{"id":5956,"date":"2021-10-18T19:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T19:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/?page_id=5956"},"modified":"2023-11-13T21:52:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:52:54","slug":"auto-draft-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/auto-draft-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Accreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><div class=\"vce-row-container\" data-vce-boxed-width=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-row vce-element--has-background vce-row--col-gap-30 vce-row-equal-height vce-row-content--top\" id=\"el-26cde1ad\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-26cde1ad\"><div class=\"vce-content-background-container\"><\/div><div class=\"vce-row-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\"><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-auto vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last 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vce-col--md-69p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first\" id=\"el-f1fbb321\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-f1fbb321\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-f1fbb321\"><div class=\"vce-text-block\"><div class=\"vce-text-block-wrapper vce\" id=\"el-7c2fd70d\" data-vce-do-apply=\"all el-7c2fd70d\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Accreditation<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1><p style=\"line-height: 1.25;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #000000;\">In 2022 Saint Ann School was once again accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).&nbsp; WCEA accredits Catholic elementary and secondary schools in nine western states (26 (arch) dioceses) and the US Territory of Guam.&nbsp;&nbsp;WCEA co-accredits and is in partnership with three Regional agencies (WASC, NAAS, NCA CASI) and two private agencies (CAIS and HAIS).&nbsp;&nbsp; WCEA began in 1957 in San Francisco and has a long and successful history of assisting school improvement through the accreditation process.<\/span><\/p><h3 style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; color: #800000;\">Accreditation Process<\/span><\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Each Diocese has both an Elementary School and High School WCEA Commissioner. The respective Commissioner has the responsibility to assist the school community in the preparation of a Self Study document using an approved Protocol:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Improving Student Learning (ISL 2012) for Catholic elementary schools<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Ensuring Educational Excellence (E3) for Catholic high schools.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">These Protocols are criteria-based and lead the school to examine specific aspects of school life and the extent at which they are met at the time of self-study such as:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Catholic Identity (the school is measured by 8 standards, i.e. prayer life, sacramental life, service projects, and the permeation of Catholic values in all aspects of school life)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Organization for Learning (how the school is goverened and administrated)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Curriculum and Instruction (what is learned and how it is taught)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Support Services (Academic Counseling, Assisting Students with Special Needs, Spiritual Counseling)<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Resources (Financial and Human Resources)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">The school community then prepares for a three-day visit by an accreditation team composed of educators who are trained evaluators from other schools with educational expertise.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: 2px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Visiting Committee<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"line-height: 1.25;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; letter-spacing: 2px; color: #000000;\">A Visiting Committee spends three days with the school community after review of the Self Study document. During the three-day visit, the Committee visits classrooms, investigates the written evidence of responses to the WCEA criteria, holds interviews with the members of the school community, and prepares a written report on its findings. The Visiting Committee also writes a recommendation of an Accreditation Status based upon factors relative to the school community\u2019s successes and growth needs. &nbsp;This report and recommendation is given to the WCEA Commissioner. &nbsp;In May of each year, the full WCEA Commission reads the reports and recommendations and votes for an Accreditation Status for each school.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vce-col vce-col--md-15p vce-col--xs-1 vce-col--xs-last vce-col--xs-first vce-col--sm-last vce-col--sm-first vce-col--md-last vce-col--lg-last vce-col--xl-last\" id=\"el-b8e9d3cd\"><div class=\"vce-col-inner\" data-vce-do-apply=\"border margin background  el-b8e9d3cd\"><div class=\"vce-col-content\" data-vce-element-content=\"true\" data-vce-do-apply=\"padding el-b8e9d3cd\"><div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AccreditationIn 2022 Saint Ann School was once again accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).&nbsp; WCEA accredits Catholic elementary and secondary schools in nine western states (26 (arch) dioceses)&nbsp;[&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page_builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5956","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9187,"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5956\/revisions\/9187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/school.parishofsaintann.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}