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WERD Book Study: Visual Thinking Strategies – The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession

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2/25/25 - 3/25/25: Visual Thinking Strategies: Using Art to Deepen Learning Across School Disciplines by Philip Yenawine. Facilitated by Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge. Registration here. Cost: Free. Book Study registrants must […]
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Know Your Rights | Immigrants’ Rights | American Civil Liberties Union

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Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.

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What is a professional growth plan?

Professional growth plans (PGPs) are job-embedded, self-directed professional development. With a PGP, teachers, administrators, paraeducators, and ESAs set their own goals, align them to certification standards, design an action plan, and collect evidence documenting growth towards achieving their goals. Educators then reflect on the process. There is no cost to an educator for a PGP.

Only one PGP may be completed each year. PGPs are completed between July 1 of one year and June 30 of the next. An educator holding a Washington State certificate must review the PGP for completion. PGPs for program completion (download and save to access) are part of Washington State's educator preparation programs.

Clock hours

Clock hours from PGPs are eligible for use in salary advancement and may be used for certificate renewal. Clock hours from PGPs may also be used in the paraeducator certificate program. PGPs are equivalent to 25 clock hours. PGPs completed prior to June 30, 2018, are equivalent to 30 clock hours.

Imagine these scenarios

A teacher creates and implements student growth goals for her focused evaluation - and now receives clock hours for her work at no cost.

Two teachers, a principal, and a counselor at a rural school collaborate on a year-long initiative to improve the school climate. They are hours from a major town, but with PGPs, these educators can acquire clock hours for activities right in their local school.

A science teacher attends a week-long marine biology seminar on the Oregon coast. With a PGP, this teacher can use their out-of-state learning experiences to earn Washington State clock hours.

How do I complete a professional growth plan?

1. Complete the PGP template for certificate renewal - PESB form 1697 (download and save to access).

2. Attach evidence from your focused evaluation, PLC, project, or other learning experience.

3. Have an educator who holds a Washington State certificate review and sign.

4. Turn in the verification form (PDF) according to your district procedures for consideration for salary advancement and record in OSPI e-certification for certificate renewal.

PGP information for specific roles

Resources

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Professional growth plans (PGPs) - Professional Educator Standards Board

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Professional growth plans (PGPs) are job-embedded, self-directed professional development. With a PGP, teachers, administrators, paraeducators, and ESAs set their own goals, align them to certification standards, design an action plan, and collect evidence documenting growth towards achieving their goals. Educators then reflect on the process. There is no cost to an educator for a PGP.

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About the program

Bias is holding women back in the workplace. Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it harder for women to get hired and promoted and negatively impacts their day-to-day work experiences. This hurts women and makes it difficult for companies to level the playing field.

Pairing a card-based activity with a short video series in a virtual-friendly format, 50 Ways to Fight Bias gives people the tools to address the biases that women face at work-including new cards on the unique experiences of Black women and Latinas, and more broadly, the experiences of women of color.

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Bias is holding women back in the workplace. 50 Ways to Fight Bias is a new activity that highlights specific examples of bias against women at work, encourages solutions-oriented discussion, and offers research-backed recommendations for what to do. Pairing a card-based activity with a short video series, the program gives people the tools to address bias head-on.

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This is a METAL song, the music video is about living within discontent as a woman. She does the death metal sounds, so please don't listen too loudly.

Lyrics here:

I say my blessings all for you
I feel it fade from the inside
I open up to adore you but everything
Was just a crutch to preserve life
Serotonin like a loaded gun
I am a coward, you pull me up
Into a place where there's nothing that left for me
But insecurity

And if I lose myself
Blessed be, I could survive in these chemicals for you
A lonely fool above
Just out of reach
I could survive in these chemicals only for you

I say my blessings all for you
You say blessed be the fool who
Plucks out the eyes just to listen in frequency
It's just a crutch to ignore you
Serotonin like a loaded gun
I am a coward, you pull me up
Into a place where there's nothing that left for me
But insecurity

And if I lose myself
Blessed be, I could survive in these chemicals for you
A lonely fool above
Just out of reach
I could survive in these chemicals for you
Entombed to die
In catacombs of restless bones
Consumed alive
This is my home, I'm waiting here for you

I say these blessings all for you

Offer me
I have the heart of a coward
Offer me
I have the heart of a coward
So open up my sternum
The only constant is a crutch
The only blessing that I know

And if I lose myself
Blessed be, I could survive in these chemicals for you
A lonely fool above
Just out of reach
I could survive in these chemicals for you
Entombed to die
In catacombs of restless bones
Consumed alive
This is my home, I'm waiting here for you

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Spiritbox  - Blessed Be   (Official Music Video)

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Superbowl Halftime Show // Kendrick Lamar Full Performance

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Mariachi, cumbia and folk pop.

