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These professional development opportunities are offered by partner organizations. Please note these opportunities are not sponsored or run by the NWESD. If you have questions about any of these listings or wish to register, please contact the organizing entity directly. The NWESD is not responsible for organizing these events or registering participants and does not endorse the instructor or guarantee the content.

Seattle Pacific University’s Master of Education (MEd) – Literacy, Language, and Equity (LLE) 

Become a reading specialist or literacy coach and impact learners of all ages

If you believe literacy skills are essential and literacy is the foundation of learning, this rigorous research-based program is for you. Impact learners of all ages, develop their writing, listening, and speaking skills, and become a reading specialist or literacy coach, or a better-prepared teacher of reading and writing in P–12 classrooms. This program includes Reading and ELL endorsements. It’s also excellent preparation for a doctoral degree in literacy.

Develop your understanding of the processes of reading and writing needed for student success.


Center for Professional Education (CPE) at Seattle Pacific University (SPU)
Preparing K-12 Teachers for Online Teaching

EDCT 5800 A Foundation for Teaching and Learning Online is a self-paced online course offered during the 2020 – 21 school year.  Educators enrolled in the course will be introduced to various teaching tips and strategies to consider when preparing for online teaching. Furthermore, they will unpack the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards for teaching and learning in an online environment. Any K-12 educator who holds at least a bachelor’s degree can register for the course at any time and will have one year to complete from the day of registration.

Details:

  • Educators will earn 2 quarter credits (equivalent to 20 clock hours)
  • Cost – $248
  • Approximately 40 hours self-paced, online
  • About your instructors
    • Nalline Baliram, PhD – Assistant Professor at Seattle Pacific University in the School of Education, 20+ years of teaching experience (7 online)
    • Kirsten Koetje, PhD – Faculty at Seattle Pacific University in the School of Education, 20 years of teaching experience (13 online)

Seattle Pacific University – ARCE

As a school employee, you’ve made the decision to build upon your knowledge and skills with a program dedicated to preparing effective teachers for life-long careers as educators in their local schools. SPU’s School of Education has been offering alternative routes to teacher certification since 2002. Hundreds of teachers have been prepared for work in classrooms across Washington through our alternative route offerings. Besides being SPU’s most affordable option for attaining teacher certification, the defining characteristic our alternative routes teacher preparation model is 180 days of student teaching. Designed for the working professional, the ARC program is a one year, (four quarters) online program. This program culminates with a Residency Teacher Certificate without a master’s degree.


Seattle Pacific University – Digital Education Leadership

Seattle Pacific’s Digital Education Leadership program, developed in 2015, equips teachers with critical expertise in selecting and using learning technologies. Our graduates are serving in leadership roles in schools all around the Northwest, using their knowledge and experience to support online, blended, and other forms of digital pedagogy.

The program is aligned with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Standards for Coaches, Educators, and Students, offers two paths:

  • A one-year Certificate that meets ISTE standards for educators and students
  • A two-year program that leads to a master’s degree in Digital Education Leadership (MEd)

WGU Washington Incentive Program

WGU Washington has agreed to provide certain enrollment incentives for specific baccalaureate and master’s degree programs to school district and NWESD staff throughout the NWESD region


The Aspiring Superintendents Academy

For experienced district leaders, building leaders, and teacher leaders who aspire to the role of superintendent.

Whether you have already attained your superintendent certification or are thinking of entering a certification program, the Aspiring Superintendents Academy can help provide a blueprint for success in key areas of the role. The academy is limited to 35 aspiring superintendents.