Overview

All beginning teachers and most teachers coming from out of state receive the Residency Certificate as their first teaching certificate. Within five years of reaching Provisional Status, teachers are expected to begin working toward the second-level teaching certificate, the Professional Certificate.

UW Tacoma offers teachers the opportunity to pursue a Professional Certificate with a Master of Education or a Professional Certificate only.

The residency teacher certificate (first issue) is the first-level certificate. This certificate is valid until you have completed two consecutive years of successful teaching in Washington. Upon signing your third-year contract with a public school district of returning to an approved private school for your third year, you must apply for reissuance of a residency certificate, valid for five years. Teachers with residency certificates are expected to complete requirements for a professional certificate. UW Tacoma offers teachers the opportunity to pursue a Professional Certificate with a Master of Education or a Professional Certificate only. For a complete text on Requirements for Issuance of the Professional Teaching Certificate or Renewal of the Residency Teaching Certificate: CT 35

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