Author: Justyna King

The new CCDEI bill is signed! This spring, Representative Sharon Tomiko Santos, Governor Jay Inslee, and WFIS Executive Director Suzie Hanson celebrated the signing of the HB 1377 legislation, which […]

OCS Presents: Summer Series Lunch & Learns 2024 June 17th, 18th, and 20th 12pm-1pm online. Registration Required Lunch and Learns are 60 minute professional development (PD) opportunities directed towards educators […]

Memo to Winter MAP testers: Winter MAP testing is currently underway and the window for Winter testing closes on Friday, February 2nd. District reports will be available by February 5th. […]

HS Leadership Dinner 2024 – Please register here: High School Leadership Dinner with Archbishop 2024 – My Catholic School Archbishop Etienne is looking forward to hosting a dinner for senior […]

Dear GRACE teacher leaders! Happy Thanksgiving! I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the hard work that you are doing as your school’s teacher leaders. Your role […]

Curriculum Adoption Committee 2023-24 The OCS will be facilitating two separate groups of educators in looking through high quality instructional materials and curriculum in two content areas: Math Health/Wellness We […]

The NWEA is partnering with OCS to provide high quality in-person training in the Summer and Fall of 2023. All MAP coordinators and administrators are welcome to register for these […]

Growing Reflective Authentic Catholic Educators Leadership Retreat 2023 August 28th, 2023 – 8:30-2:30pm For teacher leaders who are ready to take the next step in developing their own authentic leadership […]

This committee will be meeting four times throughout the year, once in person and three via zoom. We will discuss and brainstorm assessment options that currently exist, analyze assessment options, […]

The annual progress report is an important part of Catholic school planning, goal setting, and Catholic identity reflection. Schools that are accredited through WCEA are required to complete this entire […]

Updates for 2021-22 can be found on this page! All meetings for this upcoming school year will be virtual via ZOOM and outside of traditional school hours to eliminate the […]

THIS VIRTUAL MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED! Click here to register to attend virtual meeting! Agenda: Monday, June 21st – New GRACE Teacher Leader Meeting 9:30am-11:30am 9:30 – Welcomes, introductions, purpose […]

  MAP Growth: Ending the Year Strong   As an educator, this year has delivered new and unforeseen challenges in the form of school closures and changing instructional models. To […]

March Partner Update To help ensure you have the latest information to support your use of MAP® Growth™ – be that remote or in person – this month’s communication provides […]

    February Partner Update To help ensure you have the latest information to support your use of MAP® Growth™ – be that remote or in person – this month’s […]

Questions:   If you have questions that need an immediate response, please contact our Partner Support team (1-877-469-3287) and remind them that you are with the Archdiocese of Seattle and that NWEA […]

Paul Regelbrugge, an educator, professional development and curriculum coordinator for the Holocaust Center for Humanity has brought forward an incredible opportunity (free of charge!) to provide teachers (specifically middle school […]

OCS and our partner schools are excited to provide our Catholic school educators with some technology training in the most used online platforms including Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom.  We […]

MAP testing is important for various reasons – at the OCS level, this is the data we use to provide information to various groups about our professional development needs, our […]

The Office of Catholic Schools is proud to offer Catholic school educators the opportunity to learn more about how to best utilize the functions of Google Classroom in a 1.5 […]