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Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA)

 

What is the WCEA?

The Western Catholic Educational Association is a private educational accrediting 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 self-evaluative 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.

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WASC Accrediting Commission for Schools

WCEA/WASC School Visits Master Plan (pdf)

Elementary Accreditation Cycle (word)(pdf)

Secondary Accreditation Cycle (word) (pdf)

WCEA/WASC Plan of Action (word) (pdf)

Elementary Accreditation Data Sheet (word) (