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Serving on a Visiting Committee: Self-Study Visiting Committee Chair Resources

The Visiting Committee Chair is the keeper of the vision regarding the value of the accreditation process as well as the manager of the details of the visit. The chair is viewed as a coach, working with the schools in this ongoing school improvement process.

There are chairs for a variety of different types of visits including: initial visits, full self-study visits, revisits, and midterm (mid-cycle) visits. The materials listed below pertain to full Self-Study visits only.

Please visit the Revisits page on our website for information and materials pertaining to WASC revisits. The Initial Visits page contains information and materials for initial visits.

Self-Study Full Visits Visit Chair Resources

Helpful materials and templates are provided for your use. Select the appropriate protocol link for a list of PDF and Word files.

NOTE: Please pick the materials carefully, the Visiting Committee materials and templates should align to the type of school and protocol/manual that the school used for their self-study. Please check with the WASC office if you are not sure which materials you should be using.

	WASC/CDE	WASC/CDE Focus on Learning Joint Process, California Public Comprehensive and Charter Schools (2012 Edition) [For California public/charter schools]
	WASC FOL	WASC Focus on Learning (2010 Edition) [For private and religious schools, and for schools in the Pacific Islands region]
	WASC/HIDOE	WASC/Hawaii Department of Education Process Guide (2006-07 Edition) [For Hawaii public and adult postsecondary schools]
	WASC Postsecondary	WASC Postsecondary Accreditation Manual (2011 Edition) [For adult postsecondary schools]
	WASC International	WASC Focus on Learning, Overseas Edition (2009 Edition) [For international schools]
	WASC SEP	WASC Supplementary Education Centers/Programs Accreditation Manual (2010 Edition) [For WASC Supplementary Education Centers/Programs]
	WASC/AWSNA	WASC/AWSNA School Evaluation/Accreditation Guide (2010 Edition) [For WASC/Association of Waldorf Schools of North America schools]
	WASC/NLSA	WASC/NLSA Focus on Learning (2012 Pilot Edition) [For WASC/National Lutheran School Accreditation schools]
	WASC/SDA	[For WASC/SDA, Pacific Union Conference of Seventh Day Adventists schools]
	WASC/WCEA	[For WASC/Western Catholic Educational Association elementary schools] WASC/WCEA Focus on Learning (1999 edition, criteria addition July 2004) [For WASC/Western Catholic Educational Association high schools]

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	As They See It...

	"As always, we found the process of self-study, reflection and dialogue with our visiting committee to be enormously helpful in our school's on-going self- improvement process."
	Paul Chapman, Headmaster Head-Royce School, Oakland, CA

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