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El Son de la Negra, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

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You have rights for kids 4th and up lesson

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You have rights for kids 4th and up lesson

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Based on a KEoCN resource, I added current and past Women in History and Teaching Human Rights.

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Join U.S. K-12 teachers in conversation with Julie Kasper, director of teacher learning and leadership at Childhood Education International's Center for Professional Learning, about the importance of creativity, community connections and collaboration in teaching multilingual learners. Panelists shared unique methodologies that support their students' academic growth alongside development of their confidence, well-being and community engagement. This training was originally held on January 29, 2025.
Learning Objectives

Understand the importance of valuing students' identities and experiences

Explore language-related challenges in the classroom and possible solutions

Investigate the roles of collaboration, community and care in education

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Teaching Multilingual Learners: Creativity, Collaboration and Communities of Practice < The Immigrant Learning Center

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Join U.S. K-12 teachers in conversation about the importance of creativity, community connections and collaboration in teaching multilingual learners.

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Artist Ismail Gulgee  (1926 - 2007) | Pakistani Painter | WAA

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El Son de la Negra, Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán

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Christina Aguilera - Fighter (Official HD Video)

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Nina Simone: Four Women (Live in Antibes, 1969)

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We are the warriors who learned to love the pain
We come from different places but have the same name (yeah!)
'Cause we were, 'cause we were, 'cause we were
'Cause we were born for this, we were born for this
We are the broken ones who chose to spark a flame

Watch as our fire rages, our hearts are never tame (yeah!)
'Cause we were, 'cause we were, 'cause we were
'Cause we were born for this, we were born for this

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From Linda Brandt, Lean In Lead I belong to

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From Linda Brandt, Lean In Lead I belong to

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Feminist resources

This section highlights resources promoting gender equality
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Essential

1. The Charisma Myth: How Anyone Can Master the Art and Science of Personal Magnetism by Olivia Fox Cabane and this video

2. Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott, podcast

3. “The great I am worksheet” by Alexandra Franzen & 4 minute video about how I use it

4. Who Do We Choose to Be? facing reality, claiming leadership, restoring sanity by Margaret J. Wheatley

5. “Why we have too few women leaders” TED talk by Sheryl Sandberg

6. How the World Sees You by Sally Hogshead (Like the StrengthsFinder book, you take a test. So far I’ve bought 18 copies to give as gifts.)

7. Wild by Cheryl Strayed and her Dear Sugars podcast with Steve Almond and her new Sugar Calling podcast

8. Oprah Winfrey - Michelle Obama conversation at the United State of Women Summit

Can’t go wrong

1. Lean In for Graduates by Sheryl Sandberg, the Lean In Website and Lean In stories

2. Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes by Elizabeth Lesser

3. Women Food and God by Geneen Roth

4. Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay

5. The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal

6. Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed documentary

7. The Invisible War documentary

8. Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women’s Changing Lives by Anna Fels

9. GirlTrek founders T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison TED Talk on Black women walking

10. North Country and Norma Rae

Excellent

1. Women In Negotiation Facebook group by backer Wies Bratby

2. Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace by Jessica Bennett

3. Just not sorry -- the Gmail plug-in

4. Dustin Hoffman on TOOTSIE video

5. Different for Girls and Pride

6. Freedom - International Day of the Girl video

7. Fortune magazine’s The Broadsheet daily newsletter (thanks Eva Tucker)

8. Short videos on sexual harassment

9. Guilty Feminist comedy podcast (thanks Donna Sink)

10. Shrill by Lindy West

11. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman

12. Centered Leadership by Joanna Barsh

13. Women in the Material World by Faith D’Alusio and Peter Menzel

14. Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth about Women and Rivalry by Susan Barash

15. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

16. Educated by Tara Westover

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Empowering Educators Tools from First Book

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Empowering Educators Tools from First Book

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First Book is thrilled to present a series of resources designed to support educators in helping their students engage in effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice. Explore the Empowering Educators Toolbox below for free resources created in response to educator needs and informed by leading anti-bias, antiracist (ABAR) experts.

First Book is thrilled to present a series of resources designed to support educators in helping their students engage in effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice. Explore the Empowering Educators Toolbox below for free resources created in response to educator needs and informed by leading anti-bias, antiracist (ABAR) experts.

