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Western Catholic
Education Association (WCEA)
What is the WCEA?
The Western Catholic
Educational Association is a private
educational eccrediting agency established
under the auspices of the Bishops of
the Catholic (Arch)Dioceses of California.
WCEA
Mission Statement
The Mission of WCEA
is to maintain and improve the quality
of elementary and secondary Catholic
schools as educational environments
that assist students in their faith
formation and academic needs.
What
is the purpose of WCEA?
The major purpose of this agency is to coordinate the accreditation process by assisting schools in their selfevaluative programs, to establish general standards for excellence, to grant WCEA Accreditation, and to cooperate formally with the Western Association of School and Colleges (WASC) and other accrediting organizations as determined by the WCEA Board of Directors.
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Western Association
of Schools and Colleges (WASC)
WASC
Philosophy
The Accrediting Commission
for Schools, Western Association of
Schools and Colleges (WASC) believes
that the goal of any school should
be to provide for successful student
learning. Programs encompassing both
the cognitive and affective components
of learning should foster human growth
and development and enable students
to become responsible, productive members
of the school community and of society.
Each school should develop a school
purpose to reflect its beliefs. For
ongoing program improvement, each
school should engage in objective
and subjective internal and external
evaluations to assess progress in
achieving its purpose.
The Commission grants accreditation
to a school based upon the following:
The presumption that the primary
goals of accreditation are
- certification
to the public that the school is a trustworthy
institution of learning
- the
improvement of the school's programs and operations
to support student learning.
The
school's self-study and the visiting committee's report
provides compelling evidence that
- the
school is substantially accomplishing its stated
purposes and functions identified as appropriate
for an institution of its type
- the
school is meeting an acceptable level of quality
in accordance with the WASC criteria adopted
by the Accrediting Commission.
WASC
Mission
The mission of the Commission is to foster excellence
in elementary, secondary, adult, and postsecondary
education by encouraging school improvement through
a process of continuing evaluation and to recognize,
by accreditation, schools that meet an acceptable level
of quality, in accordance with established criteria.
For
more information, please visit:
WASC Accrediting
Commission for Schools |
WCEA/WASC
Schools '07-'08 (word)
(pdf) |
Elementary Accreditation
Cycle (word)
(pdf) |
Secondary Accreditation
Cycle (word)
(pdf) |
WCEA/WASC
Plan of Action (word)
(pdf) |
Elementary
Accreditation Data Sheet (word)
(pdf) |
Secondary
Accreditation Data Sheet (word)
(pdf) |
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