Navigate the certification process

WEA Jump Start is a four-day comprehensive seminar designed to provide National Board candidates with important information about the certification process, time to examine component and Assessment Center requirements, the opportunity to plan how to meet requirements, and time to collaborate, gather resources and information needed to pursue certification. All this happens in a supportive, constructive, and collegial environment.

Registration is open for the 2019 Summer Jump Starts! To sign up, click on the date and location of your choice:

• June 25 – June 28, 2019:  Pasco 
• July 29 – August 1, 2019: Vancouver
• August 5 – August 8, 2019:  Auburn

Partner National Board Jump Start Events with the Oregon Education Association*

• July 16 – July 19, 2019: Salem 
• July 22 – July 25, 2019: Medford 
• August 5 – August 8, 2019: Bend 

*Note: Registration for OEA events is via WEA’s system, but those payments will go directly to OEA.

Home Stretch takes place just before the National Board portfolio is due, when candidates are getting ready to focus their attention on final revisions.

WEA offers Home Stretch seminars annually in February through April, and two options are available, a 3-hour and a 6-hour seminar, both consisting of peer feedback on written commentary. Event fees include lunch, clock hours, and all training materials and resources.

Small like-certificate groups meet with one NBCT Facilitator to read and provide standards-based feedback on the written commentary for Components 2, 3, or 4 using a protocol specially designed for use at WEA Home Stretch events.

In full day events, candidates get a second round of feedback on Component 2, 3 or 4 written commentary, OR, they can opt to gwt support with Component 1 (Assessment Center) Preparation. In a small, like-certificate group, candidates explore the selected response items, the constructed response exercises, and released items.

Supported Work Groups: Dedicated work time with available NBCTs who answer questions and provide support. 

Costs to WEA members are approximately $60 for the 3-hour Home Stretch seminar, and $100 for the 6-hour Home Stretch seminar (via credit or debit card only). Prices are subject to change.

Note: Trainings may be cancelled should registration numbers not meet the minimum requirements. Members will be offered alternative options or refunds for cancelled events.

Renewal is a personal and public statement about your commitment to the profession and to your students. WEA's National Board Renewal Jump Start is a 1-day training that provides key information to NBCTs who are engaged in the National Board Certification renewal process. This training helps candidates consider their growth and experiences since becoming a NBCT and how to relate this to the renewal process.  Find out more about National Board Renewal. 

Registration is now open for the 2019 Summer Renewal Jump Starts! To sign up, click on the date and location of your choice:

• May 4, 2019: Lake Washington
• June 26, 2019:  Pasco
• June 27, 2019:  Pasco 
• July 30, 2019: Vancouver
• July 31, 2019:  Vancouver
• August 6, 2019:  Auburn
• August 7, 2019: Auburn

WEA's National Board Renewal Feedback & Support training provides NBCTs the opportunity to share and get feedback on a draft of one or two of their Professional Growth Experience (PGE) requirements to renew their National Board Certificate.  Participants Eligible to Attend:  2019-20 NBCTs working on their Renewal for submission in spring, 2020.

In each session, NBCTs participate in a structured feedback protocol process with other candidates to examine PGE evidence, alignment with standards assessed and clarity of response.

Three session options are available at each location:

• Morning 3-Hour Session:  Participants bring four copies of one draft and any supporting documents of either Component 1, Component 2, Component 3, or Component 4. Check-in begins at 8:00 am, class begins at 9:00 am and ends at noon. 

• Afternoon 3-Hour Session:  Participants bring four copies of one draft and any supporting documents of either Component 1, Component 2, Component 3, or Component 4. Check-in begins at noon, class begins at 12:30 pm and ends at 3:30 pm. 

• Full-day 6-Hour Session:  Participants bring four copies each of two drafts and any supporting documents of either Component 1, Component 2, Component 3, and/or Component 4. Check-in begins at 8:00 am, class begins at 9:00 am and ends at 3:30 pm.

Note: Trainings may be cancelled should registration numbers not meet the minimum requirements. Members will be offered alternative options or refunds for cancelled events.

Go here to find out more about the National Board process and to register as a National Board candidate.

Find out about earning and maintaining certification for:

• Teachers
• ESAs

Find information for Future Educators

And learn about Washington State Clock Hours

State Agencies working with Certification

• Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction
  OSPI Certification Office, 360-725-6400  Email:  cert@k12.wa.us
   
• Professional Educator Standards Board