This document discusses the WASC accreditation process for CDS school for the 2014-2015 school year. It explains that CDS is currently in year 2 of the 6-year process. The school's goals are to involve all staff and stakeholders, create a continuous WASC process, and improve the school. To receive accreditation, the school must complete a self-study report and single plan for student achievement. The self-study will be completed by leadership, home, and focus groups to analyze student achievement and how the school supports it. The focus groups will examine criteria related to student learning, curriculum/instruction/assessment, student growth, and resource management.

1. WASC / CDS
2014-2015

2. Is our school perfect?
Observe
Act Analyze

3. 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

4. 2014-2015 WASC GOALS
• Involvement of all staff and
stakeholders
• Create an effortless and
continuous WASC process
• Improvement of the school

5. 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 revisit
o Year 3
• WASC visiting committee
• Completion of a WASC self-study
o Determines if we receive accreditation and for how long

6. The WASC Process?
Observe
Self Study
Action Analyze
Follow-up Visit

7. 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

8. 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 achievement
o Full 6 year accreditation!!

9. 3 Groups
• Leadership
Team
o School
Administrators
o 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 Learning
o Curriculum,
Instruction, and
Assessment
o Support for Student
Personal and
Academic Growth
o Resource
Management and
Development

10. Organization for Student
Learning
• Dr Park
• Britany Zart
• Jennifer Kim
• Christina Kim
• David Hill
• Claudia Hong
• Johnathon Talbot

11. Curriculum, Instruction,
and Assessment
• Mrs Shim
• Julian Taylor
• Kelly Cho
• Eric Burton
• Peter
Mukwevho
• Clare Park
• Hazel Lee
• Ramon Chapa
III
• Edina Yoon
• Tommy Li
• John Kim
• Sohee Aum
• Kimberly Hunter
• Michael Donkin
• Melanie Feurey
• Brad McMath
• Peter
Mukwehvo
• Jason Howel
• Joice Shin
• Yonghoe Kim

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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?

16. 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.

17. 2014-2015 WASC GOALS
• Involvement of all staff and
stakeholders
• Create an effortless and
continuous WASC process
• Improvement of the school

18. 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