Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education | Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

The Mission of the Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education is to provide leadership on issues related to professional education, with primary focus on teacher education.

This Mission is pursued through activities which:

promote equity, diversity, and inclusion within the professional education community;
promote effective public policy regarding professional education;
enhance and improve professional education programs at member institutions; and
enhance the professional effectiveness of members.

State Board of Education Updating Graduation Requirements

The FutureReady initiative is a State Board of Education (SBE) project to update Washington's high schoool graduation requirements. The boards have requested additional updates as the initiative moves forward. PESB staff plan to provide these updates at a future board meeting.

Statement on Racism

The Washington Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (WACTE), the group of colleges and universities that prepare teachers for Washington’s K-12 schools, condemns the latest in a long series of police killings of African Americans—the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police officers—and hope our ongoing efforts to diversify the teaching workforce and specifically prepare teachers with anti-racist tools, can contribute to the healing and changes necessary as we move forward.

AACTE Washington Week

The AACTE Washington Week was a resounding success! On June 1-3, 2026, WACTE Executive Board member Terry Haye represented WACTE at the three day event in Washington D.C. We encourage you to read Terry's Summary Recap and view all the photos in the WACTE Shared Google Drive as well as the short video. Thanks, Terry, for participating in this event to support WACTE's efforts to build leadership and support state and national legislative advocacy!