Welcome to Fort Steilacoom Parent Education Cooperative

A lot of changes are happening at FSPEC!

After much consideration, Fort Steilacoom Parent Education Cooperative has decided to merge with North Tacoma Cooperative Preschool.

Teacher Debbie will be teaching 3 classes there! Please click the link below for their website and more information.

As we close this chapter, we just want to extend a thank you to all of our loyal families. The last few years have been a roller coaster as our program has been shut down by our first affiliated college, and now by the state of Washington cutting funds to our current affiliated college.

Special thanks also go out to everyone who has worked tirelessly over the last few years trying to keep the program afloat. First, Teacher Debbie for your dedication, love, and all the extra hours put in. Secondly to our board members who stayed on even after their kids graduated the program, Michaela Caro, Tiffany Silver, and Asa Scherer. Also a big shout out to Yumiko Heath, Mickey Oskvig, and Heather Robison for all your hard work and love for the program!

Any questions can be directed toward our President here

North Tacoma Cooperative Preschool

  • Four young children with short hair, wearing colorful aprons and casual clothing, are standing in front of an easel with a painting in progress, painting with brushes in their hands.
  • A woman and three children playing in a blue plastic basin filled with dry autumn leaves inside a room with blue mats and a table.
  • Two young girls playing with a sandbox indoor playground, filled with brown material, toys, and small objects, in a classroom or daycare setting.
  • A young girl with red hair holding a wooden viewfinder up to her face, looking through it with a big smile. She is inside a classroom with another child in the background.
  • A small plush bunny holding a red crayon on a decorated table in a classroom or daycare setting.
  • A young boy in a yellow sweater playing with wooden blocks on a carpeted floor in a playroom with wooden shelves and toys.
  • Children's art table with bowls of painted paper, paint, and a heart-shaped paper cutout on a blue plastic tablecloth.
  • Two young children sitting on a large blue circular swing with ropes, in a playground, surrounded by grass and trees, with a black chain-link fence in the background.
  • Children and a woman engaging in creative activities at a table in a classroom or daycare setting, with arts and crafts supplies on the table and storage cubbies in the background.
A smiling woman with light brown hair wearing a navy and light pink patterned dress standing in a garden with a sunflower and wooden fence in the background.

Meet the teacher!

Debbie McCormick

A.A. Early Childhood Education, B.S. Global Health

I have been working as a cooperative preschool teacher since 2013 and value the benefits that forging relationships with families has on the whole child. My role as an educator is to support and structure educational goals in a hands-on way that engages and excites children. I believe that play is the work of childhood and seek to provide meaningful, experiential learning opportunities for children of all ages. I am also a mother, gardener, baker, hiker and avid Michigan fan. I have lived in the Puget sound area since 2010 and love exploring all of its beauty with my two young children.