Requirements for Reissuance/Renewal of the Residency Teacher Certificate

The residency teacher certificate is the first-level certificate that is issued to first time applicants. The residency teacher certificate may be reissued for five years to teachers who:

1. Complete two consecutive years of successful teaching with a Washington public school or approved private school and have signed a third-year contract since the issuance of their residency teacher certificate;
2. Have not completed two years of successful teaching in Washington since the issuance of their residency teacher certificate which has a defined expiration date.  

The application to use for this process is 4031R. There is no fee for this application.

Individuals who hold, or have held a residency certificate and are enrolled in a professional certificate program may have the certificate renewed once for an additional two years. This renewal will be processed by the college or university offering the professional certificate program.

Individuals who hold, or have held a residency certificate and are candidates for the certificate issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) may have the certificate renewed once for an additional two years upon verification that the individual has submitted a packet for assessment by NBPTS. This renewal will be processed through an educational service district. The application to use for this process is 4035A. The fee is $10.

Individuals who hold, or have held, a residency certificate who do not qualify for enrollment in a professional certificate program may have their residency certificate renewed once for an additional five years by the completion of fifteen quarter credits (ten semester hours) of college credit course work (100 level or above) from a regionally accredited institution, taken since the issuance of the residency certificate. This renewal will be processed through an educational service district.   The application to use for this process is 4035A. The fee is $10.

All other individuals who hold, or have held, residency certificates may have their certificate renewed only by appeal to the State Board of Education or its designated appeals committee. The following conditions apply to such appeals:

• Teachers who appeal shall present a rationale and evidence to support their request to have the residency certificate renewed.
• The State Board of Education or its designated appeals committee shall determine the length of the renewal and may establish specific conditions (such as course work requirements) as prerequisites for the reissuance of the residency certificate.

Applications are online at www.psesd.org/certification . For more information,   contact Jan Mathsen at jmathsen@psesd.org or Linda Guile at lguile@psesd.org.

Regional Teachers Become National Board Certified

They spent a year cataloging their teaching experiences, creating portfolios of their work and taking tests.

After all the work, 398 more teachers from the PSESD region are National Board certified. 919 teachers were Board-certified statewide.

Washington state ranks third in the nation in new National Board-certified teachers, behind only Florida and North Carolina. The 2,726 total Board-certified teachers place the state eighth in the nation.

Certification is a year-long introspective process that requires teachers to submit a four-part portfolio and a six-exercise content and pedagogy assessment. The entries document a teacher's success in the classroom as evidenced by his or her students' learning. The portfolio is then assessed by a national panel of peers.

Legislation passed in 2007 awards a $5,000 bonus to each certified teacher. Teachers can receive an additional $5,000 bonus if they teach in “challenging” schools, which are defined as having a certain percentage of students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch (50 percent for high schools, 60 percent for middle schools and 70 percent for elementary schools).

Thanks to a joint effort by Gov. Chris Gregoire, the Washington Education Association and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, as well as to broad bipartisan support in the state Legislature, the number of NBCT candidates is rapidly increasing. More than 2,000 teachers statewide have signed up as candidates for 2008-09. A total of 22 percent of the newly Board-certified teachers in the state are now teaching in challenging schools, compared to 13 percent for all Board-certified teachers through 2007.

“I want to extend my congratulations to these accomplished teachers,” said Gov. Gregoire. “Their commitment to excellence and their ability to complete this rigorous process has led to this recognition by their peers. It is particularly exciting to see the increase of certified teachers in those schools with a large number of struggling students.”

“National Board Certification does make a difference in improving teaching and learning at the classroom level. Under Gov. Gregoire's leadership, we've seen a dramatic increase in interest in National Board Certification – particularly in our state's most challenging schools. The Washington Education Association is proud to be a partner in supporting educators with this rigorous professional experience,” noted Mary Lindquist, president of the Washington Education Association.

Investing in teachers

A Congressionally-mandated report in June affirmed the positive impact Board certification has on student achievement and teacher retention. The report, by the National Research Council, was researched during a 30-month period beginning in 2005.

