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Wonderwall  What wondering do you have about WASC?  Write on sentence strip  Post on Wonderwall

Western Association of Schools and Colleges South East Senior High School Accreditation Process Visit: Spring 2015

What is WASC?  An agency responsible for accreditation of schools  It is a meaningful self-evaluation & plan  A Focus On Learning (FOL)

WASC Report Focus on Learning (FOL)  Who we are?  What we do well?  What we need to continue to improve?

Self Study: School-wide Action Plan PSC SIG GrantSPSA The Action Plan is aligned with much of what we are already doing through PD, PLC Work, assessment, analyzing data, standards based learning, building school culture etc.. CORE Waiver

Participation  All participating shareholders include:  Certificated Staff  Classified Staff  Students  Parents  Community  Board Members/District Personnel

Participation Areas & Teams  Leadership Team  Self-Study Co-Chairs  Administrators  PD Planning Team  Department Chairs  Home Group – Homogenous  Led by Designated Leaders  Focus Groups - Heterogeneous  Mix of members from all areas of school  Led by Lead Teachers and Assistant Chairs

Focus Groups (heterogeneous) consist of:  Organization : Vision and Purpose, Governance, Leadership and Staff, and Resources  Curriculum: Standards-based Student Learning  Instruction: Standards-based Student Learning  Assessment and Accountability: Standards-based Student Learning  Culture: Support for Student Personal and Academic Growth

What will you do?  Gathering Evidence  Conduct Research  Assess Data  Developing an Action Plan  Written Report

The Visit  3 Days, not including Sunday evening, consist of  Validation of what’s written in the WASC FOL Report  Visits/Observations of classrooms  Interviewing groups (heterogeneous/homogenous)

SEHS WASC Goals  High achievement of all students  Involvement of all staff and shareholders  To create an effortless, reflective and continuous WASC process  Simplify and streamline the WASC process for all  Six Year: With a Mid-Cycle Progress Report

WASC Accreditation Terms  Six Year:  With a Mid-Cycle Progress Report  With a Mid-Cycle Progress Report & 1 day visit  With a Mid-Cycle Progress Report & 2 day visit  Limited:  1 or 2 year Probationary Accreditation Status with in-depth progress report & 2 day visit.  Withheld :  Accreditation Status Withheld

Wonderwall  What wondering do you have about WASC?  Answer wonderings…