Washington educators photographed at Camp CSTP's July session on Collaboration and Communication for Equity Focused Teacher Leadership. Camp CSTP will return to North Bend, WA on July 24-28, 2023. In the meantime, check out our offerings below or contact us to bring a training to your school.

Are you curious about the Culturally Responsive Education Residency program? Have you heard about the CRE Residency and want more information? Join the CSTP team and Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge himself to learn more about this unique opportunity for WA state educators.

We will share an overview of the residency, logistical considerations and provide a real vision for what a residency can look like in your school or district. We will also have past participants (administrators and teachers) join us to share reflections from their experience to help you truly understand why the residency is such a transformational professional development opportunity. There will be time included for questions and answers.

Register to learn more today! If you can't attend the live session, a recording will be sent out to all those who register.

Date: September 19, 2022 from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Who Should Attend: District and Building Administrators and Instructional Leaders

CSTP and OSPI are excited to announce another year of Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom residency experiences in WA State. CRE in the Classroom Residency is a unique and intensive professional development experience in which teacher teams receive coaching, facilitation and technical assistance from Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge, author of “Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom.”

Residencies are designed based on the need of the educators and their students, and include 18 hours of in person learning and coaching around the mental model that serves as the foundation for a culturally responsive classroom. Generally the 18 hours are covered in a three-day sub release model. The dates and schedule will be mutually agreed upon once your team is selected and approved. We anticipate selecting up to 24 schools or districts for this one of a kind professional development training. To apply, fill out this application.

For more information visit CSTP's website or email your questions to Anzara Miller.

Join us for CSTP’s first free virtual book study of the year! Author, Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge will start the first of three equity-based studies by leading discussions about his book Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom: An Equity Framework for Pedagogy. 

More information about the other two book studies taking place in 2023 will come soon. We cannot wait for you to join us in the quest to make all classrooms equitable. If you have any questions or need help, contact Stephanie Prosser.

CSTP worked with Washington educators to create a free training on eLearning for Educators on Multi-Tiered System of Supports: Team-Driven Shared Leadership. Dig deeper into the concepts presented via readings, videos, and assignments. This course will be the first of five courses, each focused on one of the essential elements of MTSS: Team-Driven Shared Leadership; Data-Based Decision Making; Family, Student, Community Engagement; Continuum of Supports; and Selection and Use of Evidence-Based Practices. (Free, 0 clock hours; 20 clock hours, $80).

Additional courses available on the eLearning for Educators include:

Offerings marked by an asterisk (*) are available free of charge (select Free Offerings when registering) or for a nominal fee for clock hours.

Student Board members cast official votes for the first time in the SBE’s 145-year history as the Board passed a resolution honoring student voice. The meeting was July 13-14 (in Spokane and on Zoom). The Board also swore-in student representative Donalda Brantley (pictured on left) and held a panel featuring former student members. The Board also discussed basic education compliance, 2023 legislative priorities, and more.

Find documents from the meeting and links to TVW’s live stream on SBE’s meetings page or download a PDF of the recap.

In this webinar, Washington state Teachers of the Year Jerad Koepp (2022), Brooke Brown (2021), Robert Hand (2019), Mandy Manning (2018, and the 2018 National Teacher of the Year), Nate Bowling (2016), and Lyon Terry (2015) share what they are hearing from students, families, and colleagues in their community in the aftermath of the 2021-22 school year, what students need in preparation for the start of 2022-23, and what intangibles they teach students outside of academic curriculum. Students from across Washington state share their perspectives.

Moderated by League of Education Voters Communications Director Arik Korman.

Student panelists include:

Do you know a student who is making our education system better for other students in Washington state? In LEV's free October 13 event, The Power of Student Voice, they will give awards to students who inspire, take on the system, and create change.

The transitional certificate is intended to be a temporary 1:1 replacement of an expired initial, residency, professional, or continuing certificate. Therefore, educators holding a transitional certificate may be placed in out-of-endorsement assignments upon school board approval.

Due to the pandemic, educators may have had difficulty obtaining 100 clock hours for regular certificate renewal. Educators whose regular certificates expire by June 30, 2022, and are subject to renewal are eligible to obtain a transitional certificate.

