General Information
Due to grant funding, courses are tenatively scheduled to be available in December 2024!
The Inclusionary Practices Professional Development Project is a state-wide focus on professional development designed to support staff to increase inclusion for students with disabilities. The project is funded by OSPI and open to all educators and community members in Washington state (including education support professionals, administration, paraeducators, parents, special education personnel, and general education personnel.)
WEA’s Inclusionary Practices Technical Network (IPTN) is providing professional development asynchronous courses on the Canvas learning management system (LMS). Clock Hours are available at no charge. Register for each course using the link listed next to the course name. You will receive an email confirmation from WEA as well as a registration email from Instructure/Canvas within a week. Once you complete the course, you will receive a clock hour verification form within 7-10 business days.
If you have questions, please contact WEA Canvas Administrator Kendru Dimalanta at kdimalanta@washingtonea.org
Frequently Asked Questions
- Are these courses free?
- Yes, these courses are funded by the Inclusionary Practices Professional Development Project.
- Can I take part of a course for partial clock hours?
- No, you will have to complete the entire course and will recieve the number of clock hours listed.
- Do these courses count towards Fundamental Course of Study (FCS) for paraeducators?
- No, FCS is a specific curriculum. These courses do count towards the 70 additonal clock hours. For more information, you can visit OSPI for details about paraeducator requirements or WEA's Paraeducator Certificate Program to see our current offerings.
- Why can I only see my school courses but not the WEA courses I registered for?
- Each school/institution uses their own instance of Canvas. While your school/institution and WEA may both use Canvas, the websites are not the same or connected. WEA’s Canvas URL is https://washingtonea.instructure.com/. You will experience difficulties logging in you enter the incorrect login credentials for the incorrect Canvas instance.
- Who can I contact if I have questions?
- WEA Canvas Administrator Kendru Dimalanta at kdimalanta@washingtonea.org