As you may know, there are new administrator certificate renewal requirements as of July 1, 2023. One of the new requirements is to have five clock hours of Government-to-Government training. Administrators also need to complete 10 clock hours related to leadership standards and 10 equity-related clock hours before renewing their certificates. 

This training has been developed and is being implemented by OSPI's Office of Native Education (ONE). Initially, these trainings were only being done in person or in a live-virtual platform. Many school leaders across the state have let us know that they have been unable to attend these sessions, or have been placed on a waiting list as these sessions have filled up very quickly. We have been continually advocating for additional trainings and an asynchronous option for busy school leaders.

We received good news from ONE this week! They are developing an asynchronous version of this required training. Here is the information we got. 

We are developing an online asynchronous training, which will satisfy the new administrative certificate renewal requirement, with a tentative release date of February 27, 2024. We also have an April 2024 Government-to-Government Relationships hybrid training planned which will be on the westside of the state. The date has not yet been solidified. Once information is available, it will be posted to the Tribal Consultation webpage and available via the Office of Native Education newsflashes. We have been having some OSPI sitewide issues, so we definitely recommend signing up for the newsflashes.