Skill Standards

Skill Standards for Professional-Technical College Instructors

The original Skill Standards for Professional-Technical College Instructors was produced in 2000 using specific research-based processes required by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC). The 2012 update project replicated the original process and updates the original document to ensure that the skill standards reflect the current skills, knowledge, technologies and practices of community and technical college instructors.

This project was requested by the Workforce Education Council (WEC) and managed by the Center of Excellence for Careers in Education to ensure that a standards-based approach continues to be used as a foundation for defining competencies and measurable skills of instructors. The standards also help to ensure that proposed Applied Baccalaureate degree programs for Professional-Technical Instructors incorporate current foundational skills.