Pro-Cert Notes

Presenter: Maggie Foran

Education Acronyms:

TAP: Teacher Assistant Program
PESB: Professional Educator Standards Board
NBCT: National Board of Certified Teachers
PGT: Professional Growth Team
HQ: Highly Qualified
NBCT: National Boards Certified Teacher

Graduation Application Date:
Due Friday of the second week of Spring Quarter (April 9th)

For the form and checklist, go online!

Fees: Go to student accounts to pay these!

• Placement File Fee: $50 (8 requests, then $10 per three)-Send a letter of interest to find out what the principal wants
• Graduation Fee: $25
• Certification Fee: $35

Come see Maggie to sign more forms during the first week of June.

Ask Maggie for more sub information if you would like to sub this quarter.

For additional notes, check out the professional certification cheat sheet link here.

On this chart, we're on the "Pre-Service Preparation" and "Induction Support and Assessment" phase. Principals will be asked to provide some feedback to the state, which then summarizes the information for TESC MiT.

There is no expiration date on your certificate until your third year teaching for the same district, once you sign your contract for your third year the clock starts on the expiration. It's five years (best case is 8 years). This clock only runs in Washington state. When you move, you need to check the new state's requirements. Maternity leave counts as time spent. Extensions are availible.

At this time, you can also apply for your National Boards certification, which will also earn you your teaching certificate.

When you select a professional growth area, you need to tie it to standards. Remember, you must always be able to connect your goals to OSPI's standards. Be prepared to defend your choice.

When considering certification, please look at the OSPI site.

Professional Growth Team (PGT):

These are people who are supporting you in your professional certification process. You don't need to

1 colleague, someone in your building. This is your best buddy in this process.
and typically 1 Principal (you need a representative from the district)

The second person does not need to be in your district or building, but realistically they likely should be, after all, you want to talk to them and have them support you. They earn clock hours (pro-dev hours/cert renewal).

For us, 1 quarter credit=10 hours. So, your Washington State History class that's five credits is fifty seat hours. Neat, huh?

Subbing counts as days of service, so be sure to get them in.

More later, the battery is dying.

'K, back, but still short of time.

For homework, take the sheets we did where we have assessed ourselves on the various categories and type it up. Select three areas for growth and type it up on the plan link off of our handouts page. We will be submitting this to Terry on Wednesday at 9am via email. Out.