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Clock hours for NEA micro-credentials

WEA offers clock hours for most NEA micro-credentials. Find out more about NEA micro-credentials, and how to earn Washington state clock hours. 

What do I need to do to earn clock hours?  

1. Attend WEA Micro-credential Orientation ONCE.

2. Complete the following: 

3. Attend a WEA Micro-credential Workshop every time you are completing a micro-credential 

Find your specific micro-credential

You will register for Washington clock hours for the specific NEA micro-credential you selected on wea-win.org.

  1. Select the "Events" tab in wea-win.org 

  1. On the right hand side of the page, enter your micro-credential name and select, "Asynchronous." The select, "Go." 

  1. Find your micro-credential in the search results. Look for a matching icon and the name of your micro-credential. 

Each micro-credential is eligible for 15 clock hours. Micro-credentials which meet the Equity or STEM certificate renewal requirements are noted with (Equity) or (STEM). You can also find Equity and STEM micro-credentials as "Featured Stacks" on the NEA Washington Micro-credential library. 

Micro-credentials offered

Adult Social Emotional Learning 

  • Self-Awareness (Equity)
  • Self-Management
  • Social Awareness (Equity)
  • Relationship Skills 
  • Responsible Decision-Making.

Arts Integration 

  • Arts Integration in Literacy
  • Arts Integration in Mathematics
  • Arts Integration in Science
  • Arts Integration in Social Studies
  • Classroom Management for Creative Learning
  • Culturally Responsive Art Instruction (Equity)
  • Formative & Summative Assessment using Arts Integration
  • Partnerships and Community Engagement to Integrate Art

Assessment Literacy 

  • Classroom Embedded Performance Assessment
  • Descriptive Feedback for Student Learning
  • Eliciting Accurate Evidence of Student Learning
  • Formative Assessment in the Teaching and Learning Cycle
  • Foundational Principles of Quality Assessment
  • Learning Targets to Establish Success Criteria and Engage Students

Building Winning Teams: Effective Paraeducator-Teacher Teams 

  • Defining and Delineating Roles and Responsibilities for Team Success
  • Understanding and Applying Communication Styles for Team Success
  • Understanding and Applying Conflict Management Styles for Team Success
  • Understanding and Applying Conflict Resolution Strategies for Team Success
  • Understanding and Applying the 7-Step Problem Solving Process for Team Success
  • Understanding and Applying the Characteristics of Effective Teams for Success
  • Understanding and Applying the Five "Knows" of Collaborative Teaming for Success

Bully Free Schools 

  • Creating Bully-Free Environments with Structured Settings
  • Cyberbullying/Cyber Safety
  • Education Support Professionals: First Responders
  • Empowering Students to Find Their Voices
  • Federal, State, and Local Policy Related to Bullying
  • Intervention Strategies for Educators
  • School Connectedness

Classroom Management 

  • Addressing Challenging Behaviors
  • Aspects of an Engaged Classroom
  • Classroom Expectations and Routines
  • Creating A Classroom Community
  • Organizing the Physical Layout of the Classroom
  • Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (Equity) 

Classroom Practice (InTASC): Learner and Learning 

  • Fostering a Growth Mindset
  • Linking Families and Communities to Schools for Student Success (Equity)

Classroom Practice (InTASC): Understanding Content 

  • Collaboration Between Colleagues
  • Evaluating Digital Sources
  • Interdisciplinary Themes to Enhance Student Learning
  • Promote Ownership of Learning
  • Teaching Global Competence (Equity)
  • Utilizing Practice Activities with Content Areas 

Classroom Practice (InTASC): Instructional Practice 

  • Cooperative Learning
  • Engaging Classroom Discourse
  • Setting Objective and Providing Feedback
  • Teaching Note Taking and Summarizing Skills
  • Using an Inquiry Based Learning Cycle
  • Using Student Evaluations to Improve Instruction and Student Learning

Classroom Practice (InTASC): Professional Responsibility

  • Communicating with Stakeholders (Equity)
  • Continuous Learning
  • Reflective Practice to Improve Personal Effectiveness in the Classroom
  • Technology Integration 101

