wasc orientation(new faculty)

WASC / CDS2014-2015

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Why is WASC Important?

• The process is one that allows our school to improve.

• Gives our school accreditation so our students’ diplomas mean something!!

• Because we care about the future of all our students

2014-2015 WASC GOALS

• Involvement of all staff and stakeholders• Create an effortless and

continuous WASC process• Improvement of the school

What is the WASC Process?

• Ongoing, repeating, 6 year process!• Where are we now in 2014-2015?!

o Year 2!!• Assessing/collecting evidence of CDS progress on the WASC

recommendations from the 2012 WASC revisito Year 3

• WASC visiting committee • Completion of a WASC self-study

o Determines if we receive accreditation and for how long

Self Study

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The WASC Process?

To Receive Accreditation We

Must!!• Have 5 outcomes:

o 1) Must have the involvement of all staff and stakeholders o 2) Must have the clarification and measurement of what all students

should know, understand, and be able to do through expected school wide learning results (ESLRS) and academic standards

o 3) Must have the gathering and analyzing of data about students and student achievement

o 4) Must have the assessment of the entire school program and its impact on student learning in relation to expected school-wide learning results (ESLRS), academic standards, and WASC criteria

o 5) Must have an action plan for student achievement

What is the Self-Study?

• An in depth look into CDS that answers two questions:o 1) How are the students achieving?o 2) Is the school doing everything possible to support high achievement

for all its students?

• Comprised of:o 3 groups

• End Result:o Self-study report o Updated 3-5 year single plan for student achievemento Full 6 year accreditation!!

3 Groups• Leadership

Teamo School

Administratorso WASC coordinator

• Home Groups (All Teachers)

• Admissions• Facility• Finance• HR and clerical• IT

• Math• Science• Social Studies• World

Language• English• P.E.• Parents• First Program• Middle School• High School

• Focus Groups • 4 groups that

do an in depth look into the 4 WASC criteria:o Organization for

Student Learningo Curriculum,

Instruction, and Assessment

o Support for Student Personal and Academic Growth

o Resource Management and Development

Organization for Student Learning

• Dr Park• Britany Zart• Jennifer Kim• Christina Kim• David Hill

• Claudia Hong• Johnathon Talbot

Curriculum, Instruction, and

Assessment• Mrs Shim• Julian Taylor• Kelly Cho• Eric Burton• Peter

Mukwevho• Clare Park• Hazel Lee• Ramon Chapa

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• Edina Yoon• Tommy Li• John Kim• Sohee Aum• Kimberly

Hunter• Michael

Donkin• Melanie

Feurey

• Brad McMath• Peter

Mukwehvo• Jason Howel• Joice Shin• Yonghoe Kim

Support for Student Personal and

Academic Growth• Christine Oh• Yanghee Joo• Jason Musselman• Benjamin Scoville• Ilho Pak• Craig Tronsgard• Sunwoo Hwang

• Koeun Lee• Sue Donkin• Rebecca Laders• Jason Baker• Brynae Bishop

Resource Management and Development

• Jiho Park• Ana Sokoli• Heather Kim• Chris McPherson• Sohee Han• DiAnna Pantano• Christina

Navarro• Cheryl Roy• Jaclyn Aylward• Linda Cho• Donna Wang

How does this work?• Leadership team will assign three

criteria based on the school profile information

• Focus groups will ask questions or ask for information from Home groups

• Home groups will provide information and evidence to the Focus groups

Our 3 Criteria?• 1. What are our students learning and

achieving?• 2. Are we doing everything possible

to allow our students the best opportunity to achieve?

• 3. Are we doing everything possible to assist our students in an environment where English is often not the first language?

What is Asked of You?!• Participate!

o Attend your home and focus group meetings and provide meaningful information in a concise manner

o All home groups will complete the self study section about Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment.

2014-2015 WASC GOALS

• Involvement of all staff and stakeholders• Create an effortless and

continuous WASC process• Improvement of the school

Today• 9am Department meetings to finish the questions

assigned to you by the Curriculum focus group• 10:30 Focus group meetings• Organization for Student Learning- Room 213• Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment- Room

119• Support for Student Personal and Academic

Growth- Room 313• Resource Management and Development-Room

215• After lunch we will continue work in focus groups.• Enjoy and take advantage of today the more you

share the more you will learn