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Bill Text

AN ACT Relating to teacher residency and apprenticeship programs; 1
amending RCW 28B.102.110, 28A.410.045, 28A.410.220, 28A.410.2211, 2
28A.410.226, 28A.410.250, 28A.410.251, 28A.410.252, 28A.410.278, 3
28A.410.290, and 28A.660.005; reenacting and amending RCW 4
28A.410.270; adding new sections to chapter 28A.410 RCW; adding a new 5
section to chapter 49.04 RCW; creating a new section; and providing 6
an effective date.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:8
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 9
RCW to read as follows:10
(1) A teacher residency is a teacher preparation model that 11
integrates a full year of collaborative hands-on classroom teaching 12
with an experienced mentor with concurrent, targeted academic 13
coursework, designed to develop effective, community-focused 14
teachers. This collaborative model is offered by a public elementary 15
or secondary school and a board-approved teacher preparation program.16
(2) At a minimum, a teacher residency program must meet the 17
following requirements:18
(a) The program must be operated as a formal partnership between 19
a school district or state-tribal education compact school and a 20
board-approved teacher preparation program;21
S-1241.1
SENATE BILL 5693
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Cortes, Conway, and Nobles
Read first time 02/06/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning &
K-12 Education.
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(b) The program partners must collaboratively design the 1
coursework to align with the unique context of each resident's 2
classroom;3
(c) Each resident must be assigned a preservice mentor;4
(d) A preservice mentor must co-teach with the resident 5
throughout the duration of the resident's preservice clinical 6
experience;7
(e) Each resident must receive at least 900 hours of preservice 8
clinical practice over the course of one school year;9
(f)(i) A resident who is an undergraduate student may not be 10
assigned the lead or primary responsibility for student learning 11
until the resident completes 900 hours of preservice clinical 12
practice; and13
(ii) A resident who is a graduate student may not be assigned the 14
lead or primary responsibility for student learning until the 15
resident completes 450 hours of preservice clinical practice;16
(g) Each resident must be grouped into a cohort based on 17
geography, specialty, or other relevant criteria determined by the 18
board;19
(h) Funding must be provided to each resident; and20
(i) A stipend must be provided to each preservice mentor.21
(3) The board shall establish an approval process for a teacher 22
preparation program in partnership with a school district, state-23
tribal education compact school, or consortium to either: (a) Become 24
a new teacher preparation program; or (b) transition some or all of 25
an existing teacher preparation program to a teacher residency 26
program.27
(4) For purposes of this section, the following definitions 28
apply:29
(a) "Board" means the Washington professional educator standards 30
board.31
(b) "Cohort" means a group of residents enrolled in the same 32
teacher preparation program who begin their residencies at the same 33
time and have the same anticipated completion date.34
(c) "Consortium" means a group of school districts, state-tribal 35
education compact schools, or both, that partner with a teacher 36
preparation program to support a cohort of residents.37
(d) "Preservice mentor" means a teacher qualified to be a mentor 38
for the beginning educator support team program under RCW 39
28A.415.265.40
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(e) "Resident" means a person enrolled in a board-approved 1
teacher preparation program who is participating in a teacher 2
residency program.3
(f) "Teacher preparation program" means a teacher preparation 4
program approved by the board.5
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 6
RCW to read as follows:7
A teacher apprenticeship program is a program approved by both 8
the Washington apprenticeship and training council under chapter 9
49.04 RCW and the Washington professional educator standards board 10
under RCW 28A.410.210 that is designed for individuals with 11
bachelor's degrees who seek an initial teacher certificate and no 12
graduate degree. In addition to meeting other requirements, the 13
program must provide the apprentice with 2,000 hours of on-the-job 14
mentored teaching experience under a gradual release method.15
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 49.04 16
RCW to read as follows:17
A teacher apprenticeship program must meet the requirements in 18
section 2 of this act.19
Sec. 4. RCW 28B.102.110 and 2019 c 295 s 217 are each amended to 20
read as follows:21
(1) The alternative route and teacher residency conditional 22
scholarship program is created. The purpose of the program is to 23
provide financial assistance to encourage persons to become teachers 24
through alternative route teacher