The council, according to a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards press release, “found that students taught by NBCTs make higher gains on achievement tests than those taught by teachers who have not applied and those who did not achieve certification. The findings are based on an analysis of the studies that the NRC says meet standards of sound scientific research, including new analyses commissioned by the NRC. According to the report, the ‘evidence is clear that National Board Certification distinguishes more effective teachers from less effective teachers with respect to student achievement.'”

“The report shows that Washington's investment in National Board certification is worth it,” State Superintendent Bergeson said. “Our model is a shining light for National Board certification, one that can benefit other states. We've proven that if you invest in it, it pays off.”

Created in 1987, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit organization devoted to advancing the quality of teaching and learning.

Washington by the numbers:

• Total number of National Board Certified Teachers: 2,726 (National Rank: 8th)
• Number of new board certified teachers in 2008: 919 (National Rank: 3rd)
• Percentage of board certified teachers in WA: 5% (National Rank: 7th)
• 191 districts (out of 295) have at least one teacher with National Board Certification.

Teachers Certified in 2008 in the Puget Sound ESD Region

Auburn School District

• Teri Churchill
• Treena Daniels
• Heather Hartley
• Susan Hovde
• Sarah Samuelson
• Sharon Thompson-Saito
• Deanna Tompkins

Bainbridge Island School District

• Noah Barfield
• Kirrin Coleman
• Benedict De Guzman
• Amii Pratt

Bellevue School District

• Lindzee Alvarez
• Kristin Anstett
• Dawn Armitage
• Richard Bailey
• Jason Benda
• Erin Bethel
• Mary Boettcher
• Gerald Borth
• Stacy Brewer
• Jeffrey Bright
• Lindsey Brown
• Don Burress
• Monica Chapman
• Holly Clark
• Sara Clarke
• Kindra Clayton
• Sandrine Collomb
• Laura Da
• Thomas Danielsen
• Monica Davies
• Kelli Dhatt
• Jessica Drennan
• Kimberly Driscoll
• Charles Duerr
• Matthew Eisenhauer
• Clifford Ellis
• Mackenzie Ellis
• Lisa Evanoff
• Lisa Falkenhagen
• Nancy Foster
• Pamela Frank
• Sherry Gaines
• Erin Gehrke
• Edward George
• Bryona Golding
• Jennifer Goldman
• Jennifer Gonsiorowski
• Ellen Greig
• Maureen Hallock
• Thomas Hanify
• Sarah Harkins
• Tessa Heady
• Nathaniel Heffter
• Brett Heinemann
• Sarah Johnson
• Kerry Jordan
• Lyndsy Kline
• Nicole Madsen
• Mai-Britt Maki
• Amy Mapes
• Christine Marion
• Lisa McCaskey
• Rocio McCleary
• Kristine Mclane
• Julia Meyering
• Michelle Mordaunt
• Julie Muchlinski
• Scott Nara
• Sarah Nehring
• Jacob Nonis
• Mary Nordstrom
• Rebecca Nowak
• Gail Oleson
• Danielle Ottesen
• Robert Prufer
• Ingrid Saxon
• Nicole Schoeneman
• Nicole Shimizu
• Erin Staggs
• Jennifer Stevens
• Kristi Stroyan
• Jennifer Sun
• Mercy Tamayo
• Helene Tate
• Tamara Truax
• Leann Tuupo
• Elsa Upham
• Genevieve Vale
• Patrick Van Dyke
• Jean Vrbka
• Elizabeth Wyckoff

Bethel School District

• Anna Ayers
• Marilyn Fangman
• Margaret Field
• Christine Fuller
• Becky Hendrickson
• Juanita Hill
• Cathleen Livingston Carlson
• Nancy Mouat-Rich

Clover Park School District

• Marietta Brown
• Debra Corcoran
• Elizabeth Devitt
• Diana Fitzgerald
• Kathy Gallagher
• Amy Hamilton
• Kathy Hanawalt
• Rachel Hyde
• Christine Kelly
• Ray Kurtz
• Tara Longfellow
• Janete Lucas
• Tami Moffatt
• Jaclyn Normile
• Wayne Osborn
• Sandra Rose
• Jessica Strand
• Kimberly Tarnowieckyi
• Michael Vincent
• Belinda Walker
• Ashley Wilwayco