Climate Change & Environmental Justice  

  • Climate Change 101 (STEM)
  • Climate Justice (STEM)
  • Mitigating Climate Change (STEM)
  • Adapting to Climate Change (STEM)
  • Community Outreach for Climate Change (STEM)
  • Integrating Climate Change into Classrooms (STEM)

Computer Science 

  • Foundations of Computer Science (STEM)
  • Computing Systems (STEM)
  • Data and Analysis (STEM) 
  • Network and the Internet (STEM)r 
  • Programming and Computational Thinking for Beginners (STEM)
  • Applied Programming (STEM)

Cooperating Teacher 

  • Andragogy Adult Learning 
  • Equity Literacy (Equity)
  • Listening and Non-Verbal Communication
  • Managing Difficult Conversations 
  • Positive Professional Relationships
  • Post-Observation Feedback
  • Teaching About Teaching

Co-teaching 

  • Foundations of Co-teaching 
  • Co-planning
  • Co-instructing
  • Co-assessing

Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence 

  • Exploring and Unpacking Bias (Equity)
  • Exploring and Unpacking Historical Inequities in Public Education (Equity)
  • Awareness of Current Institutional Inequities (Equity)
  • Diversity, Equity and Cultural Competence in Classroom Instruction (Equity)
  • Creating a Safe and Equitable Learning Environment (Equity)
  • Asset-Based, Student-Centered Learning Environments (Equity)

Education Support Professionals (ESPs): Professional Growth Continuum 

  • Communication Standard: Effective Communication
  • Communication Standard: Responsible Communication 
  • Cultural Competence Standard: Cultural Self-Awareness (Equity)
  • Cultural Competence Standard: Valuing Diversity (Equity)
  • Ethics Standard: Knowledge of Equitable Behavior
  • Ethics Standard: Modeling Equitable Behavior
  • Health and Safety Standard: Knowledge of Health and Safety Regulations
  • Health and Safety Standard: Problem Solving and Decision Making
  • Organization Standard: Equipment and Task Management
  • Organization Standard: Time Management
  • Professionalism Standard: Professional Dispositions
  • Professionalism Standard: Professional Preparedness 
  • Reporting Standard: Compliance in Reporting
  • Reporting Standard: Comprehensive Reporting
  • Technology Standard: Relevant Knowledge about Technology
  • Technology Standard: Using Job-Related Technology

Elevating the Profession through Educator Ethics  

  • Educator Ethics and the Law (Equity). Register 
  • Responsibility for Professional Competence
  • Responsibility to Students
  • Responsibility to the Profession
  • Responsibility to the School Community
  • Responsible and Ethical Use of Technology 
  • Setting and Maintaining Ethnical Boundaries
  • Understanding Educator Ethics

English Language Learners (ELL) 

  • Advocating for ELL Students and their families at the school level (Equity)
  • Advocating for English Language Learner (ELL) Friendly Local, State, and Federal Policies (Equity)
  • Analyzing Assessments to Support ELL Learning
  • Understanding Academic Language
  • Understanding Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Stages
  • Using ELL Strategies in the Classroom
  • Using Formative Assessments to Support ELL Learning
  • Using Standards to Plan for ELL Students

Exceptional Learners 

  • IEP Implementation-Communication and Collaboration
  • Understanding the IEP Process
  • Functional Behavior Assessment and Intervention Plans
  • IDEA - Determining Eligibility
  • Working with Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Introduction to Universal Design and Learning

Family Engagement 

  • Families in Society and Cultural Contexts (Equity)
  • Family Engagement as Access and Opportunities For All (Equity)
  • Developing Trusting Reciprocal Relationships through Home Visits 
  • Families as Co-Creators (Equity)
  • Linking Family Engagement to Learning Outcomes (Equity) 
  • Community Partnerships for Learning and Family Well-Being (Equity) 
  • Leading with Professional Ethics (Equity)
  • Family Engagement Systems (Equity)

Five Core Propositions (NBPTS) 

  • Know Your Students (Equity)
  • Knowing Your Content & How to Teach It to Students
  • Managing & Monitoring Student Learning
  • Teachers are Members of Learning Communities
  • Thinking Systematically About Your Practice

Native Education: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) 

