ACS WASC/WCEA Appointed Visiting Committee Members

2019 Visits

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Visiting Committee Members

Quality School Framework

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ACS WASC Accreditation Cycle

Focus on Learning

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How are the students achieving?

Is the school doing everything possible to support high achievement for all its students?

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Outcomes of Self-Study

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Improving Student Learning

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ACS WASC Criteria

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Self-Study Report

• Chapter I: Introduction• Chapter II: Context of the School• Chapter III: Quality of the School Program• Chapter IV: Action Plan

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One Plan

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Road to the Action Plan

Visiting Committee Report

• Chapter I: Introduction• Chapter II: Context of the School• Chapter III: Quality of the School Program• Chapter IV: Action Plan

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Read the entire reportMark it up-AnnotateLook for alignment

Complete previsit worksheetComments-Questions

Complete your assignments

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Reference Card I, Stage I C-E or VC Member Checklists #6-7

Big Questions

Do the findings respond to what is being asked in the criteria?

Does the evidence support the findings? Strengths? Prioritized growth areas?

What insight has the school gained about student learning, the critical learner needs, and the schoolwide learner outcomes?

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Develop your prewriting notes:

NarrativeSupporting EvidenceIdeas for clarification Assessing impactStrengthsGrowth AreasQuestions

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Think

Write

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Layers of a Criteria Response

Different Programs and/or Departments

Individual Groups of Students

Critical Learner Needs

General

To the chair on time!

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Schedule

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VC Sunday Meeting

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What have we learned from our previsit preparation about this school’s self-study and student learning?What strengths and growth areas emerging from the review of the self-study. What types of evidence need to be our focus?

VC Sunday Meeting

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How can we focus our review and analysis of evidence through

Examining student work and other informationObserving students and other aspects of the programInterviewing students and other

What are the primary areas of interest to discuss with school personnel at our initial meeting?

Meetings

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Observations

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WhoWhenWhereHow

Know what you need to find out!

Interviews

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Your assigned areas of studyKey issuesPlan

Documents

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Student workHandbooksCurriculum documentsRecruiting brochures

Action planAll studentsCritical learner needsCriteriaLearner outcomesAcademic standardsEvidence analyzed

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Powerful Questions

Powerful QuestionsUnderstanding and use of dataModifying learning and teachingFeedback to studentsCoaching colleagues in new strategiesIntended impact on student learningFollow-up process

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Powerful Strategies

Open endedPresume they are doing itFollow-up questionsWait time

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Sample Discussion Starters

Help us understand…Would you clarify…?We recognize that…We understand from the self-study that….What led to this conclusion?Is this characteristic of ….?What factors contributed to these results?What elements of the student/community profile are related to….?

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Sample Questions

What have you learned?What insights have you had since you prepared the summary?How might this impact your identified critical learner needs?Talk about evidence that led to the conclusions made.What have you learned about student learning and success? What can you as a school do to improve learning for each and every student?

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Demographic

Outcome

Process/Perception

Data

VC Sunday Meeting

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How can we increase our understanding of the school’s self-study findings and student learning through the initial dialogue with school leaders?

MeetingPreparation

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Room arrangementTimekeeperEnsure clear agenda

VC Team Consensus on important

questions

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One Plan

Adequacy

Action steps

Understandable

Feasible

Commitment

Support

Barriers

Follow-up process

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One Plan

Through implementing the action plan, what will be different for students as global citizens?

One year from now?Two years from now?

Three years from now?

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Visiting Committee Synthesis MeetingsWhat should the VC include at these daily meetings based on the key concepts of the criteria, the Self-Study, and findings during the visit?

How do you ensure the report reflects accurate school findings and a “Whole Visiting Committee” view?

Rewriting and Revising

Important learning needs of the studentsCorrelation of major areas for follow-up to key issuesRationale for accreditation status recommendationDoc & Just-

ratings, comments, & VC report findings

Alignment, Alignment, Alignment

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Accreditation Status Factors: VC Recommendation and Commission Action

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Highly effective

Effective

Somewhat effective

Ineffective

WCEA/ACS WASC Accreditation Status

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Status based on a school demonstrating the following factors:1. Involvement and collaboration of shareholders in

completing the self-study2. Use of prior accreditation findings to support high

achievement of all students3. Assessment of the school’s Catholic identity4. Defining the school’s purpose5. Organization for Student Learning to support high

achievement of all students


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Status based on a school demonstrating the following factors:6. Data analysis and action to support high

achievement of all students7. High achievement by all students toward clearly

defined SLEs and curriculum standards8. Instructional methodology to support high

achievement of all students9. Support for student spiritual, personal, and academic

growth


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Status based on a school demonstrating the following factors:10. Resource Management and Development to support

high achievement of all students11. Design and alignment of the Action Plan with the

self-study findings12. Capacity to implement and monitor the Action Plan

Accreditation Status Options

• Six-Year Accreditation Status with a required Annual Report of Progress to the WCEA Elementary Commissioner

• Provisional Six-Year Accreditation Status with a required Annual Report of Progress to the WCEA Elementary Commissioner, a mid-cycle report, and a required one-day visit

• Conditional Six-Year Accreditation Status with a required comprehensive progress report to the WCEA Elementary Commissioner at the end of the first year addressing the concerns of the Visiting Committee and a visit by the WCEA Elementary Commissioner or a Visiting Committee.

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On the visit

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Don’tTry to solve their problems; diagnostic not prescriptiveArgue over words; do ensure ideas are captured and clearFocus on small thingsTalk about your schoolOver eat or over sleep

DoBe a team playerValidate, extend, not evaluateSupport, not judgeCelebrate successesPrepare and planListenFocus on important issuesWork for consensusWork toward the action planConfidentiality

ACS WASC/WCEA Appointed Visiting Committee Members

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