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The Empowering Educators series promotes antiracist education through resources that support educators in facilitating effective, courageous conversations about race and social justice and in learning and teaching about racism.

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Find trainings in your zone Click on a zone on the map below to find the professional development trainings offered in various parts of the state.

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Clock Hour FAQ's

How do I access my WEA clock hour transcript?

After you have completed a course, you will receive the evaluation for that course within two weeks. After you have completed that course evaluation, click on your profile in the upper right-hand corner of WEA-WIN and select "My Transcripts." You will then be able to download your WEA clock hour transcript.

If you are seeking documentation for WEA clock hours earned in previous years or outside the WEA-WIN system, please fill out this form with the information you need, and our staff will get back to you. https://forms.washingtonea.org/Forms/pdtrainingrecord

What do I do with my clock hours?

In Washington state, clock hours serve two separate purposes. At your district level, clock hours are used for salary placement, and at the state level, clock hours are used for certificate renewal. You will need to report your clock hours to both your district and the state.

At the district level, there is generally a deadline to submit clock hours for salary placement sometime in the fall. Contact your district HR office or local association for questions on clock hours for salary placement.

At the state level, you must enter clock hours for certification into OSPI eCertification. Washington state educator certificates expire on June 30 of the particular year, and you must earn, enter, and apply for certificate renewal by that date. For questions on how to enter clock hours into eCertification, or what is required for certificate renewal, please contact the OSPI Certification Office at cert@k12.wa.us or (360) 725-6400. You might also consider attending WEA's Teacher or ESA Certification trainings-please see the Events tab of WEA-WIN for current offerings.

Is WEA a state-approved clock-hour provider?

Yes, WEA is a Washington state clock hour provider, approved by the Professional Educator Standard Board (PESB) through the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). WEA is also approved by OSPI to issue clock hour transcripts.

Does WEA offer courses meeting the Equity, STEM, or Leadership certificate renewal requirements?

Yes, WEA offers courses that meet all three of these certificate renewal requirements. To find current offerings, please see the "Events" tab of WEA-WIN, and then under "Areas of Interest," select Equity, STEM, or Leadership.

How do I know which courses in WEA-WIN are being offered for clock hours?

Courses approved for clock hours in WEA-WIN are noted with an icon and designation next to the course description: [Stopwatch with solid fill] Clock Hour.

Non-clock hour courses are listed on the events tab under "Non-clock hour," and the designation "Non-clock hour" also appears next to the course description.

Transcripts are issued for clock-hour courses, and a separate Training Record is issued for non-clock-hour courses.

How do I access clock hours issued by other organizations?

If you completed a course offered by another organization, such as your district or ESD, you will need to contact them directly for your clock hours. Many ESDs use pdenroller.org, which is not connected to the WEA system. Find a list of Washington State approved clock hour providers.

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Washington State Certification - Frequently Asked Questions

