The purpose of Administrative Services is to assist in the areas of school administration. The Northwest Educational Service District employs a talented staff of professionals to support our 35 public school districts , tribal compact schools, and several private schools in Island, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish, and Whatcom counties.

Accreditation for School Districts

The AESD statewide accreditation process, facilitated by the NWESD, is a research-based approach to school improvement that is aligned to the State-required School Improvement Planning process and complementary to the school’s ongoing improvement efforts. AESD Accreditation aligns accreditation requirements to the continuous improvement of student learning, achievement, and growth using a Cycle of Inquiry to focus on improvement planning and action. The process provides for both internal self-review and reflection by the school community as well as external review and validation of the school improvement plan, providing an important statement of accountability to the public. Accredited status is granted for a period of six years if approved.

AESD Program Evaluation

The NWESD is proud to partner with the Washington Association of Educational Service Districts (AESD) to provide program evaluation services across the state. Puget Sound ESD serves as the lead organization for this work. Program evaluation may include evaluation and data services, training, coaching, and facilitation to enable clients to take data-informed action.

Clock Hours for District-Provided In-Service

Northwest Educational Service District 189 (NWESD) is a Professional Educator Standards Board-approved provider for Washington State clock hours. Continuing education for the educational community is vital to success in the classroom and the NWESD is here to make it as seamless as possible. Clock Hour Services provides transcripts, evaluations, and official Washington state educator clock hour documentation for individuals and course providers.

Communications

The NWESD Communications Department provides numerous resources for Public Information Officers, and other district staff responsible for communications within their district. Our Communications Specialist can offer assistance with a variety of communications needs.

Construction Management

The NWESD partners with the ESD112 Construction Services Group (CSG) to provide the following services to school districts: Project Management, Constructions Management, Constructability Reviews, and Building Commissioning.

Fingerprinting

Fingerprinting is required of all individuals who have regular, unsupervised access to children, including those seeking certificates, and those employed in a certified or classified position. NWESD provides fingerprinting services using digital technology. This creates high-quality prints that are transmitted directly to the Washington State Patrol.

Human Resource Services

The NWESD offers on-call, project-based Human Resources consultation services for your district. Our knowledgeable human resource consulting advisor can offer your district customized assistance that fits your human resource needs big or small.

Legal Services Cooperative

For more than 25 years, the Northwest Educational Service District has made legal services available under a retainer contract arrangement to regional school districts who have joined the NWESD Legal Services Cooperative. The services available under the retainer contract are provided by the Pacifica Law Group for a flat monthly fee.

pdEnroller for School Districts

Launched in 2015, pdEnroller is a robust statewide course and event registration system being used by the state’s nine Educational Service Districts (ESDs), plus the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).

The system enables educators from across the state to register for professional development opportunities, enabling them to search by participant, topic, ESD region and date to find conferences, events, and trainings. Once registered, the system will track their attendance, clock hours earned, and awarded credits for their history. This information can be reported back to the districts for teacher certification and salary placement.

Professional Learning

The NWESD offers a wide range of high-quality Professional Learning opportunities for educators, administrators, and educational support staff.  If you have any questions about the courses you see listed, please contact the course facilitator directly.

Public Records Request

Email, write or fax asking for the records you would like to receive. All requests must be in writing. If you are unable to write, please contact us by telephone or in person and we will assist you with this task.

Superintendents’ Advisory Committee

The NWESD Superintendents’ Advisory Committee (SAC) serves in an advisory capacity to the NWESD Board and Superintendent in matters pertaining to budgets, programs, policy, and staff as established in RCW 28A.310.430.

Surplus Disposal

From time to time, NWESD has surplus equipment which is offered for sale or relocation on a “FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED” basis. Notice is provided via publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the NWESD region and/or electronic email to those requesting such notice.

Traffic Safety Education

Granite Falls School District offers a Traffic Safety Education Program administered by Northwest Educational Service District (NWESD). The program complies with all standards established by RCW 28A-220 and WAC 392-153.

Transportation

Transportation’s primary goal is to assure the safe transportation of all students. Support for Student Transportation is provided by the Regional Transportation Coordinator (RTC) program free of charge to all thirty-five school districts in NWESD. We serve as a liaison between OSPI and districts.