Enumclaw School District

• Kristi Carlson
• Tyler Crane
• Della Demerjian
• Adam Ihde
• Andrew Means
• Nicole O'Brien
• Jennifer Planellas
• Shirley Rhodes
• Tandy Schafer
• William Stuenkel

Federal Way School District

• Amie Bryant
• Sue Bube
• Michelle Cole
• Kristah Coonradt
• Nova Jones
• Jessica Jordan
• Diane McSweeney
• John Poquette
• Laura Rapoport

Fife School District

• Cynthia Dixon
• Jeanie Iovino
• John Sutich

Franklin Pierce School District

• Deena Beard
• Cara Kamel
• Stacey Lowrance
• Alyson McKenzie
• Angela Tevis

Highline School District

• Jessica Aptiz
• Christie Brown
• Jacque Decker
• Amy Flanigan-Zadra
• Marisa Gaalema
• Ramona Grove
• Maureen Kiely
• Emily Lauer
• Jolly Meloottu
• Lauren Monroe
• Megan Olson
• Shauna Pierson
• Kari Robins
• Jacob Savishinsky
• Kathy Webster
• Nancy Weeks

Issaquah School District

• Carol Best
• Lori Fisher
• Kara Heaphy
• Gabrielle Herring
• Kathryn Krueger
• Jennifer Mountford
• Rena Pitasky
• Carrie Reckling
• Kourtney Smith
• Ann Swiftney
• Leah Van More
• Michele Van More
• Jonathan Whitney

Kent School District

• Ruth Appleby
• Ryan Chinn
• Christine Donaldson
• Deborah Drake
• Pamela Esber
• Elizabeth Firman
• Danielle Fischetti
• Seth Garrison
• Elizabeth Gorey
• Angela Hansen
• Michelle Kelly
• Barbara Landwehr
• Jennifer Lee
• Lynn Lofstrom
• Justin Maier
• Dianne Massey
• Jodie Mathwig
• Michael McCarthy
• Dierdre McCarthy-King
• Megan McGrath
• Rochelle O'Donnell
• Patricia Owliaei
• Pamela Pogson
• Christy Rodriguez
• Louise Sargent
• Melissa Spencer
• Stephanie Tjaden
• Shannon Tulloch

Lake Washington School District

• Kate Allender
• Virginia Andrews
• Burghilt Antezana
• Myra Arnone
• Paige Cahoon
• Victoria Castaneda
• Jason Ewert
• Audrey Falkner
• Julie Guest
• Suzanne Hanson
• Sandra Hoffmann
• Lara Hollingworth
• Brady Howden
• Steven Juzeler
• Renee Levine
• Anne Love
• Neal Manegold
• Gregg McDonald
• Andrya Packer
• Darlene Poitra
• Linda Ritscher Oddson
• Kathleen Sanchez
• Peter Saxby
• Nancy Simpson
• Yvonne Steuer Codd
• Bryn Sutton
• Gretchen Thomas
• Marshall Tower
• Jayme Zahn

Mercer Island School District

• Kerry Chew
• Susan Hamp
• Jesse Jaramillo
• Curtis Johnston
• Edward Puchalla
• Thelma Ritchie
• Janice Vetter
• David Willecke

Northshore School District

• Jason Allan
• Bret Geller
• Tera Graham
• Sandra Sikonia

Peninsula School District

• Karin Ashabraner
• Brenda Aston
• Kimberly Bucklin
• Kathleen Gibson
• Mary Hall-Vaughn
• Kirsten Lee
• Kim Lubin
• Linda Martin
• Anna McCausland
• Peter Pratz
• Carol Rivera
• Karen Sanom-Miller
• Nicole Satterthwaite
• Lisa Selfors
• Sylvia Wallen

Puyallup School District

• Christina Everett
• Kelley Lee
• Cheryl Niemela
• Mindy Noland
• Mark Phillips
• Lisa Marie Rollins

Renton School District

• Patricia Berger
• Eugenie (Genie) Fairhart
• Corrie Freiwaldt
• Neil Gerrans
• Eric Hougan
• Scott Jones
• Mary Mayzak
• Claire McCormack-Wray
• Todd Pollard