  • Acknowledging and Honoring Resilience of AI/AN Education (Equity)
  • Culture and Engagement: Activating Learning for AI/AN Students (Equity)
  • Building a Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Classroom for AI/AN Students (Equity)
  • Respectful and Responsible Representation of AI/AN Nations in Curriculum (Equity)
  • Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Pedagogy for AI/AN Instruction (Equity)
  • Culturally Responsive ELA Instruction for and about AI/AN Students (Equity)
  • AI/AN Representation in STEM Instruction (STEM)
  • Truth-Telling in Social Studies Instruction: A Native Lens (Equity)

Restorative Practices 

  • Exploring Restorative Practices
  • Building A Positive Classroom Community with Affective Language 
  • Restorative Circles: Building Relationships in the Classroom
  • Restorative Conferencing
  • Implementing Restorative Practices

Supporting LGBTQ+ Students 

  • Part 1. Take a Stand: Creating Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Students (Equity)
  • Part 2. Walking the Talk: Strategies to Address LGBTQ+ Bias in the Classroom (Equity)
  • Part 3. Making the Case: Communication Strategies (Equity)
  • Part 4. The Intersections of Race, Gender, Gender identity, & Sexual Orientation (Equity)
  • Part 5. Safe and Supportive Working Environments: A Right for LGBTQ+ Educators (Equity)

Teacher Leadership: Diversity, Equity, and Cultural Competence Pathway 

  • Cultivating Socially Just Environments (Equity)
  • Explore and Challenge Inequity (Equity)
  • Purposeful Collaboration (Equity)

Teacher Leadership: Instructional Pathway 

  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Community Awareness, Engagement, and Advocacy
  • Facilitating Collaborative Relationships

Teacher Leadership: Overarching Competencies 

  • Adult Learning
  • Communication
  • Continuing Education and Learning
  • Group Processes
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness
  • Personal Effectiveness
  • Reflective Practice (Equity)
  • Technology Facility

Teacher Leadership: Policy Pathway 

  • Advocacy
  • Engagement and Relationships
  • Implementation
  • Policy Making 

Teaching with Primary Sources 

  • Inquiry with Primary Sources. Register 
  • Connecting Primary Sources & Technology for Formative Assessment
  • Connecting Primary Sources with Historic Places
  • Culturally Relevant Pedagogy with Primary Sources (Equity)
  • Multidisciplinary Civics with Primary Sources 
  • Pairing Primary Sources with Historical Picture Books 
  • The Question Formulation Technique & Primary Sources
  • Universal Design for Learning with Primary Sources

Technology for Educational Leaders 

  • Building Relationships Online
  • Connected Educator- Growing Your Professional Network
  • Curating Content
  • Facilitating A Virtual PLC
  • Introduction to Online Netiquette
  • Providing Asynchronous Feedback to Learners
  • Troubleshooting and Providing IT Support to Educators
  • Virtual Engagement Strategies for Asynchronous Learning
  • Virtual Engagement Strategies for Synchronous Learning

Technology Integration 

  • Analyst
  • Citizen
  • Collaborator
  • Designer
  • Facilitator
  • Leader
  • Learner

Trauma Informed Pedagogy 

  • Creating a Healing Centered Learning Environment
  • Trauma Informed Support for Students
  • Developing a Healing-Centered Self Care Practice
  • Race Based Trauma (Equity)
  • Using a Healing-Centered Approach to Support Refugee Students (Equity)
  • Poverty Based Trauma (Equity)

Using Your Voice to Advocate for Student Success 

  • Activating Community Resources to Support Student Learning (Equity)
  • Advocating for School Funding
  • Aligning Your School Missionl
  • Creating Professional Learning to Support Educators Advocating for Student Successl
  • Engaging Your Community to Advocate for Public Schoolsl
  • Establishing, Maintaining, and Supporting Relationship with Parents and Community (Equity)
  • Organizing Your Work Site/Local
  • Using Technology to Engage Stakeholdersl
  • Using the Power of Educator Voicel

Find out more

For inquiries on NEA micro-credential registration or submission, select the "Help Center" at the top of NEA's Washington micro-credential portal. 

  • For inquiries on WEA course registration or Washington state clock hours for NEA micro-credentials, contact Erica Tucker. 
  • For inquiries on the WEA micro-credential program, contact Maren Johnson.