Eligible organizations
The Legislature has designated the following organizations as eligible to offer professional learning in equity-based school practices and educational leadership:
- Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP);
- Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI);
- PESB-approved teacher or administrator preparation program providers;
- Washington Education Association (WEA);
- Washington State Educational Service Districts (ESDs); or
- Washington State school districts, tribal compact schools, approved charter schools, Washington school for the Deaf, Washington school for the Blind.
These organizations must maintain status as PESB-approved clock hour providers or educator preparation programs in order to offer professional learning that meets certificate renewal requirements.
Organizations must follow all requirements for issuing clock hours or credits for this professional learning to meet the certificate renewal requirement.
Can other organizations become eligible?
At this time, no other organizations are eligible.
HB 1377, passed in 2024, gave the Professional Educator Standards Board the ability to approve additional equity and leadership providers. In the future, the Board may consider whether additional providers are needed and, if so, set guidelines and application processes. To be added to a list of organizations who will be notified if the Board pursues this option, please email clockhoursPESB@k12.wa.us.
Partnering with an approved organization
An organization may partner with an approved equity and leadership provider to offer these clock hours. When partnering with another organization, the approved equity and leadership clock hour provider must follow all applicable rules to approve individual courses. These include, but are not limited to, approving instructors, course objectives, and course dates prior to offering the course. The provider cannot offer a blanket approval of all courses from the other organization.
Organizations currently approved to offer equity-based school practices and educational leadership professional learning
Providers must be approved by PESB in order to offer equity and leadership clock hours.
Some providers must apply and be approved by PESB each year. Click here for the list of PESB-approved Washington state clock hour providers for October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This is a list of all approved providers; equity and leadership providers are noted in the right column.
OSPI, Washington state school districts, and tribal compact schools are automatically approved clock hour providers and are eligible to provide equity and leadership clock hours.
Guidance for providers
National professional standards for educational leadership (PSEL)
To meet the certificate renewal requirement for educational leadership, professional learning must be aligned to the professional standards for educational leaders (PSEL).
Resources
- The AWSP leadership framework is aligned to the PSEL standards
- Unpacking the professional standards for educational leaders module from the national association of secondary school principals (NASSP): webinar and activity
- Webinar and slides from the national policy board for educational administration (NPBEA)
- What the new educational leadership standards really mean. Principal Leadership, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), May 2016
- Webinar and slides from the national association of secondary school principals (NASSP)
Cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion (CCDEI) standards
A major component of advancing equity in education is ensuring that each and every student learns from well-prepared educators. As such, a critical step in an educator’s preparation journey is their ability to demonstrate cultural responsiveness, and center diversity, equity, and inclusion in the ways they support their students. The CCDEI standards equip educators with the tools they need to do this.
