Workshops

Chair/Evaluator Training Events (by invitation only)

In order to orient team members to their role in participating on an accreditation visit, mandatory training is held several times a year for persons appointed to serve on teams. For all Team Chairs and Assistant Chair/Team Editors, as well as in-region Evaluators, a full-day workshop is held a semester prior to the visit (in May for Fall visits; in September for Spring visits).  Team members who are out of the region and/or cannot attend the full-day workshop must participate in one of the two-hour conference call sessions. These training events cover visit preparation and logistics; a review of the Standards and CFRs; and methods for conducting visits, including strategies that align with the two-visit model and focus on student learning.  For further information about these Chair/Evaluator Training Events, please contact Cameron Wu Cardona by email cwucardona@wascsenior.org.

Upcoming Dates:

·         Fall 2008 Visits

·         Workshop:  Monday, May 19, 2008 (LOCATION: Oakland)

·         Conference Call #1:  Tuesday, May 20, 2008, 11 AM-1 PM

·         Conference Call #2:  Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 10 AM-12 PM

·         Conference Call #3:  Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 10 AM-12 PM

·         Workshop:  Monday, November 17, 2008 (LOCATION: Oakland)

·         Conference Call #1:  Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9-11 AM

·         Conference Call #2:  Thursday, December 11, 2008 10 AM-12 PM

·         Conference Call #3:  Friday, January 9, 2009 10 AM-12 PM

All times are Pacific Time (GMT -8:00)

Click here to download Evaluator Team Materials

January Workshops: "The Institutional Proposal and Beyond" (by invitation only)*

These workshops are designed for institutions with Capacity and Preparatory Review visits in Fall 2009, Spring 2010
and Fall 2010. The workshops cover presentation of Institutional Proposal and its relationship to the
Capacity & Preparatory and Educational Effectiveness reviews.

Time/Locations:

January 15-16, 2009
Location: TBD

Description of WASC Institutional Workshop

Our WASC Institutional Workshops are held once a year in January to jump-start the planning for your upcoming
accreditation review. The workshops focus on the Institutional Proposal and how it lays the foundation for the
two-stage site visit process: incuding the Capacity & Preparatory Review and the Educational Effectiveness Review. 

The accreditation process has changed significantly under the 2001 Handbook (available on our website, www.wascsenior.org).
Our four accreditation Standards are holistic and interconnected; each cuts across the institution rather than conforming to typical
administrative areas.  As a result, active involvement of senior institutional leadership is critical to the success of the WASC
accreditation process. We recommend that this workshop be attended by your president, chief academic officer, accreditation
liaison officer, and key leadership from your faculty governing body (e.g., chair of the faculty senate; chair of the assessment committee), and the key individual responsible for institutional research.

Institutions have found that attendance at this workshop is critical to building an understanding of the WASC process and to
developing an Institutional Proposal that is meaningful to the institution.  As attendance at these important workshops has increased over the years, so has the acceptance rate of our proposals, which are reviewed by our standing Proposal Review Committee. 
Our recent workshops have been held over a two-day period in Northern and Southern California locations.  More information
will be posted on our website as soon as it becomes available.

*In January 2008, the workshop is designed for institutions with the following schedule:

Capacity & Preparatory Review
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Fall 2011

Educational Effectiveness Review
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012

Proposal Due Date
May 15, 2008 (reinvites)
October 15, 2008
May 15, 2009

Past Workshop Presentations

Using the Accreditation Review Process for Institutional Transformation

Building a Culture of Evidence

The Proposal and the Educational Effectiveness Review

Institutional Proposal Guidelines (No-Cal)

The Proposal and the Capacity and Preparatory Review

Institutional Proposal Guidelines (So-Cal)

Four Amoung Possible Approaches for the Review

Click here to download the January 2005 Workshop Presentations

For more information, contact Jamie Wilkins by email (jwilkins@wascsenior.org), or call (510) 748-9001