Washington Administrative Code › Title 181 - Professional Educator Standards Board › Chapter 181-79A - Standards for teacher, administrator, and educational staff associate certification › GENERAL CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 181-79A-150 - General requirements-Teachers, administrators, educational staff associates and first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following requirements are to be met by candidates for
				  certification, including teachers, career and technical education educators,
				  administrators, educational staff associates, or first peoples' language,
				  culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers:
(1)
Age.
No person who is less
				than eighteen years of age shall receive a certificate to serve in the public
				or nonpublic schools of Washington state.
(2)
Character.
Applicants for
				certificates in Washington state who are not holders of a valid Washington
				state teacher, administrator, educational staff associate, career and technical
				education, or first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions
				teacher certificate must give evidence of good moral character and personal
				fitness as specified in WAC
				181-79A-155
				and must complete a record check through the Washington state patrol criminal
				identification system and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the
				applicant's expense as required by
				RCW
				   28A.410.010; such record check shall include
				a fingerprint check using a Washington state patrol approved fingerprint card.
				The superintendent of public instruction may waive the record check for an
				applicant who has had a record check within the two years prior to
				application.
(3)
Degrees and
				course work.
A candidate for certification shall hold appropriate
				degrees, licenses, and additional course work as prescribed in chapters 181-79A
				and 181-77 WAC or have qualified under WAC
				181-79A-257
				or
				181-78A-700.
(4)
Approved preparation
				program.
Applicants for certification as teachers, administrators,
				school counselors, and school psychologists, except as otherwise provided in
				WAC
				181-79A-257,
				and
				181-79A-231,
				and in chapter 18177 WAC, in order to be certified within the state of
				Washington shall have completed a state approved preparation program in the
				professional field for which certification is to be issued; such program shall
				have included a defined course of study and a supervised internship as per
				chapter 181-78A WAC. Applicants for certification as first peoples' language,
				culture, and oral tribal traditions teachers shall have completed a sovereign
				tribal government's first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal
				traditions teaching certification program.
(5)
Assessments.
Candidates for
				certification must complete assessments under chapters 181-01, 181-02, 181-79A
				WAC, and
				RCW
				   28A.410.220.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.410.210. 11-15-038, §
											181-79A-150, filed 7/13/11,
					 effective 8/13/11; 08-03-100, §
											181-79A-150, filed 1/20/08,
					 effective 2/20/08; 07-12-006, §
											181-79A-150, filed 5/24/07,
					 effective 6/24/07; 06-14-010, §
											181-79A-150, filed 6/22/06,
					 effective 7/23/06. 06-02-051, recodified as §
											181-79A-150, filed 12/29/05,
					 effective 1/1/06. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.305.130 and
					 28A.410.010. 02-18-037, §
					 180-79A-150, filed 8/26/02, effective 9/26/02. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.410.010 and
					 28A.305.130(1) through
					 (4). 02-04-018, § 180-79A-150, filed
					 1/24/02, effective 2/24/02. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.410.010 and
					 28A.305.130(1) and
					 (2). 99-23-023, § 180-79A-150, filed
					 11/9/99, effective 12/10/99. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.305.130(1) and (2),
					 28A.410.010 and
					 28A.150.220(4).
					 99-01-174, § 180-79A-150, filed 12/23/98, effective 1/23/99. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					    28A.410.010. 98-01-030, § 180-79A-150,
					 filed 12/8/97, effective 1/8/98; 97-04-088, § 180-79A-150, filed 2/5/97,
					 effective 3/8/97.