Professional Teacher Certification

Instructor: Professional Certification Instructor

Course Description:

This seminar focuses on consideration of a teacher’s professional development impact on student learning, analysis of personal professional growth and candidates’ future career goals.

Targeted Standards:

 Washington State Professional Certificate Standards:

• Effective Teaching

• Professional Development

• Professional Contributions

Course Objectives:

A successful candidate will:

• Describe the profile of effective and efficient student learners and identify specific Professional Certification criteria that support the development of that profile;.

• Highlight at least one important bit of information that was learned through monitoring student performance data and what occurred as a result;

• Describe “enduring learning” that resulted from the Professional Certificate process and will influence teaching practice 5 years in the future;

• Identify connections between personal professional development and broader school improvement goals;

• Deliver a formal report on the status of goals that were written in the Pre-Assessment Seminar; and

• Describe next professional development goals and explain how those goals will make and impact on student learning.

Textbook(s) and/or Assigned Readings:

The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s on-line Professional Certificate Handbook is available at: http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/Teacher/ProCert-Handbook.aspx

Assessments/Assignments:

1. Participate in instructor led discussions.

2. Deliver a formal presentation to the group and invited guests on the status of goals that were written in the Pre-Assessment Seminar and your plans for future professional growth. Please review the Evaluation Rubric (word) (pdf) for this presentation.

3. Finalize Professional Growth Record (word) (pdf) information.

Grading Scale:   S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)

Course Overview:

This seminar is the final component of the Professional Certificate Program. It’s designed to encourage candidates to analyze the impact of professional growth activities on student learning and to identify potential future professional development goals.

Academic Dishonesty Policy:

Western Washington University students are responsible for reading, understanding, and following the policy and procedures regarding academic dishonesty as set forth in the WWU Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedure (see Appendix D of the University Bulletin).

Reasonable Accommodation Policy:

It is the policy of Western Washington University to provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical, sensory, or mental limitations of qualified individuals except where such accommodation would impose undue hardship on the institution.  To request accommodation, students must contact WWU disAbility Resources for Students at360-650-3844 or www.wwu.edu/depts/drs/.