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WASC: More support for TES students
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Posted on Apr 23 2008
Representatives of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges said that the Tanapag Elementary School needs to work more in providing instructional support for students so they could reach their full potential.
Four WASC representatives led by chairwoman Linda Kewin and members Cheryl Shintani, Kathryn Stratte, and Jayne Mondoy shared that “its not like the school hasn’t been doing it and it’s not like you’re not trying, but try to take a look at additional instructional resources to ensure that your students reach their full potential.”
The students include English learners, Special Education, language learners, at-risk students, and high achievement students.
Kewin also pointed out the need for non-Highly Qualified Teachers to submit their applications or the results of their Praxis tests.
The Public School System has a total of 374 HQTs, six of which are teaching at TES, according to a November 2007 report.
Otherwise, the WASC representatives praised the school in numerous areas such as the cleanliness of the school classrooms and campus, to its dedicated principal, faculty, staff and parents.
Kewin shared that she was very impressed with the students’ eagerness to learn.
TES principal Frances Ulloa said she was not surprised about the key issues pointed out by the WASC team. “I’m not surprised about those key issues. I am gung ho on that, I am looking forward to working on that because that’s my plan this year to fully focus on accreditation. There’s always room for improvement.”
She added that without the help of the parents of the students, they would not have received much praise from the WASC representatives.
Education Commissioner David Borja said the WASC representatives will render their report to the accreditation commission and then a formal report of the school’s fate will be released mid-June 2008.
