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Pioneer High School
1400 Pioneer Avenue
Woodland, CA 95776
(530) 406-1148
Teachers: please go here to take daily attendance.

 
WASC                            

First Full WASC Accreditation                           

Pioneer High School will be participating in its first full cycle accreditation on April 23 – 25, 2007. The “Focus on Learning” Self-Study review is a joint process involving the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) California Department of Education (CDE).

“Focus on Learning” is an ongoing school improvement process that assists a school in an in-depth look at what currently exists and what needs to be improved in relation to student learning and the school’s program. Basic concepts addressed in this process focus upon student success in meeting expected school wide learning results (ESLRs) and the academic content standards.

The accreditation process is an ongoing, perpetual cycle of assessment, planning, implementing, monitoring, and reassessment: The process is guided and assisted by the Self-Study, Visit, and Follow-up.

The criteria used to develop the Self-Study are research-based. There are five Focus Group Areas:

Organization: Vision and Purpose, Governance, Leadership and Staff, and resources
Standards-based Student Learning: Curriculum
Standards-based Student Learning: Instruction
Standards-based Student Learning: Assessment and Accountability
School Culture and support for Student Personal and Academic Growth

Focus groups are comprised of all “stakeholders” in members of the community. Stakeholders are certificated and classified employees, parents, students, the community, and administration.

Last year the teachers agreed with the principal’s recommendation to add three sub-Focus Groups. The sub-focus groups will be comprised of members of main focus groups. The three areas selected are:

Safety
Parent involvement
Data