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Advanced paraeducator certificate

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The advanced paraeducator certificate subcommittee is charged with reviewing section 10 of House Bill 1115 and submitting recommendations to the Board on how paraeducators may meet the requirements to attain an advanced paraeducator certificate.

Meeting information and materials

Meeting Date Materials
1 February 9, 2018

Agenda (document)

Materials (folder)

Resources

The advanced paraeducator certificate was established by HB 1115 (PDF). The Paraeducator Board approved the formation (document) of a subcommittee to review the requirements in the bill concerning this certificate and to submit recommendations to the Board that define how paraeducators may meet the requirements.

Subcommittee product

The subcommittee put forward the following recommendations regarding the advanced paraeducator certificate.

  • Advanced paraeducator standards of practice (document); and
  • Paraeducators may become eligible for an advanced paraeducator certificate by completing 75 clock hours in the duties of an advanced paraeducator and/or completing Professional Growth Plans (PGPs).
  • The advanced paraeducator certificate should be based on district supported curriculum and instructional strategies that would prepare paraeducators to provide specialized classroom support to highly impacted classrooms under the direction of certificated/licensed staff. The subcommittee put forward a resource of recommended, though not required, courses (document) paraeducators and districts may consider pursuing to meet necessary clock hours. The Board may consider publishing the list as a guide.

The advanced paraeducator standards of practice were approved by the Paraeducator Board during the March 2018 meeting (folder).

The remaining two recommendations were approved by the Paraeducator Board during the May 2018 meeting (folder).

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Staff Contact:

Jack Busbee
Jack.Busbee@k12.wa.us

Subcommittee Members:

Brenda Ellwood
Wenatchee SD

Cathy Smith
Paraeducator Board

Cindy Madsen
Evergreen Public Schools

Darla Landsey
Vancouver Public Schools

Elisabeth Wood
Olympia High School

Elsie Turner
Peninsula SD

Heather Bertomeu
Wenatchee SD

Ila Eells
Highline SD

Janice Tornow
OSPI Special Education Program Supervisor

Julie Craig
Temino SD

Kathy Unruh
Tacoma Public Schools

Kim Van Atta
Seattle Public Schools

Laura Rogers
Everett Public Schools & Paraeducator board

Linda Masteller
ESD 113

Lindsey L. Stevens
Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession

Loren Sickles
Paraeducator Board

Mandy Benson
Everett Public Schools

Maria Haynes
AFT-Tacoma

Michele Schweitzer
Rochester High School

Michelle Musso
Longview SD

Nicole Williams
Hazel Valley Elementary

Pamella Johnson
Rochester SD

Pat Smithson
Title II-A OSPI

Paul Douglas
Ferndale SD

Ricardo Iñiguez
Wenatchee SD & Paraeducator Board

Sandy Papineau
Chehalis SD

Starla Manchester
Vancouver Public Schools

Teresa Vesneske
Davenport SD

Tina L. Marks
EVSD Spokane

Tonya Bartlett
OSPI Certification

Patty Finnigan
OSPI Migrant & Bilingual Education

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