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Ongoing Process: Public Hawaii: Comprehensive

The Focus on Learning: Joint WASC/DOE Process Guide is an ongoing school improvement process that assists a school in taking an in-depth look at what currently exists and what needs to be improved in relation to student learning and the school’s program. All public schools in Hawaii will use this protocol, an adaptation of the prior FOL/SID document.

Through the Focus on Learning (FOL) process a school fulfills the requirements for accreditation and forms the basis for the School Strategic Plan for its school including the annual Academic and Financial Plan required by Act 51, 2004 Session Laws of Hawaii.

Currently, an initial visit procedure is being adapted for Hawaii public schools that will replace the current use of the WASC Initial Visit Procedures Manual guidelines.

Initial Visit
As noted on our Getting Started page all Public Hawaii schools follow the initial visit procedures, utilizing the WASC Initial Visit Procedures Manual.

Full Self-Study

Focus on Learning, Joint WASC/Hawaii Department of Education Process Guide, 2006-07 Edition
Note: This document is formatted to be printed as a double-sided document. It can also be printed single-sided; however, please be aware that there will be a number of unnecessary blank pages in the single-sided output.
- WASC/DOE Self-Study Report Layout
- NEW WASC/DOE Self-Study School Report Template: Word Doc File
  This is an optional template for the school's Self-Study Report. The file includes a template for Chapters I through V of the report, incorporating the criteria indicators and prompts (see below) which form the basis of Chapter IV of the report.
- WASC/DOE Tools: Criteria Indicators and Prompts: Word Doc File
  This document is a useful tool to assist the school in the analysis of their program based on the WASC criteria. The file contains indicators, prompts, and suggested areas to analyze for each criterion. The prompts correlate with the indicators and space is provided for each prompt to fill in your school's findings and provide evidence for each criterion. These responses form the basis of Chapter IV of the Self-Study Report.
- WASC Sample Evidence Forms

Follow-up: Ongoing Accreditation Process

Preparation for and Conducting the Self-Study, During the Visit, and After the Visit: Self-Study Coordinator Guidelines

Reviews/Revisits/Reports
All Hawaii public schools follow the same procedures, dependent upon the term of accreditation that they have received. Appropriate directions can be found in the following documents.

Six-Year Accreditation Term
- On-site Midterm Review required: Procedures | Sample Report | School Progress Report Template
- Third-Year Progress Report(On-site Midterm Review not required): Procedures
- Follow-up Midterm Revisit: Procedures
Three-Year Term Revisits: Procedures | School Progress Report Template
Limited Term (1- or 2-Year Term) Revisits: Procedures | School Progress Report Template
Annual Progress Report Template
Special Visits: Procedures
Substantive Changes
- WASC Substantive Change Policy
- Substantive Change Explanation Form

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	As They See It...

	"Our school got involved with the FOL process seven years ago when we were up for WASC accreditation. It, and the FOL/SID protocol created by a Hawaii DOE and WASC partnership, has proven invaluable as a system for ongoing school improvement through the concentrated focus on student achievement, the all-encompassing six criteria, organization into focus groups and home groups, and many opportunities to build capacity and develop leaders among all of our role groups."
	Toni Leahy, FOL/SID Coordinator, Radford High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

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