CWCS Accreditation Timeline: Flow of Activities

2003-04 October - March Activities

Participants

Product in Self-Study

Task 1: Establish timelines and support mechanisms.
Orient stakeholders.
Form leadership team and other school groups
Principal/SC _Timelines
_Stakeholder orientation
_Appointment and training of leadership team and
chairs of committees
_Formation of committees
Task 2:Summarize progress since previous full self-study. Leadership Team
All Stakeholder
All Stakeholders
Chapter III: Progress Report on action plan (or recommendations )
Task 3:Develop a student/community profile.
Analyze and summarize the data.
Identify 2 to 3 critical academic needs
Leadership Team
Schoolwide Focus Groups
Chapter I: Student/Community Profile, including summary of findings and evidence from Task 5
Task 4: Develop, clarify or refine expected schoolwide learning results. Ensure that the expected learning results address the identified critical academic needs Leadership Team
All Stakeholders
All Students
Chapter II: “Expected Schoolwide Learning Results”

2004 -March-June Activities
and September-December Activities

Participants

Product in Self-Study

Task 5: Select the expected schoolwide learning results that correlate with the critical academic needs.Gather and analyze student work and other evidence to evaluate achievement of the selected expected schoolwide learning results and targeted academic standards. Home Groups
Leadership Team
_Notes/summary of findings and evidence about student performance data related to selected expected schoolwide learning results
_student Work
_schoolwide summary of findings and evidence from all home groups. Place in Chapter I.
Task 6: Based on the data regarding the identified 2 to 3 critical academic needs, the related expected schoolwide learning results and academic standards: Analyze the quality of the school program with respect to the WASC/CDE criteria. Synthesize all information. Determine growth needs and potential action steps. Schoolwide Focus Groups
Home Groups
_Notes/evidence for informational sharing between home groups and schoolwide focus groups
_Self-Study Report, Chapter IV,
_Study Findings”
_Pertinent evidence available for review by visiting committee
Task 7: Revise the comprehensive schoolwide action plan.
Define schoolwide and subgroup growth targets.
Establish an ongoing follow-up process to monitor implementation and accomplishment of the schoolwide action plan.
Leadership Team
All Stakeholders via Home and Schoolwide Focus Groups
Self-Study Report, Chapter V, “Schoolwide Action Plan

March, 2005 - Ongoing Activities

Participants

Product in Self-Study

The visit
March 6-9, 2005
School/visiting committee V.C. report
By June 30 th submit an updated plan to WASC and CDE incorporating critical areas of follow-up left by visiting committee School Updated Plan
Implement and monitor schoolwide action plan and its impact on student learning
School
School Ongoing reporting of progress, i.e., annual progress reports for school and district