Teaching For Learning - Teacher Learning Center

The Teacher Learning Center is designed specifically for teachers in Federal Way Public Schools to find support and information to perform their jobs. The links below vary greatly in content supporting the wide range of duties and responsibilities of teachers. Bookmark this page so that you can return to it easily and often. We want this page to reflect your wants and needs, so let us know what additional information you would like to find here.

Assessments - District and State

• District - Assessments related to the district's promotion policy.
• State - Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) at grades 4, 7, and 10.

Continuous Learning Center
Formerly Staff Development. You can find a list of all available class and register on- line with this address:http://www.pware.com/2686/

Creating a Community of Readers
Federal Way Public School's teachers share successful ideas of ways they have implemented the literacy training in their classrooms.

Federal Way Instructional Materials (101K PDF)
Board approved instructional materials ( grades Kg. through 12) for the various subject areas are listed

• K-5 Science Instructional Materials (16K PDF)

Federal Way Schools' Web Pages
Web pages for each school in Federal Way Public Schools.

Grade-Level Expectations
Specific learning expectations for students at each grade-level K-6. Expectations for each class are presented for grades 7 - 12.
[ Kindergarten  |  Grade 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  | 6-8 | 9-12 ]

Student-Friendly Grade Level Expectations for Elementary
Linda McLaughlin (Mirror Lake), Holly Gjersee (Star Lake), and Dawn McCaffrey (ESC) have been developing Student-Friendly Grade Level Expectations. With help from Mindy Thompson (Star Lake) and others, the project begins with reading and writing. Mathematics will be added when OSPI has finalized the new state standards for mathematics.

• Student-Friendly Reading Elementary Grade Level Expectations (35K PDF)

Lesson Plans
Model lesson plans for Reading, Writing, and Math.

• FWPS Instructional Framework [ SBLD Online ]
  • SBLD Narrative/Philosophy (82K PDF)
  • The "Snapshot" (66K PDF)
  • Model Lesson: English (77K PDF)
  • Model Lesson: Math (75K PDF)
  • Model Lesson: Health (71K PDF)

Report Card
Elementary: [ Kindergarten  |  Grade 1  | 2  |  3  |  4  |  5 ]
Middle School : [  6 - 8  ]

Rubrics
Middle and high school rubrics for math, science, social studies, and writing.

Samples of students' work
Examples of Student Writing --
[ Kindergarten  | Grade 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5   |  6  | 7-8  |  9-10  |  11-12  ]

Secondary Book Lists
A list of books with a synopsis of each has been prepared by our Curriculum Department, with the help of middle and high school literature teachers. The list includes all books that secondary students may be assigned to read.

Teaching for Learning
The teacher-training model aligned with the district's strategic plan and the higher standards and assessments developed by the Washington State Commission on Student Learning.

Toolkit Resources
All resources included below require Adobe Acrobat. If this software is not on your computer, click here to download it.

• Early Years Assessment Toolkit
• Middle Years Assessment Toolkit

• Adaptations are Essential - information developed for teachers and other service providers who work with students with mild disabilities (part of OSPI's web resources).
  • Adaptations are Essential: Early Years Mathematics (163K PDF)
  • Adaptations Are Essential: Early Years Reading (233K PDF)
  • Adaptations Are Essential: Early Years Writing (202K PDF)
  • Directions for the Writing Process (Grade 3) (874K PDF)
  • Student Masters for the Writing Process (7.5 MB PDF)
  • Directions for Reading -- Narrative Text (4.5 MB PDF)
  • Student Masters for Reading -- Narrative Text (4.2 MB PDF)
  • Directions for Communicating Through Mathematics (4 MB PDF)
  • Communicating Through Mathematics (3.5 MB PDF)