​Upcoming FWEA Member Events:
Our FWEA members' interests drive our programming, to best serve our kids' needs! Members receive a significantly reduced price, and free trainings as part of being an FWEA and WEA member.  Not sure if you're a member, or have an idea for PD or an event? Please contact your Association Representative or call the FWEA office.

 We hope you stay safe and healthy during these unprecedented and challenging times:  
UPCOMING MEMBER EVENTS

New Trainings to Support Educators with Distance Learning:  WEA is proud to announce a series of trainings to helps educators who are serving students through remote, distance, and hybrid learning environments.  Our feedback from educators is that they need practical “quick bursts” of trainings to support the current distance learning reality.  As a result, between September 30 and December 2, WEA will offer 90 minute Zoom trainings focused on those kind of supports.  Some offerings include:
  1. Social Emotional Learning in a Virtual Space
  2. Building relationships at a distance
  3. Planning for distance learning
  4. Providing accommodations and scaffolds in remote learning environments
  5. Facilitating quality practice in virtual classrooms.
  6. How to successfully use screencasting in virtual environments

Please see the attached flyer to see all scheduled events, dates, descriptions, and registration links.

Register early as we only have space for the first 500 participants. Once a course has reached capacity, it will no longer appear in the dropdown menu. 

You can find additional WEA course offerings, both synchronous and asynchronous here: https://bit.ly/3bfETDh

AIG Retirement Services:  Take time to plan for your financial future in December.
Register now for one of two December workshops:  WA DRS Overview & Retirement Planning.  The session will help you understand Washington State DRS Plan 2 and Plan 3, sources of retirement income including Social Security and your district's optional retirement savings plans. Key information will be provided regarding your health care options such as Medicare, PEBB, and VEBA so can make informed decisions about the choices available to you as well as address other important considerations you will need to make in the planning process.  CLICK HERE TO VIEW SCHEDULE AND/OR SIGN UP

WEA has opened registration for a series of online certification trainings this fall.   Informational Flyer Here
You can find WEA's latest certification training event and registration information here: 
 https://www.washingtonea.org/pd/certification-licensure 

Registration is open for an online series of WEA certification trainings for teachers, Career & Technical Education (CTE) teachers and Educational Staff Associates (ESAs). The WEA ESA and Teacher Certification trainings will help participants understand the latest state certification policy changes, examine certificate renewal options, and explore the OSPI eCert platform. Both trainings also address the latest COVID-19 certification updates. WEA’s Professional Growth Plan (PGP) Part 1 class is for all certificated educators considering using PGPs for certificate renewal, meeting the STEM certificate renewal requirement and for salary advancement purposes. These trainings are free, offer clock hours and only open to WEA members. Further event information can be found at https:www.washingtonea.org/pd/certification-licensure

Teacher Certification 101 (3 Clock Hours). Focuses on latest teacher certificate renewal requirements, policy changes, STEM renewal requirement, PGP basics, National Board basics, OSPI eCert platform. Audience: Teachers and CTE Teacher

PSUC:  Our Professional Issues Training Cadre (PITC) have been hard at work creating new training courses to offer our members. Trainers, Jana Kelly and Michele Randall of the PSUC PITC have two wonderful opportunities coming up in December, please share this information with your members as registration is now open! As each training course date gets closer, I will send the registered attendees the Zoom link.

Engagement Strategies for Remote Online Learning (3 clock hours} 
Flyer here
Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 3:30 pm-6:30 pm via Zoom
Direct Registration Link: http://forms.washingtonea.org/forms/pdregistration?cevid=6298

Ideas for Building Relationships in the Virtual Classroom (2 clock hours)
Flyer here
Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 3:30 pm-5:30 pm via Zoom
Direct Registration Link: http://forms.washingtonea.org/forms/pdregistration?cevid=6297

NEA Member Benefits
  Connect with Member Benefits!
  Office Depot Discount for Members

Barnes & Noble is proud to offer an educator discount program! 
Also check out these fun informational flyers:
​  Educator and School Programs
  Bookfair
  Institutional and Classroom Libraries  

The Member Grant Program is now accepting applications for Fall 2020!  Information and application form can be found here.  Applications are due by December 8th!

Complimentary Notary Public Services are available for FWEA members as a complimentary FWEA member benefit. Email Tiafwea@aol.com or call our office at 253-838-8571 for more information or to set an appointment.

The WEA Children's Fund is available for FWEA members seeking warm coats, shoes and necessities for our students in need. You can also make a donation on this link.

Century and Regal Movie Passes available for members at a significant discount. Email Tiafwea@aol.com to order.
  1. Quarter Schedule Dates:
    1. Quarter 1  9/8 -11/9  (44 days)
    2. Quarter 2 11/10 – 1/28 (44 days)
    3. Quarter 3  2/1 – 4/13 (46 days)
    4. Quarter 4  4/14 – 6/17 (46 days)

Contact Us!

Federal Way Education Association
(Inside the Washington Education Association Headquarters)
32032 Weyerhaeuser Way S
Federal Way, WA 98001

Hours: 9-5 Monday-Friday, hours vary in summer

Phone: (253) 838-8571       
Fax: (253) 838-2385  
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Email: FWEA President Shannon McCann: smccann@washingtonea.org 
FWEA Office Manager Tia Hendrix: Tiafwea@aol.com

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