Worker Retraining (WR) - Spring Quarter 2025
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. Also, Linda Pendergraft will no longer be at Edmonds College. Her
email will not be available after April 11, 2025.
Gina Certain, gcertain@edmonds.edu
Wessel Pieters-Worker Retraining Academic Advisor, wessel.pieters@edmonds.edu
Financial Aid (FAFSA) or (WASFA):
All Worker Retraining students including Early Achiever students are required to apply and complete a financial aid file - FAFSA or WASFA for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. You also need to complete a Program and Enrollment Confirmation Form. This form can be found under forms at this website below.
** You can apply for both years at edmonds.edu/finaid**
Income Recalculation:
If you have had a significant change to your income you could be eligible for an income recalculation. You will find the form on the financial aid website edmonds.edu/finaid. We use the new information to recalculate your eligibility for financial aid. In many cases WR students become eligible for regular financial aid grants. Before we process a recalculation, you must have a completed financial aid file. In many cases students who were not originally eligible for regular financial aid become eligible after completing the Income Recalculation process.
Worker Retraining Tuition and Book Assistance:
WR tuition and book assistance is available for 1-2 quarters. In some cases we may be able to award additional quarters of assistance. This will be on a case by case basis depending on our funding availability. To be eligible for funding you need to be following your Academic Plan. Your plan is a quarter by quarter listing of the classes needed for your degree or certificate. If you have updates or changes to your plan, please let us know. Again, make sure you have applied for regular financial aid - FAFSA or WASFA for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.
Please make sure you check with us prior to each quarter to see your status for tuition and book assistance for the upcoming quarter. It is your responsibility to make sure that you have your tuition covered each quarter you are enrolled. You will also be notified by the Cashier Office if your tuition has not been paid.
Employment Security
Becky Schrader is the Employment Security representative located part-time at Edmonds College in MLT 130, (425) 640-1408. She is here to help students complete their paperwork for Commissioner Approved Training (CAT) and Training Benefits (TB). If you have questions regarding letters and other documentation from the Employment Security Department (ESD), feel free to contact Becky at rebecca.schrader@esd.wa.gov
If you have been approved for Training Benefits you may receive a progress report via email. This will need to be submitted as soon as possible to Sue Goans, sue.goans@edmonds.edu who works in Enrollment Services on the first floor of Lynnwood Hall. You have 10 days to complete and return to ESD.
Tuition and Book Funding Options:
Emergency Grants
Sometimes we have unforeseen circumstances that impact our ability to stay in school. This fund allows you to meet your needs to continue in school.
Student Resources (make sure to bookmark for future reference):
Find a listing of all student services.
Graduation Credentials:
Find out more about the graduation process.