Professional Certification: Professional Growth Team

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Professional CertificationProfessional Growth
Team

• Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
• PO Box 47200
• Olympia WA 98504-7200

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Professional Certification

• Requires demonstration of competency in 3 areas
• effective teaching
• professional development
• professional contributions
• Certain evidence required as part of professional
  portfolio
• Residency certificate holders must work with a
  professional growth team in designing their
  professional growth plan or PGP. This plan
  outlines their pathway to the professional
  certificate

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Professional Growth Plan (PGP)

• Organized around the 3 standards and 12 criteria
  for certification
• Professional development tool
• Component of certification
• Residency
• TAP
• Professional Certification
• Ongoing Professional Development

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PGP Components
Use this template for each area selected

• Professional Growth-Area of Focus
• Rationale for Choosing this Goal
• Identify Your New Learning
• Timeline for Proposed Activities
• Plan for Documenting Your Growth

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Professional Growth Team

• Membership
• Candidate
• Colleague chosen by candidate
• District Representative
• University Representative
• Role/Responsibilities
• The team reviews, provides feedback and guidance,
  and approves the candidates PGP
• The team can communicate online, via email,
  and/or face to face
• Colleagues may earn 10 clock hours per team, up
  to 20 per year for serving as a PGT member

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Supporting Candidates

• Consider the following
• In what ways do you already support this teacher
  and provide feedback?
• How do these activities already in place align
  with the ProCert criteria?
• Feedback on PGP
• Connecting the teachers individual goals to
  building (School Improvement) or district goals

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Providing Feedback

• Are the goals based on the teachers assessment
  and reflection of their teaching practice?
• Are the goals appropriate to the context?
• Has the teacher considered research on best
  practices?
• What are some resources/growth activities you can
  suggest?

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Benefits to building and district

• Focus on impact on student learning
• ProCert helps new teachers build life-long
  professional habits of analysis, reflection, and
  intentional decision making
• Connection to School Improvement and other
  building/district initiatives
• Recruitment and Retention

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Further Information

• University Program List www.sbe.gov/ProfessionalC
  ertificationProgramsInWashingtonState.html
• Professional Education and Certification
• Mary Jo Larsen, Program Specialist Professional
  Education and Certification
• 360.725.6400
• www.k12.wa.us
• cert_at_ospi.wednet.edu
• Colleges/Universities