Online Teacher Certification

Flexible Options to Become a Teacher in Washington

You’ve felt the calling to teach, and you’re ready to act on it. Whitworth Online’s Teacher Certification Program is built for working professionals and career-changers who want to pursue a respected pathway to the classroom without pausing work or family life. 

Choose the pathway that fits your goals:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (degree + certification)
  • Certification with pathway to Masters of Education
  • Certification only (elementary or secondary in an endorsable content area)

Why Choose Whitworth Online for Teacher Certification?

  • Learn Online in a Format Designed for Your Life

    Study in a format designed for working adults, with six-week courses, five start dates per year and select virtual evening sessions.

  • Prepare to Teach Diverse Learners With Confidence

    Learn how to instruct and assess K–12 or postsecondary learners, support students with diverse needs, and understand how social, cultural, linguistic and community contexts shape the classroom.

  • Grow With a Supportive Cohort

    Move through the program with a small group of peers and benefit from one-on-one coaching, live office hours and professional growth seminars.

  • Bring Your Previous Experience With You

    Whitworth’s generous transfer policy helps career changers and paraprofessionals apply prior college credit and work experience toward degree completion.

Why Earn a Degree from Whitworth Online?

  • There is no application fee
  • 100 percent online with select virtual evening sessions
  • Financial aid, scholarships and grants available
  • Textbooks included in tuition
  • $1,000 discount for your final student-teaching semester
  • Program meets standards for PESB and OSPI (Washington)

Potential Careers

Depending on the pathway you choose, you may pursue roles such as elementary teacher, middle school teacher or high school teacher, or seek endorsements in areas such as math, science, English, language arts and history.

Graduating students are eligible for Washington State Teacher Certification, which is respected by many other states as well.

Ready to Step Into the Classroom?

Start Your Path to Washington Teacher Certification

Contact us to learn how Whitworth Online can help you pursue teacher certification with the flexibility, support and preparation you need to lead with integrity and purpose.

“This program has been great for me because I can do all my schoolwork after I get off work, and I can immediately apply what I have learned in the classroom that I am working in.”

– Brittney Biss ’25