Program Manager, Educator Preparation - PESB

$70,000 - $100,00

This position is eligible to telework full-time with periodic in-person collaboration days and occasional travel for program and board meetings.

First created in 2000 as an advisory board to state policymakers, since 2006 the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB) has held full authority and responsibility for the preparation, certification, continuing education and assignment of all certificated educators in Washington State. A board of practicing educators, the mission of the PESB is to ensure all certificated educators:

• Are competent in the professional knowledge and practice for which they are certified;
• Have a foundation of skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to help students with diverse needs, abilities, cultural experiences, and learning styles meet or exceed the state learning goals; and
• Are committed to research-based practice and career-long professional development.

In addition to its regulatory policy responsibilities, the PESB and its staff provide direct administrative oversight of all state-approved educator preparation programs, and operate numerous programs related to educator recruitment, alternative pathways into the profession, educator workforce development, and assessments for educator certification.

This position is critical to connecting PESB to the field of teacher preparation and teacher residency preparation programs in the state of Washington. This role is key 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 review system, teacher residency program support, and related projects. This position reports to the Co-Director of Educator Preparation and is based in Olympia, Washington, and is eligible for remote work within the state.

This position co-manages educator preparation program review and teacher residency program support. For these areas, this position will:

• Ensure the integration of diversity, inclusion, cultural responsiveness, and equity into policies, practices, and statutory requirements across functions, processes, and materials.
• Develop engaging materials, reports, and presentations to share issues, considerations, and recommendations for the Board, Legislature, or stakeholders.
• Plan and facilitate work groups and committees and foster learning communities.
• Communicate with community members and key partners to provide outreach, respond to inquiries, and gather feedback.
• Represent PESB’s interests in work groups, statewide and nationally.

• Develop, analyze, and implement rules, policies, and practices impacting educator preparation programs.
• Manage and conduct site-based educator preparation program reviews.
• Coordinate and evaluate the implementation of Cultural Competency, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CCDEI), Social Emotional Learning (SEL) standards, John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial (JMLSTI), and instructional topic requirements in educator preparation programs.
• Collaborate with PESB staff to ensure strong alignment across the educator preparation program approval and review system.

• Manage and co-lead teacher residency preparation program approval, review, and standards, including PESB program standards, educator role standards, and endorsement competencies.
• Collaborate with PESB staff to coordinate and evaluate the implementation of Cultural Competency, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (CCDEI), Social Emotional Learning (SEL) standards, John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial (JMLSTI),…