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This page displays frequently asked questions for specific Certificate Types. General How do I obtain the official copy of my certificate? Official certificates are now available online through your E-Certification profile. Once you log into E-Certification please select “My Credentials”. Under the certificate list you will see a “View” button on the left. Selecting this will give you the official copy of your current certificate. How can I obtain a fingerprint card? You can contact us at Professional Certification with your mailing address and we will be happy to send you the fingerprint card package or for additional information please visit our fingerprint website. I have questions about my certificate, but I don’t know my certificate number. How can I find out information about my certificate? Contact Professional Certification by email or phone (360-725-6400) with your complete legal name and date of birth, and any other names under which you may have been certified. We will be able to provide you with information on your certificate. What does ‘accredited’ mean? For your degree and/or coursework to be accepted for certification requirements, it must be taken from an accredited college or university. See the list of accreditation bodies approved by the Washington State Achievement Council. My continuing certificate will expire this June. How do I renew it? Prior to the lapse date of your certificate, you may log your completed 100 clock hours (or credit equivalent) and/or up to four annual Professional Growth Plans into your E-Certification profile (in Professional Development) and submit the electronic renewal application. You may apply through E-Certification My continuing certificate has expired. How can I reinstate it? Completion of 100 clock hours (or credit equivalent) and/or up to four annual Professional Growth Plans within the five years preceding your application for reinstatement is required. You may apply through E-Certification What is the application fee? Application and processing fees vary based on certificate type. Download the Application Fee Schedule. Teacher I have a bachelor’s degree in another area, but I’m really interested in teaching. What would I have to do to obtain a teaching certificate? Washington requires a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and a state-approved teacher preparation program. Since you already have a bachelor’s degree, you could enroll in a ‘cert only’ or master’s program. Information on programs located in Washington. Alternative Routes to Certification are also available. I’m a certified teacher from another state. How can I obtain a Washington certificate? Requirement information is available on our website. Review the application and fingerprinting process. You will need your transcripts verifying your degree(s) and teacher preparation program. You will also need your university or state-approved agency to complete the program verification form (4020E or 4020E-1, attached). If you have three years or more of certified, out-of-state teaching experience, please also send a copy of your out-of-state certificate(s) and provide verification of experience (form 4020F-1, attached). With the appropriate degree, program completion and/or certified, out-of-state experience, you can apply and be issued a one-year temporary permit pending verification of successful completion of the required testing. Review testing information. You can access the electronic application by logging onto the Education Data System (EDS). You will need to set up a username and password. Begin at E-Certification instructions login page and choose “Create an Account.” Once logged into EDS, you’ll want to go to the My Applications tab and choose E-Certification from the available list. Sometimes the E-Certification option won’t appear for 10-15 minutes, or up to a few hours, so you may need to log out and try again later that day. Where can I find information about registering for the West-B and West-E/NES tests? Visit the Washington Educator Skills Tests website. Do you accept any tests other than the West-B or West-E/NES? There are multiple tests that are accepted in lieu of the West-B and West-E/NES. See Teacher Assessments for more information. I have an expired initial certificate. What do I need to do to update my certification? If your initial certificate expired prior to September 1, 2000, your next step is to convert to the residency certificate. That certificate will carry the same endorsements as your initial certificate. You may apply through E-Certification I’m applying for my first Washington certificate. Should I apply for the residency or professional certificate? You should apply for the residency certificate. The professional certificate requires completion of a Washington professional certificate assessment (ProTeach), national board certification (issued by National Boards), Wisconsin’s Master Educator, or Ohio’s Five-Year Professional License. (The Wisconsin Master Educator License and Ohio’s Five-Year Professional License both require verification of five years of teaching experience in a P-12 setting.) My residency certificate says ‘Residency FI’ or ‘Residency PS’ and has no expiration date. What do I need to do to keep my certificate current? Individuals will not have a defined expiration date until they have employment. Individuals employed in a Washington state school district will have the validity calculated based on the experience information submitted by the school district on their annual personnel report (S275 report) to OSPI. Individuals employed by a Washington school district must have their residency certificate reissued with a defined expiration date Individuals employed in nonpublic school settings may participate in completing professional teacher certificate requirements and have their certificate reissued with a defined expiration date. It is up to the individual or their employer to determine if they wish to have their certificate reissued with a defined expiration date When a certificate is reissued, it will be valid for five years. I have a renewed initial teaching certificate that will expire in June and want to apply for the continuing certificate. What do I need to do? You will need to meet requirements for the continuing certificate and submit your application prior to the expiration of your renewed initial certificate. Further information regarding the continuing certificate requirements. I’m going to retire after many years of teaching in Washington, but I would still like to substitute teach. Where would I find an application for a substitute certificate? You may apply through E-Certification I have a residency certificate due to expire in June. I didn’t teach for the first few years I had it. How can I renew it? You may need to have your residency certificate reissued. You may apply through E-Certification More information on residency teacher reissuance. How can I find out information about CTE (vocational) certification? Please visit how to become CTE certified in Washington. How can I add an endorsement to my certificate? There are several ways to add an endorsement. However, it might be best to contact our office, either at Professional Certification or by telephone at 360-725-6400 so we can provide you with information appropriate for your situation. I’m interested in substitute teaching, but I don’t have an education background. Is there any way I can substitute teach? A regular substitute teaching certificate requires the same preparation as a regular teaching certificate: a bachelor’s degree and a state-approved