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Endorsements

What is an endorsement? An endorsement is the specific subject matter or content area listed on your teaching certificate in Washington State. All certificates must have at least one endorsement, and some endorsement areas cannot stand alone. For questions or details on adding an endorsement, please see the OSPI website. How can I earn an… (Read more)

WEST-B exemptions and equivalent assessments

  Questions about an individual’s certificate or testing status should be directed to the OSPI certification office at (360) 725-6400 or cert@k12.wa.us. Out-of-state candidates may seek an exemption from the WEST-B requirement under certain circumstances: Candidates who are applying for a Washington State residency or professional certificate under WAC 181-79A-257 (1)(b) who hold a certificate… (Read more)

Online learning

To enroll in an online learning course, select “enroll.” All of PESB’s online learning courses are free and self-paced. Recruiting Washington Teachers (RWT) Recruiting Washington Teachers is a high school teacher academy curriculum with the goal of growing diverse future teachers. This course provides professional development for teachers and administrators of RWT. The Recruiting Washington… (Read more)

Professional Educator Standards Board Executive Directorship

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Alexandra Manuel, Acting Executive Director, Alexandra.Manuel@PESB.wa.gov Olympia, Washington – September 29, 2017 Professional Educator Standards Board Executive Directorship In a Special Meeting of the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) on September 29, 2017 a decision was made to transition leadership in the role of Executive Director. Jennifer Wallace will be moving… (Read more)

Early Childhood Special Education (2007)

1.0 Common Core: Knowledge of Foundations of Special Education 1.1 Models, theories, philosophies, and regulatory history that form the basis for special education early childhood practice 1.2 Issues in definition and identification of infants and young children with disabilities, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds 1.3 Issues, assurances, case law, and due process rights related to assessment,… (Read more)