​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

Take time to plan for your financial future during National Retirement Security Month, October 2020. 
There's still time to register for our upcoming workshops, where we'll share strategies to help you build the retirement you envision. We'll cover topics such as:
·       The benefits of enrolling in your workplace retirement plan
·       How saving now can benefit you later
·       Financial planning available at no cost to you
Learn more about the tools and resources available to help you create a brighter future.

Workshop Topics include:  Your Retirement Plan at Work: The Basics (45min) • TRS and SERS Plan 2 & 3 –Understand your options • Overview of your district’s 403(b) and 457(b) plans Retirement Planning & WA DRS Overview (1.5hr) • Social Security • Healthcare (Medicare & PEBB) • TRS and SERS Plan 2 & 3 Conquering Student Loan Debt (45min) • Could you qualify for student loan forgiveness • Learn strategies using a repayment plan Each workshop is offered on multiple dates and times to accommodate various schedules.  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 Teachers
Educational Staff Associates (ESA) Certification 101 (3 Clock Hours) Focuses on latest ESA certificate renewal requirements, policy changes, OSPI eCert platform, PGP basics and ESA professional growth needs. Audience: Educational Staff Associates (Counselors, psychologists, social workers, SLPs, OTs, PTs, nurses, behavior analysts)
Professional Growth Plan (3 Clock Hours) Certificated educators can complete 1 PGP per year for 25 clock hours for certificate renewal and salary movement.  Session covers PGP basics, alignment with TPEP, meeting STEM requirement using PGPs and time to draft your PGP.  Audience: All certificated educators
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  

Enter today at DriveSafePromise.com for your chance to win a Jeep Compass or $25,000 cash courtesy of California Casualty, the provider of the NEA Auto & Home Insurance Program.  Enter before October 4, 2020 for your chance to win!

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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