training program. However, we do offer an emergency substitute certificate, which does not require a teacher training program. That certificate must be requested by an employing school district. Review further information regarding the emergency substitute. Administrator I’m certified administrator from another state. How can I obtain a Washington certificate? You may apply through E-Certification. Is testing required for the administrative certificate? No. I have an expired initial principal’s certificate. What do I need to do to update my certification? Since your initial principal’s certificate has expired, you will need to convert to the residency certificate. You may apply through E-Certification My residency principal’s certificate says ‘Residency FI’ and has no expiration date. What do I need to do to keep my certificate current? You don’t need to do anything with your certificate until after you have been a principal, assistant principal, or vice principal for two years in Washington. Then you shall apply for reissuance of your certificate. You may apply through E-Certification, and we will issue you a new certificate that will expire five years from the end of your second year of service in the role. ESA I’m certified in another state. How can I obtain a Washington certificate? You may apply through E-Certification I’m a nurse who wants to work in the schools. How do I get certified? If you hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing and hold a valid registered nurse license from the Washington State Department of Health, you may complete the application for an Initial Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school nurse certificate. There may be additional requirements but a temporary permit may be issued based on appropriate degree and license until additional requirements are met. View the requirements and access the application. I’m a nurse who has a valid license but I do not have a bachelor’s degree in nursing. How do I get certified? Nurses who hold a valid registered nurse license issued by the Washington State Department of Health but do not have a bachelor’s degree in nursing may be eligible for a conditional school nurse certificate with a school district request. Candidates must submit a complete Conditional Certificate application. I’m a nurse, occupational therapist, or physical therapist with a Limited Permit from the Washington State Department of Health. Must I wait for my actual license before I can apply for certification? A valid license is required for issuance of an Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certificate. However, a temporary ESA permit may be issued pending the valid license if appropriate degree requirements are met. View the requirements and access the application. I applied for an Initial Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certificate as a school nurse, school occupational therapist, school physical therapist, school social worker, or school speech language pathologist or audiologist and have been issued a temporary permit pending completion of the required ESA course. My permit will expire before I can complete the course. What should I do? Additional permits are not generally issued. However, under extenuating circumstances, it is possible to have a permit extended slightly to accommodate time to complete a course you are signed up for. You must contact the Professional Certification Office to request a permit extension. Such request must be in writing (by e-mail, fax, or mail) and must include verification you are registered for the next available ESA course, and a district rush request to verify employment and need. How do I know if my program is state-approved for Washington Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certification? If you completed a program through an institution outside of Washington State, you must check with the institution to be sure their program is/was state-approved at the time you completed the program. Washington accepts all other states’ programs having state approval for purposes of educational certification or licensure for serving in the role in K-12 schools. I hold an ESA Certificate. Am I required to complete a suicide prevention course to earn, renew, or upgrade my ESA Certificate? Only specific ESA Certificates are required to complete a suicide prevention course to earn, renew, or upgrade the certificate. For more information visit Suicide Prevention Information. I’m applying for a certificate as a school speech language pathologist or audiologist. Is a valid license from the Department of Health required for Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certification? No, a license is not required for school speech language pathologist or audiologist certification. It may be a requirement for employment, however, so we encourage candidates to check with their employer. I hold a Residency Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker certificate that does not show an expiration date. What should I do? If you are a school counselor or school psychologist and have completed two years of service in the role in Washington, you must submit the Residency ESA Reissuance application to have an expiration date issued to your certificate. If you are a school social worker, you may apply for reissuance or convert to the initial ESA certificate. I hold a Residency Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school counselor or school psychologist certificate and am wondering if I should apply for reissuance. Do the two years in the role need to be full-time employment? No, to meet residency ESA reissuance criteria, the experience can be full- or part-time employment. My Residency Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school counselor or school psychologist certificate has already been reissued. What is my next step? You may apply for a residency ESA renewal, or upgrade to the continuing ESA or professional ESA certificate. I’m a school counselor and earned my National Board for Professional Teaching Standards school counselor certificate. How do I obtain the Professional Educational Staff Associate (ESA) certificate? You may apply for the Professional ESA certificate by submitting a complete application. Be sure to include a copy of your valid National Boards school counselor certificate. I’m a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. How do I obtain the Professional Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school psychologist certificate? You may apply for the Professional ESA certificate by submitting a complete application. Be sure to include a copy of your valid NCSP certificate. Clock Hours What is the STEM professional development requirement for certificate renewal? STEM is the authentic combination of at least two of the STEM components(science, technology, engineering, mathematics). As of September 1, 2019, renewal applications for Initial, Residency, Professional, and Continuing teacher and Initial/Continuing CTE certificates require completion of at least 15 clock hours, or at least one goal from an annual professional growth plan (PGP), with an emphasis on STEM integration. How do I know if I need to complete STEM clock hours? The Professional Educator Standards Board has a complete list of endorsement areas that require the completion of STEM clock hours. Professional Educator Standards Board STEM Renewal Requirement How do I know if I’m completing STEM clock hours? To find out if you’re completing STEM clock hours, you will need to contact the Washington approved clock hour provider, ESD, college/university, and/or state, local, federal agency.