Please visit the OSPI certification website or call 360-725-6400 for information about your certification status. This is a list of providers operating teaching programs and which endorsements they are approved to offer. Teacher preparation programs may choose not to offer all their endorsements or routes each year and should be contacted to determine actual availability…. (Read more)
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Change an approved program
This page is for programs that have already been approved. If you are interested in offering a new educator preparation program, visit our preparation program approval process page. Change an existing program (excluding alternative routes programs) If you are making changes to, or adding, a new program option to an already approved educator preparation program,*… (Read more)
New Paraeducator Minimum Employment Requirements
Effective July 23, 2023, there will be changes to paraeducator minimum employment requirements. Previous legislation had specifically allowed for only one assessment to meet the requirement. That has now changed. HB 1015 passed during the last legislative session, granting the Paraeducator Board the authority to approve the assessments, and set the passing scores, that will meet… (Read more)
Minimum employment requirements
Beginning July 23rd, 2023, all employed paraeducators must meet the following minimum employment requirements: Be at least eighteen years of age and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent (for more detailed information on what is considered equivalent, please read our FAQ (document) In addition, a paraeducator must meet one of the following: Have… (Read more)
BULLETIN NO. 001-18: Reporting total number of paraeducators who meet employment requirements
( X ) Action Required Due date: October 1, 2018 ( X ) Informational TO: Educational Service District Superintendents School District Superintendents School District Business Managers School District Human Resource Directors FROM: Alexandra Manuel, Executive Director, PESB RE: Reporting the total number of paraeducators who meet employment requirements CONTACT: Jack Busbee, Program Manager, Paraeducator Board 360-725-6377,… (Read more)
Road Map ELL Endorsement Pathway Program
The PESB English Language Learner (ELL) endorsement pathway program is a cross-district partnership with the PESB retooling scholarship program and the seven districts of the road map project (Auburn, Federal Way, Highline, Kent, Renton, Seattle, and Tukwila), as well as a university partner to add the ELL endorsement for current teachers. This partnership will focus… (Read more)
K-12 student time spent in courses taught by an out-of-endorsement teacher
K-12 courses are generally taught by teachers who often have an endorsement that PESB has matched to that course, but districts can choose to place a teacher in an out of endorsement assignment. In 2019-20, the amount of student time spent in class with out-of-endorsement teachers ranged from 0% to approximately 62.95%, depending on the… (Read more)