(1) By September 1, 2001, all colleges, universities or educational service districts offering a professional certificate program must be in compliance with the new program standards.
(2) To obtain a professional certificate, the residency teacher will need to complete a professional educator standards board-approved professional certificate program collaboratively developed by a college, university or educational service district and the professional educational advisory board (PEAB).
(3)(a) Prior to full admission to a professional certificate program, excluding the preassessment seminar, the candidate shall complete provisional status with a school district under RCW
28A.405.220, or the equivalent with a professional educator standards board-approved private school or state agency providing educational services for students.
(b) The candidate may be fully admitted to the professional certificate program, prior to completion of provisional status, if the candidate provides to the program a letter from the candidate's employing school district, private school, or state agency providing educational services for students, documenting the employer's support for the candidate's full admission to the professional certificate program.
(4) The professional certificate requires successful demonstration of three standards (effective teaching, professional development, and professional contributions) and 12 criteria, pursuant to WAC
181-78A-540, related to these standards. Wherever appropriate, the residency teacher will need to provide evidence that his/her teaching has had a positive impact on student learning as defined in WAC
181-78A-010(8).
(5)(a) The candidate and college, university or educational service district shall develop an individual professional growth plan to be reviewed and agreed upon after input from and consultation and collaboration (WAC
181-78A-010(9)) with his/her professional growth team.
(b) The individual professional growth plan will be based on an analysis of the student/learning context in that teacher's assignment and a preassessment of that teacher's ability to demonstrate the standards and criteria set forth in WAC
181-78A-540.
(c) The individual professional growth plan shall include instruction and assistance components for each residency teacher. The instruction and assistance components will be designed to give the residency teacher the necessary knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate successfully the standards and criteria set forth in WAC
181-78A-540.
(6) The final component of the program will be a culminating assessment seminar in which the residency teacher's ability to demonstrate the standards and criteria cited above will be evaluated. These assessments shall include multiple forms of data collected over time, including evidence of positive impact on student learning, where appropriate.
(7) As part of the program development, the college, university or educational service district and the PEAB shall establish criteria and procedures for determining when the residency teacher has successfully completed the program. When the program administrator has verified to the superintendent of public instruction that the candidate has completed the approved program, the state will issue the residency teacher a professional certificate.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. 07-04-004, § 181-78A-505, filed 1/24/07, effective 2/24/07; 06-14-010, § 181-78A-505, filed 6/22/06, effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as § 181-78A-505, filed 12/29/05, effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28 410.010 [28A.410.010]. 05-15-054, § 180-78A-505, filed 7/12/05, effective 8/12/05. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.210.160. 03-23-037, § 180-78A-505, filed 11/12/03, effective 12/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 03-04-025, § 180-78A-505, filed 1/27/03, effective 2/27/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 and 28A.410.010. 02-18-037, § 180-78A-505, filed 8/26/02, effective 9/26/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010. 02-14-111, § 180-78A-505, filed 7/2/02, effective 8/2/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.010 and 28A.305.130 (1) and (2). 00-03-049, § 180-78A-505, filed 1/14/00, effective 2/14/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.305.130 (1) and (2), 28A.410.010 and 28A.150.220(4). 99-01-174, § 180-78A-505, filed 12/23/98, effective 1/23/99.]