重磅 | 北京王府学校成功获得WASC正式认证
2021年2月,北京王府学校正式获得美国西部学校与学院教育联盟 (Western Association of Schools and Colleges ,简称WASC)给予的六年认证。自此,北京王府学校正式成为中国地区为数不多的获得WASC国际认证的学校之一。
西部学校与学院教育联盟
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
WASC是美国教育部授权的为公立和私立学校、学院和大学进行认证的六大教育联盟之一,成立于1962年,在美国本土乃至全世界的教育领域都享有极高的声誉。其认证宗旨以教育为中心,且认证具有一定有效期限,被认证后学校还需要不断改进来获得下一轮认证。
成立至今,WASC以评鉴工作严谨公正,考查全面的高标准严要求成为了学术诚信、学生能力发展的保障。获得认证既表明学校具有支持高质量学生学习和学校持续改进的承诺与能力,也是学校办学理念正确、教育资源丰富、教学质量优异的体现,更是学校始终坚持以学生学习为首位,不断自我完善,追求卓越的坚定信念的最好证明。
· 学校利用WASC指导方针和原则,建立了持续性的自我评估和改进机制,同时定期接受外部评估指导,为学校维持高质量的教育教学提供了有力保障。
· 作为国际上特别是亚太地区受到广泛认可的教育联盟,WASC将帮助北京王府学校获得更多优秀师资、服务支持、学习交流等国际教育行业优质资源与机会。
· 进一步提升北京王府学校的国际知名度和认可度,提高学生所学课程和成绩单的含金量,助力学生申请世界名校。
回望开启认证的2016年,“六大方面,上百项指标”是我校WASC认证团队在开展筹备工作时的首项挑战。队员们需要对应认证每个指标,全面梳理学校的发展情况,并最终完成一份详细报告。同年11月,WASC专家组走进王府校园,与校领导、教职工、学生、家长进行随机座谈,并走遍了教学区和生活区的每一个角落。
同时,我校致力于培养具有国际视野和全球竞争力复合型精英领袖人才这一目标,与WASC认证培养国际公民竞争力的要求不谋而合。而北京王府学校注重中国传统文化教育传承的使命感,也获得了认证专家组的一致好评。3年后,我校还将迎来WASC认证委员会的各项中期访问。
作为一所创办25年的国际学校,北京王府学校潜心教学多年厚积薄发,始终坚持“以德施教、育人为先、中西合璧、励志未来”的育人理念。历届毕业学子被芝加哥大学、宾夕法尼亚大学、康奈尔大学、牛津大学、帝国理工学院、多伦多大学、墨尔本大学等世界各国名校录取。此次WASC认证通过,也为王府学校25周年校庆增添了浓墨重彩的一笔。
Beijing Royal School is pleased to announce that we have received the full 6-year Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Schools (ACS) in February, 2021.
As a world-renowned accrediting association, the ACS WASC is one of the six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of universities and schools globally. ACS WASC accreditation means that a school is a trustworthy institution with high standards of educational quality and academic integrity for student learning, and this provides quality assurance for parents. Acquiring and maintaining accreditation affirms that a school fosters a continuous improvement in school programs and operations which are specifically tailored to support students’ academic and personal development. In the words of BRS Principal Wang Guangfa, “What BRS values more is how the school can actually improve its performance through the accreditation process.”
Accreditation has impacted and benefited BRS in the following ways:
· BRS has extensively evaluated and conformed to expectations of performance and quality as per WASC guidelines and principles.
· BRS practices continual self-evaluation and monitoring of its programs and operations which impact student learning and periodic external review.
· All stakeholders and the BRS community can be assured that the educational quality of programs and services offered by the institution are current and reflect high standards of quality and integrity.
·Students can trust the integrity of the school’s programs and transcripts which facilitate accurate and equal transfer of credits to other English-speaking schools, which is critical for college/university acceptance worldwide.
BRS Senior High endorses WASC’s strict international school criterion, has maintained these high education standards and has been recognized by WASC over the past 5 years for ongoing improvements in curriculum, safety, environment and student learning. As an international school founded 25 years ago, BRS has always been committed to the school’s founding mission, which is to inculcate moral values, to focus on student-centered education, to fuse Chinese and western approaches and to inspire students to succeed. In 2020, BRS successfully completed the final steps of its self-study and looked forward to receiving full accreditation in 2021. Below is the timeline for the key events that BRS achieved for WASC Accreditation:
· 2016 – BRS applied for and hosted a WASC initial Visiting Committee and officially became an ACS WASC candidate School.
· 2017 – BRS leaders and staff received WASC principles and standards training from internal and external experts, taking major steps towards implementing improvements to school programs based on WASC’s in-depth recommendations.
·2018 – BRS continued to make progress in the targeted areas of curriculum, organization, student support and professional growth. In addition, BRS formed, implemented and trained our WASC Self-Study Focus Groups.
· 2019 – BRS conducted its first, full WASC criteria-based self-study, designed to comprehensively assess the quality and effectiveness of the school’s education programs. Areas of strength and areas for growth and further development, based on international standards, were identified by leadership and focus groups.
· 2020 – BRS finished its self-study and submitted the final report to WASC. Due to the pandemic, BRS’s official on-site visit scheduled for March was postponed to December. In December, BRS successfully completed a fully online virtual visit with the WASC Visiting Committee.
· 2021 – BRS officially received ACS WASC accreditation.
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撰稿| 齐日迈 Leo Li Upashna Simandan
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设计| 宋晓宇
翻译| 翟静
审校| 高中校长室