Accreditation Visit Guidelines
- Please be positive when interacting with our WASC Visiting Team Members and focus strictly on your ability to influence student achievement and school improvement.
- Share with the visiting team ways you have promoted student success and student learning despite our adverse conditions.
- Let’s promote our student achievements in the past five years as evident in our SAT10 test scores, Marks Analysis, and Annual School Report Card.
- Please ensure that our school’s mission and ESLR’s are posted in your classroom.
- Your attendance on March 7th, 8th, and 9th is crucial, so please be prompt and present.
- Tidy up your classroom and display student work.
- Remind students daily that we have visitors coming to our school on March 7th, 8th, and 9th and they should be on their best behavior.
- Let us continue to promote instructional strategies by engaging and challenging students to be responsible citizens, problem solvers, effective communicators, and technologically literate.
- Have lesson plans available for review.
Schedule for Visit:
March 06, 2011 – March 09, 2011
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TIME |
Sunday, March 06, 2011 |
LOCATION |
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12:00 – 3:30 |
Welcoming by NHS with light refreshments |
I Building (Main Office) |
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1:00 – 1:30 |
Visiting T members meet with JFKHS Administration team |
I Building Principal’s Office |
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1:30 – 2:30 |
VT meeting with the Guam Education Board members, Superintendent, Deputy Superintendents, Division Heads, JFKHS management team, self-study coordinators, and members of the Leadership Team, and Focus Group chairpersons to clarify issues in the self-study and explain the visit; the VT and school |
Media Center |
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2:30 - 3:30 PM |
VT meeting with PTSA and community members |
Media Center |
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3:30 - 4:00PM |
School leaders conduct a brief school tour for Visiting Team |
Tiyan campus |
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4:00 PM - |
Work Session: VT chair meeting with VT members |
TBD |
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TIME |
DAY 1: Monday, March 07, 2011 (Green Day 1, 3, 5 periods) |
LOCATION |
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6:30 – 7:30 AM |
Continental Breakfast (prepared by King’s restaurant) Classroom observations (+ All day refreshments sponsored English department) |
I-Building |
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7:30 - 9:20 AM |
1st BLOCK Classroom observations Student passes will be available for visiting team’s discretion (student pull-out) |
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9:20 - 10:40 AM |
2nd BLOCK Classroom observations |
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10:55-11:45 AM |
LUNCH (prepared by ProStart students) |
J103 |
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11:45 - 1:20 PM |
3rd BLOCK VT meeting with Student Government “We Are You” (W.A.Y.) |
Room # H103B |
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1:20 PM |
Student Dismissal |
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1:30 - 2:30 PM |
Meeting with Focus Groups for 1 hour (after school):
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Room # E103 Room # E104 |
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3:30 PM - |
VT Work Session |
TBD |
DAY 2:
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TIME |
DAY 2: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 (Gold Day 2, 4, 6 periods) |
LOCATION |
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6:30 – 7:00 AM |
Student greetings, informal contact with student and staff |
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7:00 – 7:30 AM |
March Coffee Connection hosted by FA and Health Brief meeting with administrative team, accreditation coordinators, and VT
( + All-day refreshments by Social Studies ) |
I-Building (I-108) Principal’s Office |
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7:30 - 9:20 AM |
1st BLOCK Classroom observations |
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9:20-10:40 AM |
2nd BLOCK Classroom observations |
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10:55-11:45 AM |
LUNCH (prepared by King’s restaurant) Informal contact with students and staff |
Cafeteria |
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11:45 - 1:20 PM |
3rd BLOCK Classroom observations (or) Observe Leadership Team meeting in session |
I-Building (I-108) Principal’s Office |
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1:20 PM |
Student Dismissal |
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1:45 - 2:45 PM |
VT meeting with Focus Groups for 2 hours (after school):
|
Room E-103 Room E-104 |
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2:45 – 3:45 PM |
VT meeting with Superintendent and Deputy Superintendents |
I Building (I-108) |
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3:45 PM - |
VT Work Session |
TBD |
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TIME |
DAY 3: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 (Green Day 1, 3, 5 periods) |
LOCATION |
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6:30 - 7:00 AM |
Student greetings, informal contact with student and staff |
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7:00 – 7:35 AM |
Brief meeting with principal, Accreditation coordinators, and VT
( + All-day refreshments by World Language, ROTC, and other departments) |
I-Building (I-108) Principal’s Office |
|
7:35 - 10:55 AM |
1ST and 2nd BLOCK Completion of draft report, contacting school staff as needed |
Accreditation Room |
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10:55-11:45 AM |
LUNCH (Light menu sponsored by Leadership Team) |
Accreditation Room |
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11:45-1:20 PM |
3rd BLOCK Meeting with the Leadership Team (if necessary) VT members complete the final draft of the VT Report |
I Building Accreditation Room |
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1:20 PM |
Student Dismissal |
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1:45-2:45 PM |
Oral report to teachers, support staff, parents, students, GEB, Superintendents and stakeholders Final draft of report left with principal; departure of VT |
Cafeteria |
