WASC Report Elates MITIS Communtiy

April 1, 2009           The WASC report given on April 1, 2009 at the end of a three-day accreditation visit highly elated the MITIS community. Dr. Harold Bush, the chair of the WASC visiting team, read the report in an assembly of school staff, parents, and student representatives. Among the strengths of MITIS as cited in the report were the school’s small class size, the high quality of instruction, the attention given to individual students, the scholarship program for deserving students, the high satisfaction ratings given by parents and students about the school and its educational services, and the vision, passion, and unwavering commitment of the school’s top management for world-class education. Dr. Bush was formerly a superintendent of schools in California, USA. The other member of the visiting team was Mary Charity Stein from the American School in Taichung, Taiwan. The accreditation process developed by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) highlights the expectation that schools must be worthy of the trust placed in them to provide high quality learning opportunities. Schools must also clearly demonstrate that they are about the critical business of continual self-improvement ultimately; the accreditation process is all about fostering excellence in education. The visiting committee’s report provides compelling evidence that MITIS is substantially accomplishing its stated purposes and functions and that the school is meeting an acceptable level of quality in accordance with the WASC criteria adopted by the Accrediting Commission. The report buttressed wide observations that the school’s growth in enrolment and achievements in less than two years of operation are indeed “amazing”. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is an accrediting association in the United States, which provides assistance to schools located in East Asia. In carrying out its accreditation functions, WASC works cooperatively with several educational agencies including the following: Association of Christian Schools International Association of Waldorf Schools of North America Council of International Schools East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools National Lutheran School Association Western Catholic Educational Association