The Washington State Education Leadership Intern Program Grant
(State-Funded Interns)

About the State-Funded Intern Program

The Washington State-funded Education Leadership Intern Program was established as part of the education improvement legislation passed in 1993 for the intent of training prospective principals, program directors and superintendents to lead the standards-based education model instituted in our state’s schools.

The state-funded intern program provides substitute cost reimbursements for the release of administrator intern candidates from their teaching positions in order to engage in on-the-job training with a mentor administrator. Districts are reimbursed for days of release time at a daily substitute rate of $107. The number of days varies annually. Principal intern candidates are required by Washington Administrative Code (WAC) to engage in 540 hours of training, half of which must be when students and staff are present during the regular school day. Ninety-nine percent of the intern candidates are for principal training. 

Washington State Universities that Provide Intern Programs Approved by the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board:

• Central Washington University
• City University of Seattle
• Eastern Washington University
• Gonzaga University
• Heritage University
• Pacific Lutheran University
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle University
• Saint Martin's University
• University of Washington - Bothell
• University of Washington - Seattle
• University of Washington - Tacoma
• Washington State University -sites include Spokane-Wenatchee, Tri-Cities and Vancouver
• Western Governors University
• Western Washington University
• Whitworth University 
  
   

Intern Advisory Committee

The Intern Advisory Committee, created by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and composed of practicing building/district administrators and representatives from AWSP, OSPI, the Washington Association of School Administrators and higher education, meets twice a year to assist AWSP with managing the State-Funded Educational Leadership Intern Program. This committee identifies and reviews policy standards and guidelines for the program, develops and publishes the state-funded application packet, approves and reviews required intern training activities, reviews and makes recommendations on the year-end intern program assessment, reviews program costs and shares legislative accountability with OSPI and AWSP.

• Committee Roster