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.
Notes
Wash. Admin.
Code §
181-79A-150
Amended by
WSR
18-19-085, Filed 9/18/2018, effective
10/19/2018
Amended by
WSR
21-15-085, Filed 7/16/2021, effective
8/16/2021
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.
