FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 982

                                  C 464 L 87

BYHouse Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Fuhrman, Valle, Betrozoff, Pruitt, Holland, Ebersole, Walker, L. Smith, Nealey, Doty, Patrick, May, Brough, Ballard, Lewis, B. Williams, Padden, Allen, Cole, Rasmussen, P. King, Belcher, K. Wilson, Sprenkle, Baugher, Beck, Hargrove, C. Smith, Peery, Cooper, Taylor, Chandler, Bumgarner, Sutherland, Day, Kremen, Silver, Ferguson, Todd, Jesernig, Basich, Moyer and Winsley)

Permitting the substitution of instructional assistance as a teacher's aide for up to fifteen units of methods and teacher training requirements.

House Committe on Education

Senate Committee on Education

SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

BACKGROUND:

Teachers enter the teaching profession from various backgrounds. The training requirements for individuals who have previous experience in providing instruction to children under the supervision of a certificated teacher are the same as for individuals who do not have this experience.

SUMMARY:

The State Board of Education is directed to adopt administrative rules that will allow a teacher certification candidate to substitute one year of employment as a teacher's aide for up to 15 quarter hours of methods and teacher training requirements.  To allow this substitution, the candidate must have worked a minimum of 630 hours for one school year.  At least 50 percent of the work as a teacher's aide must involve instructional activities with children under the supervision of a certificated teacher.  The candidate must receive an evaluation by the candidate's supervising teacher and principal recommending that the work be substituted for credit.

The rules adopted by the State Board of Education on allowing experience as a teacher's aide to fulfill teacher preparation requirements must include, but not be limited to:  1) limitations on the recency of the experience as a teacher's aide; 2) limitations on the amount of work experience which may be substituted for course work; 3) requirements that application for credit and the evaluation of the candidate's experience must occur at the time of the candidate's enrollment in the teacher preparation program; and 4) provisions for allowing the institutions of higher education to make the final determination of what requirements may be met by the experience.

An advisory committee is created to assist the State Board of Education on the development of guidelines for allowing credit for experience. The advisory committee consists of representatives of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, public and private teacher preparation institutions, teachers, school administrators and principals.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

      House 98   0

      Senate    47     0(Senate amended)

      House 97   0(House concurred)

EFFECTIVE:July 26, 1987