Certification Paperwork
Residency Teacher
- Download the Washington State certification fees checklist
- Download and complete the residency teacher institutional application
- Download the character and fitness supplement
WEST-E (ENDORSEMENT TEST) FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
ADD-ON ENDORSEMENT
After you complete the required course work, apply to add the endorsement to a valid Washington certificate.
- Download the Gonzaga add-on endorsement application checksheet
- Download the add-on endorsement institutional application, form 1535, and complete section A
Once you have submitted your completed application including all of the required documents, your name will be forwarded to OSPI for a new certificate. In the interim you will be mailed a temporary 180-day permit with the new endorsement.
RESIDENCY REISSUE
Once you have completed Section I, ask the school district where you have completed provisional status to complete Section II. There is no fee for this renewal and the form needs to be mailed directly to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
RESIDENCY RENEWAL
Teachers currently enrolled in Gonzaga's ProCert Program may apply for a 2-year residency renewal if their Residency Teacher Certificate will expire before they complete their ProCert Program.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE
Residency Educational Staff Associate (ESA) school counselor
- Download the welcome and introduction letter
- Download the ESA institutional application
- Download the character and fitness supplement
- Download the certification fees sheet
- Download the address/information sheet
- Download the verification of good standing for certificates held in other states form
- Download the ESA residency to professional information sheet
Residency Administrator Certification
- Download the application letter
- Download the items required in certification file prior to internship checklist
- Download the state requirements for administrator certification
- Download the institutional application for an administrator's certificate
- Download the character and fitness supplement
- Download the Washington State certification fees checklist
- Download the prerequisite experience for a principal's certificate form
- Download the administrator address/information form
- Download the verification of good standing for certificates held in other states form
714 E. Boone Ave.
AD Box 25
Spokane, WA 99258
Amanda Coulter
Director of Certification
Phone: (509) 313-3504
coulter@gonzaga.edu
gonzaga.edu/soe/certification


