WSR 15-08-054
PERMANENT RULES
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATOR
STANDARDS BOARD
[Filed March 27, 2015, 9:31 a.m., effective April 27, 2015]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Adds a new section to chapter 181-78A WAC requiring preparation programs to assure passage of the WEST B prior to admission and WEST E prior to student teaching per chapters 181-01 and 181-02 WAC.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending chapter 181-78A WAC.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 15-01-076 on December 12, 2014.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: Based on board public hearing, language was altered to reflect the requirement that student teacher candidates would attempt the content assessment, not be required to pass it at first effort.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting David Brenna, 600 Washington Street South, Room 400, Olympia, WA 98504-7236, phone (360) 725-6238, fax (360) 586-4548, e-mail david.brenna@k12.wa.us.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 19, 2015.
David Brenna
Senior Policy Analyst
NEW SECTION
WAC 181-78A-300 Program requirements for teacher candidates.
(1) Approved programs for teachers shall assure that all candidates entering the program shall have successfully passed the WEST B or its alternative or exemptions per chapter 181-01 WAC. The candidate must take and pass the WEST B, or provide evidence of meeting an alternative or exception at the time of admissions. Candidates admitted to a residency teacher preparation program prior to passage of the WEST B or its approved alternative or exemptions must pass the WEST B prior to student teaching. The program shall collect and hold evidence of this requirement.
(2) Approved programs, when placing a teacher candidate in the student teaching role with a school district, shall assure that the candidate has successfully attempted at least one WEST E or equivalent content assessment test per chapter 181-02 WAC. The program shall collect and hold evidence of this requirement.
(3) This section shall be in effect beginning September 1, 2017.