The transitional certificate is issued upon request by a school district, approved private school, or educational service district upon request for an individual whose regular certificate has expired.

For more details on transitional certificates as a tool for educator certificate renewal, visit PESB's frequently asked questions.

CSTP offers OSPI-approved cohorts that work with WA state trained NBCT Facilitators to support candidates that are working on Component 1, 2, 3 or 4 in areas of our state where there are no local cohort options. We are still in the process of recruiting and selecting NBCT Facilitators for the 2022-2023 year and plan to release our online and East Valley, WA cohort information including dates and times in September 2022. 

OSPI is hosting information sessions for educators interested in starting the National Board process! The sessions include two modules:

OSPI is hosting monthly workshops throughout the 2022-2023 school year to support candidates' writing for National Board Certification. Each workshop will focus on a different topic based on what candidates may be working on at each step of the portfolio submission cycle.

Who: Any National Board candidate working toward National Board Certification in 2022-2023 and their cohort facilitators.

When: Monthly (always Tuesdays), 4:30 PM-5:30 PM

Sept 20: Writing about Contextual Information

Oct 11: Writing about Instructional Context

Oct 25: Identifying and Writing about Goals

Nov 8: Three Types of Writing

Dec 13: Writing about Evidence/Component 3 – Video Focus

Jan 10: Writing about Fairness, Equity and Access

Feb 7: Writing about Evidence/Component 2 – Student Work

Feb 28: Writing about Impact on Student Learning/Component 4

March 14: Forms & Written Commentary – Is the Architecture of Accomplished Teaching Explicit?

March 28: Standards in your Writing

April 11: Concise Writing & Editing

Are you considering earning your national certification or working towards your renewal? National Board for Professional Teaching Standards offers free informational webinars including Introduction to National Board Certification, Preparing for Your National Board Journey, and Introduction to Maintenance of Certification.

Are you searching for ways to make your classroom more inclusive? A team of Washington teachers created asynchronous and synchronous resources to support educator growth in this area based on information shared in OSPI’s Inclusionary Practices Handbook: Chapter 2 Inclusive Learning Environments.

The eLearning for Educators website has the newly launched asynchronous Inclusionary Practices: Chapter 2 Inclusive Learning Environments Course. The course can be accessed at no cost by registering for the "Free Offerings" option (which also gives access to other free offerings, including the IP Chapter 1 course). Participants can also earn clock hours by registering for the course and paying a nominal cost.

The Open Educational Resources website is where you can access the synchronous resources. The ten modules available were developed to help educators grow knowledge about creating inclusive classrooms. These trainings can be mixed and matched to allow you to choose what best suits your needs.

The Special Education Technology Center (SETC) webinar series addresses technology tools and strategies to support inclusive learning environments.

Check out SETC's website for more resources and professional development.

SETC offers consultation services for early childhood teachers and teams: Do you need assistance implementing communication supports for a student with complex communication needs? Reach out to Sarah.Kinsella@cwu.edu to learn more about scheduling a consultation with our team of experts.

WEA offers over 50 asynchronous courses on a variety of inclusionary practice topics for Washington educators throughout the year.

Collaborative Learning Solutions is offering free training, resources and supports to educators, students and schools to create conditions for all learners focused on restorative practices and equity emphasizing the educational and social-emotional needs of all students. The training they are offering is comprised of distinctive targets including Restorative Practices, Community of Equity and Inclusive Practices, and Restorative Justice Centers. The target audiences for their trainings are district leaders, school leaders, teachers, counselors, parents and students. Learn more and register.

Also, check out their weekly SEL lessons.

Ed4all WA is a collaborative project with the CEEDAR WA team and Washington Educators. Ed4all WA provides educators in the State of Washington with resources and online professional development opportunities to help strengthen their profession as an educator.

Check out the Ed4all website for educator resources to help support growth in awareness surrounding best practice to use with students of all ages.

The latest posts from CSTP's teacher bloggers on www.storiesfromschools.org.

We asked our bloggers to tell us about their experience with culturally responsive teaching. We asked them:

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