Worker Retraining (WR) Spring Quarter 2026 Information and Updates
The information below is important for your enrollment in the WR Program. Please take a few minutes to read it over. Let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help.
- Program Information: Gina Certain, gcertain@edmonds.edu
- Academic Advising: Wessel Pieters, wessel.pieters@edmonds.edu
- ESD Representative: Rebecca.schrader@esd.wa.gov
Required: Financial Aid (FAFSA or WASFA):
All Worker Retraining students must complete a financial aid file for both years:
2025-2026 (spring quarter 2026) and 2026-2027 (summer quarter 2026-spring quarter 2027).
Action: Complete your applications and the Program Confirmation Forms for both years.
Income Recalculation: If your income has changed significantly, you may be eligible for an income recalculation. A completed financial aid file is required before this can be processed. See the Income Recalculation Form.
Tuition and Book Assistance (WR grant)
WR tuition and book assistance is available for 1-2 quarters, with additional quarters considered on a case by case basis. This will also depend on our funding levels for the year and your eligibility for other types of aid. If you become eligible for other types of grants you will no longer be eligible for the Worker Retraining grant.
Maintain Eligibility: You must follow your Academic Plan. Notify us if you make any changes to your plan.
Stay Proactive: Check in with us prior to each quarter to confirm your funding status. It is your responsibility to verify that your tuition is paid.
Employment Security Department (ESD):
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Rebecca Schrader is available to assist you with Commissioner Approved Training (CAT) and Training Benefits (TB) paperwork.
If you have been approved for CAT/TB and have been sent a Progress Report form, please provide the form to: Sue Goans, sue.goans@edmonds.edu located on the first floor of Lynnwood Hall. The form will need to be submitted along with this verification form.
Additional Tuition Resources:
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) - contact your local WorkSource for more information or checkout the workshop located on the Worksource website.
Other Funding Resources
If WR funding is not available, explore these options:
Registration/enrollment Summer and Fall Quarters 2026:
Registration opens on May 25, 2026 for both quarters.
WR funding is not guaranteed. You are responsible for tuition if grant funding is not available.
Edmonds College Support Services:
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