Overview

The Professional Educator Standards Board announced the new teacher assessment for professional certification that will officially launch in January, 2010. Click here to read the press release

As of September 1, 2000, all beginning teachers and most teachers coming from out of state receive the Residency Certificate as their first teaching certificate. UW Tacoma offers teachers the opportunity to pursue a Professional Certificate with a Master of Education or a Professional Certificate only.

Students who have earned a Residency Teacher Certificate at UW Tacoma and wish to complete Professional Certification must follow the procedures listed below:

Students who wish to combine Professional Certification with the completion of their Master of Education (M.Ed.), must meet with an adviser and complete a program plan before proceeding with M.Ed. course requirements and Professional Certificate. Failure to do so may prevent their ability to incorporate Professional Certification with the M.Ed.

In order to pursue the Professional Certificate program at UWT, individuals must complete one academic year as a fully-contracted teacher. Form SPI4421 must be submitted to the Education Program before students can enroll in the Professional Certificate program.

To help students understand the course sequencing, the plan below shows a typical progression of coursework:

• T EDUC 550 (3) Preassessment Seminar (must take first)
• T EDUC 502 (3 credits) Learning about Learning
• T EDUC 503 (3 credits) Educational Measurement
• T EDUC 504 (3 credits) Undestanding Educational Research (prerequisite: T EDUC 503)
• Practicum/Project (T EDUC 593/594, or T EDUC 599) (6 credits)
• Comprehensive Exam on core courses (T EDUC 501, 502, 503 & 504)
• T EDUC 552 (2) Professional Certificate Culminating Seminar

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