MITIS Officials Attend WASC Session

      MITIS officials Hyock Chu Kwon, Dr. Bienvenido V. Santos, Franchita Alcausin, and Charlene Salvador attended a one-day WASC session on October 30, 2009 at the EDSA Plaza Shangrila.
      The session was conducted by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in cooperation with the East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS).
      The interactive session facilitated by Dr. Marilyn George, WASC Associate Executive Director, examined the essentials of the Focus on Learning self-study and the many ways it can be adapted to a school’s situation.
      The session started with an overview of the accreditation process and the benefits it offers a school as it progresses from one measure of success to another. In response to a call for reactions, Dr. Santos pointed out  that the accreditation process leads a school “to become a learning organization that
perpetually stretches its capacity to create”. 
      MITIS is an approved candidate for accreditation by WASC.

      The session was highlighted by testimonies on the effective ways of realizing a school’s expected school-wide learning results (ESLRs).  A panel of EARCOS educators shared how they adapted the Focus on Learning process  for their respective schools, including its integration with strategic planning.  Dr. George stressed that in essence WASC stands for We Are Student Centered. 
      At the end of the session, the MITIS officials met with Dr. George who promised to visit MITIS in March, 2010 when she returns for another WASC conference in Manila.