Professional-Technical Certification

1. Professional-Technical Certification A step by step guide for Instructors

2. Professional-Technical Certification Washington Administrative Code requires certification for all full-time, and some part-time, professional-technical instructors. http://www.mrsc.org/mc/wac/wac 131 title/wac 131 - 16 chapter/wac131 - 16 -092.htm

3. Professional-Technical Certification The chief workforce administrator’s office establishes instructor accounts Instructors: Enter resume information Self-assess skills as a prof-tech instructor Create a professional development plan Carry out planned activities

4. SAMPLE

5. Once your instructor account has been established, you can log into the system using your full e-mail address (usually your college e-mail address) and the password that was e-mailed to you.

6. Follow the guided steps to: • Enter your resume information • Complete a self-assessment • Develop your professional development plan (PDP).

7. You can change your password on this page if you like, which is highly recommended.

8. Follow the steps to enter your educational background.

10. If you don’t hold any professional licenses, you can skip this section.

11. If you don’t have any former teaching experience, you can skip this section.

12. If you don’t have any other working experience, you can skip this section.

13. If you see something that needs editing or you want to add to your resume, you can click any of the buttons to the right

14. This self-assessment will guide the development of your professional development plan. As you evaluate your skills, select 5 total “activities” from the self-assessment as areas in which you would like to focus your professional development over the next few years. More detailed information regarding the skills standards for prof-tech instructors can be found online at: http://www.sbctc.ctc.edu/college/workforce/pcti_ct_ss.pdf

15. Only standards A, B and D are required. Other standards are optional. [For this Example only] Experienced instructors in particular may wish to select activities from other standards. If you can’t finish the self-assessment in one go, it’s ok to log off and return to it – the responses you’ve entered will be saved.

16. Be sure to evaluate Level of Importance on the left side and how well you feel you’re performing the activity on the right side.

17. Standards in black are not required, but you can evaluate yourself in this and other non-required areas if you wish. You may also select activities from non-required standards as those areas you would like to work on.

18. Once you’ve completed Standard D [For this Example only] , you may choose to click through to the end of the self-assessment, or you can evaluate yourself in Standards E-J, which are not required.

19. Standard J is the last standard. Click on next to finish.

20. If you get here and realize that you haven’t selected a minimum of five activities to work on, or have selected more than five and would like to limit your focus to five, click on Previous to revise your selections.

21. If you want to review your self-assessment one more time before sending it on to your supervisor, but don’t have time to do so right now, it’s ok to log off at this point. When you log back in, you can review your self-assessment and then forward it to your supervisor.

22. Be sure to contact your dean’s office to review your self-assessment. Print a copy of the self assessment to take with you.

23. The certification system will automatically e-mail you when your dean has approved your self-assessment. Once you receive that e-mail, log back into the system to begin your Professional Development Plan.

24. Options for how to address your selected activities are varied. Depending on the activity and what you feel you need to do to improve your skills, you may choose to attend a class (one-day or quarter-long), participate in a conference on the subject, research the subject on your own, work with your advisory committee to learn more, or get back to industry. [May vary by college] Your dean can help you select activities that will be most effective for you.

25. Be sure to click save if you need to exit the program before completing the plan entry. Once you complete your Professional Development Plan you’ll have 3-5 years to complete the activities, so you’ll be able to spread out the activities over that time-frame.

26. Don’t click “Go” until you’ve completed the plan. Clicking “Go” before you finish will forward the plan to your supervisor, and will block you from completing the plan.

27. Doclick “Go” once your plan is complete. This will forward the plan to your supervisor. Contact your dean’s office to schedule an appointment to review the plan. Bring a printed copy of your plan.

29. Once your professional development plan has been fully approved by your dean and the chief workforce administrator, the system will notify you with your new certificate expiration date. • Congratulations – now you can begin completing your activities! • Be sure to e-mail and/or meet with your dean as you complete your activities. Your dean will be able to mark the completion of the activities in the system. For a copy of your plan, click on “Professional Development Plan” on the left.

30. Problems with the System? Feel free to contact me … Greg Gamble SBCTC - Olympia P: 360-704-4376 E: ggamble@sbctc.edu