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Growing Future Educators

Graphic showing various PESB Pathways programs, arranged like a board game. The header reads, "The PESB Pathways and Workforce Development Team focuses on providing programs to address teacher shortage, diversifying the educator workforce, and providing pathways into the education profession. Below are some of the programs we operate to help meet these goals:" There is then a sign reading "START!" with two pathways leading out of it, the first one to "Recruiting Washington Teachers (RWT); RWT is a high school teacher academy program, founded in equity pedagogy, that helps students to strengthen cultural identity through exploration of the teaching profession. RWT's goal is to “grow our own” diverse future teachers. " The second path leads to "Recruiting Washington Teachers - Bilingual Educator Initiative (RWT-BEI); RWT-BEI is aimed at recruiting, preparing, and mentoring bilingual high school students to become future bilingual teachers and counselors, through an expansion of RWT." Both of these boxes have a path leading to the same third box, "The Pipeline for Paraeducators Conditional Loan Scholarship; This program provides financial support to paraeducators with at least three years of classroom experience to pursue their AA degree in order to qualify, enroll in, and complete a two-year Alternative Route 1 program." Another path comes from this box, leading to "Alternative Routes to Certification; Alternative Routes are designed for career changers and those already working in the school system who want to transition to full-time teaching. Alternative Routes tend to be shorter, more affordable, and more practically oriented than traditional routes to teaching." Then, there is a banner reading "Teacher Certification," with a path leading to a final box, "Educator Retooling Conditional Loan Scholarship;The Retooling program provides financial support to WA certified teachers who wish to add an endorsement in a shortage area, in exchange for a two year teaching commitment."
Click to view infographic summary of the various PESB Pathways programs

To meet PESB’s objective of strengthening educator recruitment, preparation programs, and employment, the PESB staff team administers various grants and programs. These programs have the goal of making a career in teaching more accessible to a wider variety of people through targeted outreach and recruitment.

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Developing Current Educators

The Developing Current Educators section contains information about:

Assignment

The PESB determines which endorsement and course code matches result in the most qualified teacher for each class taught in Washington’s public schools. Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 181-82 gives PESB authority for identifying these matches, providing guidance to school districts in appropriately assigning teachers to courses, and monitoring school district adherence to the policy.

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