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Introduction to the Washington State Education Leadership Intern Program (State-Funded Interns)

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 school districts with teacher 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 current daily substitute rates as set by the state. The number of days varies annually. Principal intern candidates are required by WAC to engage in 720 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. The Washington universities that train administrators also require interns to follow their classroom learning with on-site field experience prior to the possibility of becoming an initial administrator.

Washington state universities and colleges that provide intern programs approved by the Washington Professional Educator Standards Board:

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

The State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Grant application for the 2009-10 school year is now available by clicking on the links below. It is also availalbe on the OSPI Web site. If you have difficulty opening any of the forms, please contact  Linda Thomas, AWSP support staff member.

• OSPI Bulletin - State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Grant
• State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Grant Application
• State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Grant Application Checklist

Applications are due no later than 4:30 pm on Friday, March 13, 2009 at:
      Washington School Principals Education Foundation
      Education Leadership Intern Program
      1021 8th Ave SE
      Olympia, WA 98501-1500

Should the State Legislature NOT continue funding the Washington State-Funded Education Leadership Internships for the 2009-2010 biennium, this application will be considered null and void.

If you have questions about the State-Funded Education Leadership Intern Program, please e-mail  Don Rash, AWSP Director of Principal Internship Programs, or by phone at 800.562.6100. 

Welcome to Your Internship Workshop (FREE to all 2008-09 administrative interns!)

This event is designed to assist first-year interns with information focusing on the knowledge and skills essential to school leadership in a standards-based education system. If you attended last year, you need not attend this year.

We wish to specially invite all principal interns to join us the morning of July 30 or 31, 2008. Although there is no formal registration for this event and no cost to you, it would be helpful if you would let AWSP know which workshop you will attend by e-mailing Linda Thomas or 800.562.6100.

Event dates:

July 30, 2009
Highline Community College, Des Moines (directions below)
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

July 31, 2009
Cheney High School, Cheney (directions below)
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Directions:

To Highline Community College:

Take I-5 South Bound to Exit 149 or I-5 North Bound to Exit 149B. Proceed west on Kent-De Moines Road. Turn left on Pacific Hwy South. Turn right on South 240th Street. For more details, go to www.highline.ctc.edu.

To Cheney High School:
460 N. 6th St., Cheney

From I-90: Take Exit 270 (Four Lakes). Travel on Hwy 904 for approx. 4.5 miles. Turn right at W Betz Rd, then left at N. 6th St.

View the full Welcome to Your Internship flyer for all the details!

Intern Advisory Committee

An advisory committee created by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction with representatives from OSPI, AWSP, WASA, higher education and interns, meets twice a year. This committee identifies and reviews policy standards and guidelines for the Education Leadership Intern Program, develops and publishes the state-funded application packet, approves and reviews extended 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 

AWSP Intern Membership - Open to those who are pursuing a career in administration and are working to obtain their principal credentials.

What an exciting time to consider becoming a building administrator. With the pressures of ever-increasing expectations upon schools and students, as well as budget shortfalls, one might question the wisdom of this plan of action. Let us assure you that you join a group of dedicated professionals who have faced difficult challenges before and still march on, trying to protect and enhance that which is best in teaching and learning. It is a time in which characteristics such as commitment, flexibility, cooperation and leadership will allow principals and assistant principals to stand tall and do what is best for students.

A primary goal of our professional association is to encourage and support talented educators who choose to go into school administration. We are seeing a tremendous turnover in administrators, and we need to have the next generation well prepared to take up the torch. As the only professional association that focuses on the needs and interests of principals and assistant principals, we serve over 97 percent of the principals and assistant principals in Washington state. Your participation as an intern member will provide you the same access to workshops, professional development and publications that are available to practicing principals. Specific advantages to you through this intern membership include:

• Receipt of AWSP's print and electronic publications
• Online news and resources including "Members Only" content and access to hundreds of employment listings
• Workshops focused on the specific leadership needs of interns
• 50% reduction of registration fee for AWSP conferences:

The Principals' Conference (fall)

Assistant Principals' Leadership Conference (winter)

AWSP/WASA Summer Conference (late June)

• Reduced rates on most AWSP professional development workshops
• Opportunities for networking with other professionals throughout the state
• Staff assistance when questions arise
  

Downloadable Intern Membership Application (PDF)

Online Intern Membership Application Form

Last updated 12/9/2008