Riverview School District

• Suzan Fender
• Karen Hough
• Christie Isler
• Ellis Materi

Seattle School District

• Kamilah Abdul-Alim
• Kristin Bailey-Fogarty
• Nicole Bannister
• Lisa Becerra
• Nina Binder
• Connie Birkvoid
• Deborah Bower
• Jennifer Casto
• Jean Catron
• Althea Chow
• Mike Comiskey
• Shannon Conner
• Brian Coon
• Karen Dadashi
• Lindsey Daniels
• Dean Ferguson
• Anna Flory
• Paul Franklin-Bihary
• Erica Fuson
• Mary Gallagher
• Adam Gish
• Jennifer Gold
• David Grosskopf
• Elizabeth Hayden
• Benjamin Hazelwood
• Bonnie Hungate-Hawk
• Margaux Isaman
• Meade Johnson
• Marjorie Lamarre
• Mary Jo Lanza
• Constance Lawrence
• Jessica Levine
• Lance Lighthall
• Ciara Linayao
• Kelly Locklin
• Mark Lovre
• Jennifer Luthe
• Erin Lynch
• Eric Mansfield
• Bryan Marenstein
• Wendy Miller
• Ralph Minor
• Joseph Olegario
• Lynda Pack
• Virginia Phillips
• Clarissa Resendez
• Lorna Robinson
• Lynn Rody
• Laurie Roseto
• Karma Sawka
• Lindsay States
• Sherry Studley
• Richard Truax
• Nicole Trudeau
• Heidi Trudel
• Gina Wickstead
• Alisha Winger
• Adrienne Yoshihara

Shoreline School District

• Donald Ballard
• Stacey Carr
• Jeanette Derry
• Lisa Faidley
• Tammy Fawcett
• Vicki Gorman
• Kara Heist
• Maureen Nemeth
• Jerica Reyes-Jech

Snoqualmie School District

• Ruth Huschle
• Meghan James
• Christine Kjenner
• Tracyanne Petroske

Steilacoom School District

• Karen Knowles
• Joy Roth

Sumner School District

• Christopher Clayton
• Kimberly Franett Fergus
• Jennifer Fruehauf
• Pamela Noble
• Nancy Nybo
• Jeanne Ossman
• Jennifer Peters
• Cheryl Roper
• Scott Sousa
• Jason Vander Hoek

Tacoma School District

• Mary Jane Bardsley
• Donna Basil
• Dawn Baughman
• Diane Brewer
• Kimmie Choi
• Adrienne Dale
• Michele Dimant
• Gabrielle Finckbone
• Megan Gibson
• Susan Gregory
• Anthony Lund
• Susan Mosich
• Erin O'Donnell
• Heidi Ruud
• Melanie Wyckoff

Tahoma School District

• Allison Agnew
• Valerie Franzke-Munro
• Richard Haag
• Jeffrey Heil
• William Weis

Tukwila School District

• Laura Jimenez
• Nancy Kawai
• Rebecca Wallace

University Place School District

• Angela Franklin
• Garvin Morlan

Vashon Island School District

• Jennifer Granum

White River School District

• Kimberly Adams
• Eva Dietz
• Timothy Fleming
• Jill Jirava

Private

• James Cardo
• Patricia Larson
• Anna Nordstrom
• Christopher Pesce
• Laurie Sukol

Certification and Fingerprinting Contacts and Resources

For answers to your certification questions, visit our website or contact our Certification staff.

Jan Mathsen, Certification Officer
jmathsen@psesd.org
Seattle Area Number: 425-917-7612
Tacoma Area Number: 253-778-7612
Washington state: 1-800-664-4549 x 7612

Linda Guile, Certification Specialist
lguile@psesd.org
Seattle Area Number: 425-917-7613
Tacoma Area Number: 253-778-7613
Washington state: 1-800-664-4549 x 7613

Patti Moench, Fingerprinting
pmoench@psesd.org
Seattle Area Number: 425-917-7614
Tacoma Area Number: 253-778-7614
Washington state: 1-800-664-4549 x 7614
Please note: Fingerprinting is by appointment only.

PSESD Certification Office
800 Oakesdale Ave. SW
Renton, WA 98057-5221.
Visit www.psesd.org for directions.
Hours: 8:00-5:00, Monday-Friday