902 Professional Level License

Description

The 902 Instructional Library Media Specialist license is for those seeking to turn their 902 Professional Level with Stipulations license into full professional licensure. It must be completed within five (5) years of receiving the 902 with Stipulations Library Media Specialist License. The 902 professional program offers a unique and much valued opportunity for beginners in the field to develop a network of professional partners, compare notes, share problems and collaborate on solutions to everything from integrating information literacy into the curriculum to developing new skills and updating themselves in critical areas. Graduate courses for the 902 professional licensure may also be used toward the 18 credit emphasis area in the Information, Technology, and Libraries Emphasis, MSE-PD degree.  State of Wisconsin licensure expectations for Library Media Specialists are presented in the Department of Public Instruction's

You can obtain the 902 Professional license through

• a Master's of Science in Education Degree in Professional Development with an Information, Technology, and Libraries Emphasis
• licensure only either at the graduate or undergraduate level

Because coursework for the 902 assumes as a standard of operation the high tech nature of modern school library service, and because library media specialists are intimately involved in integrating both information literacy and technology into the school curriculum, courses in the 902 may also build competencies for the Instructional Technology Coordinator License. The new Instructional Technology Coordinator license is available as of August 2004, but not currently at UWW.  This is an administrative license that will require some additional administration courses.

Additional information about the new 902, 91, and 93 licenses and conversion of the old 900, 901, 902, 903, 904 and other licenses is available on the State of Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Commonly Asked Questions page.  New licensure rules that take effect in July 2004 are found at the DPI's PI 34 website.

Courses for 902 Professional License

Note:
1. This sequence is offered on an approximate 2 year rotation. LIBMEDIA 755, Hypermedia, and LIBMEDIA 752, Instructional Design, will be offered infrequently.
2. Usually, all coursework on campus during the semester meets 5:00-7.30 pm.  Summer courses are generally schedules for fewer long days.

Distance Program: The University of Wisconsin System Library Education Consortium (UWSSLEC) operates on a different schedule to serve those beyond commuting range of the campus. 

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