An approved educator preparation program must establish and maintain a Professional Education Advisory Board (PEAB). The Board participates in and cooperates with the program on decisions related to the development, implementation, and revision of each preparation program – i.e., teacher, administrator, school counselor, and school psychologist.
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Process for WEA PEAB appointments
If you are seeking to fill teacher vacancies on any PEAB, please follow the process below for securing appointments from the Washington Education Association (WEA).
The WEA annually appoints a large number of educators to serve on Professional Educator Advisory Boards. In order to facilitate our appointment process, WEA:
- does not take nominations from colleges and universities with recommended appointees
- will try to find appointees who meet demographics requested by colleges/universities (e.g. specific geographic region, school district, content area or level)
- will seek to identify appointees who live within a reasonable driving distance from the college / university.
Please send all requests for appointments via email directly to Christina Martinez at WEA (cmartinez@washingtonea.org), copying Kim Mead (kmead@washingtonea.org) and Stephen Miller (smiller@washingtonea.org) in the cc field.
It is no longer necessary to send a request letter in the mail.
Association representatives
State rules require that each PEAB include representatives from the professional associations for each program. For specific composition requirements, see the WAC language.
Should a program’s PEAB need a representative from one of the professional associations, contact the appropriate representative from the list below.
Washington Education Association (WEA)
Christina Martinez
cmartinez@washingtonea.org
253.765.7029
www.washingtonea.org
Note: See memo for specific instructions
Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP)
Kurt Hatch
kurt@awsp.org
360.357.7951
www.awsp.org
Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA)
Helene Paroff
hparoff@wasa-oly.org
360.489.3640
www.wasa-oly.org
Washington Federation of Independent Schools (WFIS)
Suzie Hanson
shanson@wfis.org
206.200.4854
www.wfis.org
WAVA – An association of Career and Technical Education administrators
Will Sarett
wills@spokaneschools.org
www.wava-wa.org
Washington School Counselor Association (WSCA)
Chris Kelly
tckelly2@comcast.net
253.445.0541
253.820.6982
www.wa-schoolcounselor.org
Washington State Association of School Psychologists (WSASP)
admin@wsasp.org
www.wsasp.org
Washington Association of School Social Workers (WASSW)
president@wassw.org
www.wassw.org
School Nurse Organization of Washington (SNOW)
Deborah Spiger
deborahsp@spokaneschools.org
www.schoolnurseorganizationofwashington.org
Washington Speech Language Hearing Association (WSLHA)
office@wslha.org
www.wslha.org
Physical Therapy Association of Washington (PTWA)
Jackie Berry, Executive Director
jackieberry@ptwa.org
360.352.7290
www.ptwa.org
