Program Manager, Educator Preparation - Professional Educator Standards Board

EXEMPT

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Program Manager, Educator Preparation - Professional Educator Standards Board

$70,000 - $100,0000 annually

Closes June 23,2026

PESB is located in Olympia, WA. This position is eligible to telework full-time with periodic in-person collaboration days and occasional travel for program and board meetings. Candidates must reside in Washington state.

Who we are

We believe that the success of Washington's students depends on the success of Washington's educators. At the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB), we strengthen and support the success of our educator workforce through every stage of their career.

We are one agency with two governing Boards: the Professional Educator Standards Board and the Para educator Board. Our policies and programs span Washington's system of educator pathways, preparation, certification, and professional development opportunities. We oversee educator standards, licensure, and hold preparation programs accountable for how they recruit, support, and prepare diverse and school-ready educators.

Our board members and staff are committed to centering diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our work. As part of our commitment, we embrace the opportunity to address disparities and barriers perpetuated by historical and institutionalized racism within the overall education system.

Our agency values serve as a compass to guide our work. To operate as an antiracist agency, we seek candidates aligned with these values.

We value:

* Educator voice

* Diversity, equity, and inclusion

* Educator excellence for student success

* Community engagement

* Learning and innovation

Position overview

This position plays a key role in ensuring equitable, high-quality, consistent standards for educator preparation programs across Washington state through the management and co-leadership of the educator preparation program approval system, program support, and related projects. This position reports to the Director of Educator Preparation and is based in Olympia, Washington, and may be eligible for remote work within the state.

Key responsibilities

This position manages programs in educator preparation program approval and support. For these areas, this position will:
Ensure the integration of diversity, inclusion, cultural responsiveness, and equity into policy and implementation, through functions, processes, and materials. Analyze and manage policy, practices, and statutory requirements related to diversity, inclusion, cultural responsiveness, and equity. Prepare agenda items and materials that inform and advise the Board. Provide outreach, respond to inquiries, and work with community members. Represent PESB's interests in work groups statewide and nationally.

Program approval

* Manage approval process for educator preparation programs. Work with PESB staff to continuously develop and implement the educator preparation program approval process.

* Provide support to potential educator preparation programs in program design and best practices.

* Provide guidance and collaborate with PESB staff to implement internal program approval timelines, communicate with applicant programs, and track data related to program approval.

* Develop, analyze, and implement rules, laws, policies, and practices impacting educator preparation program approval.

* Collaborate with PESB staff to ensure strong alignment between program approval and program review processes.

* Staff committees related to program standards, approval, and review to conduct outreach, as well as share PESB's program approval process and workforce development strategies.

* Strategically collaborate to monitor the development of the educator preparation program approval

* Develop materials and monitor the program approval process.

Program support

Support preparation programs in meeting curriculum-based requirements. This support includes developing new materials and disseminating existing materials, sharing examples of promising practices, responding to inquiries, and organizing and presenting at workshops, conferences, and meetings, as well as:

* Supporting the development of and monitoring the maintenance of educator preparation program standards.

* Leading and contributing to diverse community committees, meetings, and work groups.

* Collaborating on, leading, and evaluating legislative initiatives related to program preparation.

* Responding to and collaborating with preparation programs on issues from the field.

* Supporting Education Staff Associate programs and educator policy initiatives.

* Exploring emerging topical issues relating to pre-service educator credentialing and educator preparation.

* Engaging in cross-agency collaboration.

* Ongoing partnership with Tribes and Tribal agencies (e.g., OSPI, ONE, ESDs, Tribal education partners) to ensure consistent understanding and alignment of requirements related to Tribal sovereignty, history, culture, and governance in educator preparation.

Support preparation programs in meeting…