Getting Credit for Working

Getting Elective Credit for Paid Work Experience

House Bill 1658, effective July 23^rd, 2023 authorizes high schools to offer elective credit for paid work experience beginning in the 2023-2024 school year.
Students who work 180 paid hours can be eligible to earn a 0.5 elective credit. This can be repeated to a maximum of 2.0 elective credits.

To Be Eligible

Students must be at least 16 years old and legally eligible for paid employment.
Students must be able to identify the employer and provide contact information.
Students must complete the EverFi Financial Literacy Course and upload completion documentation.

If you have questions about your eligibility, please email Assistant Principal Paul Eliot at peliot@tacoma.k12.wa.us

How to Earn this Credit

Step 1: Complete this enrollment form. The form asks for information about your employer and supervisor. If your enrollment form is accepted, you’ll be notified through your TPS email address.

Step 2: Submit documentation of your paid hours using this form. You will take a pic of your paystub, and upload it to us here. You should do this monthly, but at least once per semester. You can keep submitting the form multiple times to upload multiple paystubs.

Step 3: Complete the EverFi Financial Literacy Course online. EverFi can be found in our TPS Clever Portal. Instructions for logging into EverFi can be found here. Students download their completion record and upload it to us using this form.

Step 4: Complete 180 hours of paid work experience, uploading paystubs as you go. Once you have submitted documentation of 180 hours, Tacoma Online will apply the credit to your transcript!

Questions?

 Please email Assistant Principal Paul Eliot at peliot@tacoma.k12.wa.us