What is WASC?

What is WASC Accreditation?
 
Accreditation is a process that occurs every three to six years where schools are evaluated as providing high-quality learning opportunities to students and demonstrating continual reflection and self-improvement.
 
An accredited school is focused on a mission and goals for students.  It's primary focus is students and their on-going achievement.  
A team of outside peers including principals, teachers, counselors, and educators trained by WASC will visit Lincoln and determine if the following is true of our school:
 
  • Focuses is the students and their on-going academic achievement. 
  • Maintains a qualified faculty.
  • Shows we are an effectively organized school,
  • Collaboratively assesses the quality of its educational programs on a regular basis
  • Plans for the future
 
Who benefits from accreditation?
 
Everyone!  WASC accreditation is a valuable service to the public, students and educational institutions themselves.
 
For example:
 
*  The public wants to know if Lincoln is holding up a high standard of quality.
*  The public wants to have assurance that the educational quality of programs and services offered by the institution are current, reflect high standards of quality, and are offered with integrity.
* Students can be assured that the institutions in which they seek to enroll have been reviewed and the educational programs that are offered have been evaluated for quality and relevance.
* Educational institutions benefit from the stimulus for self-study and self-improvement provided by the accreditation process.
 
Accreditation status also increases opportunities for public and private funding for both the institution and students and enhances the institution’s credibility and reputation.