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Date: September 29, 2022

To: District Administrators of public school districts, independent charter school districts, ICS Governance Boards, CESAs, CCDEBs, and DPI, DOC, and DHS state schools.

From: Department of Public Instruction--Customer Services Team (CST) and Licensing, Educator Advancement and Development (LEAD)

Subject: WISEstaff is Open for 2022-2023

The WISEstaff collection for 2022-2023 is opening today, Thursday, September 29, 2022. 

Please see the following brief WISEstaff Reference Guide for District Administrators: WISEstaff Reference Guide for Administrators.

Action Needed: Update WISEstaff contacts
If you have had personnel changes since the 2022-2023 school year and another person will be responsible for completing the WISEstaff collection, be sure to have the WISEstaff Application Administrator grant that person access to WISEstaff through the WISEsecure application in WISEhome.  In addition, new WISEstaff contacts will need to be added in the WISEstaff application itself. WISEstaff users will be redirected to the contact page upon login until contacts are verified for the year.  We cannot ensure our communications are being delivered until these contacts are updated and/or verified.

The following communication was sent to the current WISEstaff contacts on file; please share it with any personnel responsible for WISEstaff: WISEstaff Contacts - WISEstaff is Open for 2022-23.

Timeline
In addition, please review the timeline for the WISEstaff collection below. We will be sending further emails to both District Administrators and all WISEstaff contacts to remind them when Preliminary Certification and Final Certification periods are open (two weeks prior to each certification due date). 
 
DateActivity
Weekly, ongoingObtain and maintain WISEids for staff
September 16, 2022Third Friday of September. Staff count is taken, and all staff must be fully licensed.
September 29, 2022WISEstaff Collection Opens
October 11, 2022Weekly WISEstaff user group calls begin (every Tuesday at 11 a.m.) You can also view the WISEstaff User Group call weekly agenda and post questions if you can’t attend the meeting.  Meetings are recorded and linked in the agenda.
November 17, 2022Preliminary Certification Due
December 2022/January 2023Preliminary Audit Results Ready
March 21, 2023
(Third Tuesday in March)		Final Certification Due
Early May 2023Public WISEstaff Reports for 2022-23 are available
May 2023LEAD starts the licensing audit based on the WISEstaff data snapshot taken after the March 21st final certification window closes.

WISEstaff New User Trainings are scheduled for 10/13/22 and 10/19/22.

DPI has online resources readily available, or if you need assistance with WISEstaff, submit a help desk ticket to Customer Services. If you have a licensing related question, please use our links on the Contact Us page for My License or I am Asking About Another Educator

Thank you,

DPI Customer Services and Licensing, Educator Advancement and Development (LEAD)


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