOS","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifYlhJ0GpFOS","pdf",306536,"English","# Emergency Licenses?\n## A Growing Share of the Workforce\n## Methodology","[{\"question\":\"What is driving the increase in emergency teaching licenses in Wisconsin?\",\"answer\":\"Emergency licenses are growing due to staffing needs that outpace traditional educator pipelines, leading districts to recruit through nontraditional routes and fill subject and grade-level gaps.\"},{\"question\":\"How many emergency licenses were issued in the 2023-24 academic year?\",\"answer\":\"The Department of Public Instruction reports 3,832 emergency teaching licenses issued in 2023-24.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report measure emergency license usage?\",\"answer\":\"It compares the 2024 DPI emergency license list to the DPI Public All Staff Report, which lists all positions requiring DPI licenses across Wisconsin public and charter schools, including teachers, administrators, and support staff.\"}]","Emergency Teaching Licenses in Wisconsin - A Growing Reliance on Nontraditional Educator Routes | PDF",1792063258]