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Welcome to the blog of Zaq Roberts, Associate Head of School at The Berkeley School in Berkeley, CA. I blog about a wide variety of topics, from classroom moments I witness, to administrative events and conversations, to the educational blogs, videos, and books I am reading and watching, and how they are influencing my thinking. I hope this eclectic approach will give you insight into the many ways that I am engaging in advancing the school and strengthening our program, and I welcome your thoughts and comments!

This blog takes its name from a quotation by Archimedes that reads "Give me a lever long enough, and I can move the world." The TBS mission speaks directly to the need to engage a changing world, while many of the experiences in our program focus on the development of students' agency and authority. TBS is the lever by which we all - administration, faculty, students, and parents - can together move the world to be more humane, compassionate, and responsive. To borrow an important Montessori phrase, it is our way to remake the world.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Accreditation update


In case you missed the announcement in NewsNotes, or at the Board meetings and various other events in the last month, TBS has received initial accreditation from both CAIS and WASC! You can read the CAIS letter here, and you can read the WASC letter here.

In other news, I (Zaq) attended a training for to be a participant on a WASC visiting committee on Monday, February 28th at National University in Sacramento. The training was led by Pat Lissik, a retired 17-year principal from Walnut Creek who has chaired over 30 visiting committees! Needless to say, he was very thorough and complete in the training. I am now talking with both WASC and CAIS to get placed on a visiting committee (or two) this spring.

This is a little bit of “downtime” in the accreditation cycle, but don’t worry, we’ll ramp back up again in the fall, as we prepare for the full self-study, which we’ll conduct January-June of 2012. In the meantime, folks at TBS are doing important work on topics like the Board bylaws, site master plan, student learning outcomes and more, all of which will contribute to our accreditation process.

Don't forget to check out the Accreditation portal (the link is to the right)!

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