- Clock hours are units of credit assigned to educators at a professional development/training event
- Clock hours are accrued by Washington State educators toward continuing education requirements in the state of Washington
- Clock Hour rules are available online at Chapter 181-85 WAC
Approved Providers
Definition of Continuing Education Credit Hour (Clock Hour)
Contact Information
For more information on clock hour forms, please contact:
PLEASE NOTE: For any and all general clock hour inquiries pertaining to certification please contact, cert@k12.wa.us
Approved Clock Hour Provider Lists
- All Washington public school districts and compact schools are approved
- Providers approved by the Professional Educator Standards Board (PESB):
Beginning July 1, 2023, House Bill 1426 issued new certificate renewal requirements; in addition to current renewal requirements for all teachers, CTE teachers, and all administrators, and CTE director certificate holders.
- Equity-based school practices and Educational Leadership (PSEL) Legislature approved providers
- Government to Government approved providers
- Classes offered by the above providers may not result in Washington State approved clock hours. Check with the agency to determine if a was approved for clock hours WAC 181-85-200. Washington State approved providers offer clock hours for the current year. Approval runs from October 1 to September 30 the following year. Clock hours cannot be retroactively applied.
- Effective October 1, 2021, the Section IV signature block on clock hour form SPI 1125 is no longer required in alignment with the repeal of WAC 392-121-280(3). Signature of participant is required on SPI 1125 form, for document to be official.
Acceptable Documentation for Providers
If an agency is on the approved clock hour provider list, the clock hours are not eligible unless there is acceptable documentation WAC 181-85-107, WAC 181-85-106.
These are the only acceptable forms of documentation for approved clock hours:
- An educational service district (ESD)
- Anacortes School District
- Arlington Public School District
- Asotin-Anatone School District
- Bainbridge Island School District
- Battleground Public Schools
- Bellevue School District
- Bellingham Public Schools
- Bethel School District
- Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession
- Central Valley School District
- Chief Leschi Schools
- Clover Park School District
- Conway School District
- Dieringer School District
- East Valley School District
- Edmonds School District
- Enumclaw School District
- Ephrata School District
- Everett Public Schools
- Federal Way Public Schools
- Fife School District
- Franklin Pierce School District
- Highline Public Schools
- Issaquah School District
- Kent School District #415
- LaCrosse School District
- Lake Washington School District
- Lummi Nation School
- Monroe School District
- Moses Lake School District
- Mount Vernon School District
- Mukilteo School District
- North Mason School District
- North Thurston School District
- Northshore School District
- Oak Harbor Public Schools
- Orting School District
- Pasco School District
- pdEnroller
- Peninsula School District
- Puyallup School District
- Renton School District
- Richland School District
- Riverview School District
- Seattle Pacific University
- Seattle Public Schools
- Seattle University
- Sedro-Woolley School District
- Selah School District
- Shoreline Public Schools
- Snoqualmie Valley School District
- South Kitsap School District
- Spokane Public Schools
- Steilacoom Historical School District No. 1
- Tukwila School District
- Steptoe School District
- Sumner-Bonney Lake School District
- University of Washington at Tacoma
- University of Washington - Continuum College
- Vancouver Public Schools
- Walla Walla Public Schools
- Washington Education Association (WEA)
- Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA)
- Wenatchee School District
- West Valley School District
- Western Washington University Extended Education and Summer Programs
- White River School District
- Annual Professional Growth Plan (PGP) Verification and PGP Equivalency - available 7-2006 and after (Form SPI 1128-8)
- First Peoples' Language, culture, or oral tribal (Form SPI 1128-4)
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For Clock Hours Providers only. Available upon request (Form SPI 1125*) Update: Beginning October 1, 2021, the Section IV signature block on clock hour form SPI 1125 is no longer required in alignment with the repeal of WAC 392-121-280(3). Signature of participant is required on SPI 1125 form, for document to be official.
- National Board Assessment/Certification (Form SPI 1128-2)
- pdEnroller Transcript
- Paraeducator Fundamental Course of Study (Form 1128-10)
- Paraeducator Subject Matter (Form 1128-11)
- Professional Growth Team member as part of approved professional certificate program - programs no longer available (Form SPI 1126)
- Professional Growth Team Member (Form SPI 1126-1)
- ProTeach Assessment Scorer (Form SPI 1128-7)
- ProTeach Portfolio External Assessment (Form SPI 1128-5)
- Supervisor/NBPTS Clock Hours (Form SPI 1128 - this form replaced with 1128-1 and 1128-2)
- Supervisor of Training (Form SPI 1128-1)
- Teacher Performance Assessment Scorer (Form SPI 1128-6)
- School Accreditation Site Team (Form SPI 1128-9)
- Suicide Prevention Training Verification (Form SPI 4020S)
*The Form SPI 1125 is a three-part (Section I, II, III) form with an affidavit signed by the participant. It is given only to the approved clock hour provider for distribution and is not available via our website. The approved clock hour provider may remove the SPI logo and place their own logo on the top of the form. Providers are also able to add additional sections/requests for information to the form. However, changes in the overall look of the form should not be made to the three sections of the form so that it may be recognized by participants and employers.
A WA State Clock Hour In-Service Certification Form from the Archdiocese of Seattle.
NOTE: A certificate of completion, letter, or certificate of achievement or professional development cannot be used to document approved clock hours, unless the individual holds a certificate and a state health professions license that requires continuing education. (Department of Health License Information)