PDFWAC 181-82A-208
Specialty endorsements and educator certificates.
(1) The following specialty endorsements may only be added to an existing endorsed teacher certificate:
(a) Environmental and sustainability education.
(b) Teacher of the visually impaired. Upon adoption of a content knowledge assessment by the professional educator standards board, teacher of the visually impaired will be available as an endorsement. Until adoption, teacher of the visually impaired will be available as a specialty endorsement.
(c) Gifted education.
(d) Elementary mathematics specialist.
(e) Adapted physical education. Only teachers holding a health/fitness, special education, early childhood special education, deaf education, deaf education with American sign language (ASL) proficiency, or teacher of the visually impaired endorsement may add the adapted physical education specialty endorsement.
(f) Other specialty endorsements as approved by the professional educator standards board.
(2) The following specialty endorsements may be added to an existing administrator certificate, educational staff associate certificate, or endorsed teacher certificate:
(a) Elementary computer science.
(b) Secondary computer science.
(c) Other specialty endorsements as approved by the professional educator standards board.
(3) Providers approved by the professional educator standards board may recommend a candidate for a specialty endorsement to the superintendent of public instruction.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 28A.410 RCW. WSR 24-08-034, § 181-82A-208, filed 3/26/24, effective 4/26/24; WSR 21-20-047, § 181-82A-208, filed 9/28/21, effective 10/29/21; WSR 21-08-024, § 181-82A-208, filed 3/29/21, effective 4/29/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.410.210. WSR 13-05-071, § 181-82A-208, filed 2/19/13, effective 3/22/13; WSR 13-04-098, § 181-82A-208, filed 2/6/13, effective 3/9/13; WSR 11-12-079, § 181-82A-208, filed 5/31/11, effective 7/1/11; WSR 10-17-015, § 181-82A-208, filed 8/5/10, effective 9/5/10; WSR 09-12-087, § 181-82A-208, filed 6/1/09, effective 7/2/09; WSR 06-20-063, § 181-82A-208, filed 9/29/06, effective 10/30/06.]