PDFWAC 132T-05-040

Maintaining and improving occupational and teaching competencies for vocational administrators, instructors and counselors.

It shall be the responsibility of the president of Community College District No. 20 (Walla Walla Community College) to assure compliance with the following standards:
(1) The Community College District No. 20 will certify through the vocational director each instructor and vocational counselor and maintain documentation of such certification. The certificate and the documentation on file shall specify the function and/or the specific occupational area for which the individual is certified.
(2) Each full-time contracted professional shall have an individual improvement plan developed in consultation with and approved by the vocational director or designee. The vocational director shall maintain a file of all such plans.
(3) Part-time teaching personnel must have temporary certification and shall obtain a one-year certificate upon the accumulated completion of 45 quarter credits (or 45 credit equivalents) of teaching. Individual professional improvement plans shall be established and approved for part-time personnel upon the issuance of a one-year certificate.
(4) Part-time counselors shall obtain a one-year certificate upon completion of the equivalent of one full academic year of counseling responsibility. Individual professional improvement plans shall be established and approved upon issuance of a one-year certificate.
(5) Full-time professional personnel may not be employed on the basis of a temporary certificate for a period of more than one year.
(6) Certification under the above standards is a condition of continued employment for all vocational education personnel.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 34.04, 34.08 and 28B.19 RCW. WSR 82-07-011 (Resolution No. 82-5), § 132T-05-040, filed 3/8/82; Order 74-2, § 132T-05-040, filed 6/4/74.]