Schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle are accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).
“The mission of WCEA is to promote quality Catholic education for students in our member elementary and secondary schools through an accrediting process that assures the primacy of faith formation and educational excellence.
The specific purpose of WCEA is to coordinate the accreditation process by assisting schools in their self-evaluative programs, to establish general standards for excellence in Catholic schools, to grant WCEA Accreditation, and to cooperate formally with regional accrediting organizations as determined by the WCEA Board of Directors. Currently WCEA co-accredits schools with ACS-WASC and AdvancED.
WCEA was originally formed in California under the auspices of the Bishops of the Catholic Arch/Dioceses of California. Although the membership now includes Catholic Arch/Dioceses in nine other states and Guam, the Bishops of the Catholic Arch/Dioceses of California retain reserved powers as the Members of the Corporation and appoint one of their member Bishops to serve as the WCEA President.” – WCEA Website
For 2020-2021:
Please email Justyna King, WCEA Commissioner for the Archdiocese of Seattle, if you have questions about your status for this year at justyna.king@seattlearch.org – in general, you would have already participated in a discussion with OCS if you were due for accreditation this year.
For 2021-2022:
If you have questions about accreditation for next year or are scheduled to do a site visit for 2021-22, join us on 1/11/2021 at 3:30
Topic: Accreditation 2021-2022
Time: Jan 11, 2021 3:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
(Zoom link is provided in the Archdiocesan Calendar and in Principal Tasks)
If you have questions about accreditation with the NSBECS protocol and are scheduled to start your self-study next year, with a targeted site visit during the 2022-23 school year, join us on 1/14/2021 at 10am
Topic: Accreditation 2022-2023
Time: Jan 14, 2021 10:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
(Zoom link is provided in the Archdiocesan Calendar and in Principal Tasks)
If you don’t know where you’re at with accreditation, you have general questions or anxieties about accreditation, or you just like to be in meetings (soulmate!), join us for a General Accreditation FAQ Meeting on 1/28/2021 at 3pm
Topic: General Accreditation Meeting – WCEA – FYIs and FAQs
Time: Jan 28, 2021 03:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
(Zoom link is provided in the Archdiocesan Calendar and in Principal Tasks)