DIRECTORS
Registration Process
Directors should carefully review all of the details included on the Registration web page. This web page provides details about teacher eligibility for the training, Indiana ACTE Conference attendance for teachers, repeater information, and a link to the online registration form.
Directors should carefully review all of the details included on the Registration web page. This web page provides details about teacher eligibility for the training, Indiana ACTE Conference attendance for teachers, repeater information, and a link to the online registration form.
Maintaining Files
Directors are responsible for maintaining a file of all licensing related documents for each WSI teacher. It is recommended that directors encourage the teachers to also maintain a duplicate file.
Directors are responsible for maintaining a file of all licensing related documents for each WSI teacher. It is recommended that directors encourage the teachers to also maintain a duplicate file.
Removal from Training
Teachers who have not received or applied for their WSI license by October 1, will be asked to withdraw from the training program. Teachers cannot legally teach at any time if they have not at least applied for the license.
Teachers who have not received or applied for their WSI license by October 1, will be asked to withdraw from the training program. Teachers cannot legally teach at any time if they have not at least applied for the license.
Withdraw Process
If a teacher quits or is fired, the director must withdraw the teacher from the WSI training. Directors can use the online withdrawal form available on the withdrawal page of this website.
If a teacher quits or is fired, the director must withdraw the teacher from the WSI training. Directors can use the online withdrawal form available on the withdrawal page of this website.
Suicide Prevention Training Information
Directors should contact the Indiana Department of Education with any questions regarding suicide prevention training.
TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) Requirements
Workplace Specialist I teachers will be required to personally pay for and complete the following TABE exams at an approved testing center and earn a proficient scale score on all three exams The proficient scale scores for all three exams are listed below. To locate an approved testing center, teachers have been asked to please contact the area CTE Director in their CTE district. To find the contact information for the area CTE Director in their CTE district, teachers have been told to please visit this website: http://www.iacted.org/index.php/directors Teachers have been told to please politely ask the area CTE Director if the TABE is offered as part of the adult education program in the district and if they may take the exam at their testing facility and what the cost to them will be. If the TABE is not offered in their district, teachers have been told to ask the permission of the area CTE Director to contact neighboring CTE districts on this website http://www.iacted.org/index.php/directors to inquire about the possibility of paying to take the TABE at one of their testing facilities.
Workplace Specialist I teachers may attempt the TABE exam as many times as needed during the training period until a proficient scale score is earned on all three exams. Teachers are encouraged to seek remediation via their career center and/or adult education center in areas of deficiency before future TABE exam attempts.
The testing center must provide the Workplace Specialist I teacher with evidence of TABE exam completion listing the scale score. This evidence will be scanned, converted to a PDF file, and uploaded into the Canvas learning management system used by Ball State University during the Workplace Specialist I training program.
For Workplace Specialist I teachers who are unable to earn a proficient scale score on the TABE exam after multiple attempts, they must personally pay for and complete a university course in each area of deficiency and earn a B or higher. IDOE approved courses are listed below:
University Courses to Satisfy TABE Requirements
NOTE: Regardless of prior academic transcripts that may list the following Math, Reading, and Language coursework, all Workplace Specialist I teachers must still successfully complete the TABE requirements because the DOE needs an official record of each teacher’s current level of proficiency. If after multiple TABE attempts, the teacher is still deficient in one or more of the content areas, the teacher may complete the following university courses in each area of TABE deficiency and earn a B or higher. Teachers may upload university transcripts to LVIS at time of Workplace Specialist II conversion to verify the courses completed and grade earned.
Ivy Tech:
Directors should contact the Indiana Department of Education with any questions regarding suicide prevention training.
TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) Requirements
Workplace Specialist I teachers will be required to personally pay for and complete the following TABE exams at an approved testing center and earn a proficient scale score on all three exams The proficient scale scores for all three exams are listed below. To locate an approved testing center, teachers have been asked to please contact the area CTE Director in their CTE district. To find the contact information for the area CTE Director in their CTE district, teachers have been told to please visit this website: http://www.iacted.org/index.php/directors Teachers have been told to please politely ask the area CTE Director if the TABE is offered as part of the adult education program in the district and if they may take the exam at their testing facility and what the cost to them will be. If the TABE is not offered in their district, teachers have been told to ask the permission of the area CTE Director to contact neighboring CTE districts on this website http://www.iacted.org/index.php/directors to inquire about the possibility of paying to take the TABE at one of their testing facilities.
- Form 11-12, Level D: Reading --NRS Level 4– Proficient Scale Score 536 or Higher
- Form 11-12, Level D: Mathematics --NRS Level 4– Proficient Scale Score 537 or Higher
- Form 11-12, Level D: Language --NRS Level 4– Proficient Scale Score 547 or Higher
Workplace Specialist I teachers may attempt the TABE exam as many times as needed during the training period until a proficient scale score is earned on all three exams. Teachers are encouraged to seek remediation via their career center and/or adult education center in areas of deficiency before future TABE exam attempts.
The testing center must provide the Workplace Specialist I teacher with evidence of TABE exam completion listing the scale score. This evidence will be scanned, converted to a PDF file, and uploaded into the Canvas learning management system used by Ball State University during the Workplace Specialist I training program.
For Workplace Specialist I teachers who are unable to earn a proficient scale score on the TABE exam after multiple attempts, they must personally pay for and complete a university course in each area of deficiency and earn a B or higher. IDOE approved courses are listed below:
University Courses to Satisfy TABE Requirements
NOTE: Regardless of prior academic transcripts that may list the following Math, Reading, and Language coursework, all Workplace Specialist I teachers must still successfully complete the TABE requirements because the DOE needs an official record of each teacher’s current level of proficiency. If after multiple TABE attempts, the teacher is still deficient in one or more of the content areas, the teacher may complete the following university courses in each area of TABE deficiency and earn a B or higher. Teachers may upload university transcripts to LVIS at time of Workplace Specialist II conversion to verify the courses completed and grade earned.
Ivy Tech:
- Math: MATH 023, 080 (Note: 080 must be taken with the co-requisite MATH 118) or any 100 level or higher
- Reading: ENGL 083, 095 (Note: some 095 course sections may require this to be taken with an ENGL 111 co-requisite. If a teacher is deficient in Reading and Writing on the TABE, 095 will satisfy both deficiencies), or 100 level or higher
- Language: ENGL 093, 095, (Note: some 095 course sections may require this to be taken with an ENGL 111 co-requisite. If a teacher is deficient in Reading and Writing on the TABE, 095 will satisfy both deficiencies), or 100 level or higher
- Math: MATH 010 or 100 level or higher
- Reading: READ 009 or 100 level or higher
- Language: ENGL 009 or 011 or 100 level or higher
- A 100 level or higher course from an accredited college or universities
- PPST Reading 10710=176
- PPST Writing 20720=172
- PPST Mathematics 10730=175
- CASA Minimum equivalent scores for the TABE: 220 for all 3 batteries
