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CATEGORY A: ORGANIZATION FOR STUDENT LEARNING
A3. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CRITERION
The school leadership
(a) makes decisions to facilitate actions that focus the energies of the school on students' achievement of the schoolwide learner outcomes (b) empowers the staff and (c) encourages commitment, participation and shared accountability for student learning.
Defined Responsibilities, Practices.
A3.1. Indicator: The school has administrator and faculty written policies, charts, and handbooks that define responsibilities, operational practices, decision-making processes, and relationships of leadership and staff.
A3.1. Prompt: Evaluate these administrator and faculty written policies, charts, and handbooks. Determine the clarity and understanding of these by administration and the faculty.
MSS Administration holds regular meetings with Teachers and Staff to discuss and receive feedback regarding decisions that need to be made. These issues include school policies, students' achievements, and Church policy.
The MSS administration and faculty have monthly scheduled meetings with parents and guardians to discuss and decide relevant matters.
The MSS Faculty Handbook contains all school policies.
The MSS administration evaluates with the CMS curriculum coordinator and makes teaching assignments according to student progress.
• Minutes of MSS Board Meetings 2016-17, 2017-18.
• Minutes of MSS Board Meetings 2018-19
• Minutes of Teachers' meetings
• Minutes of PTA meetings 2016-17, 2017-18 (PTA)
• MSS Handbook
• MSS End-of-Year Inventory
• MSS End-of-Year Evaluations
Existing Structures
A 3.2. Indicator: The school has existing structures for internal communication, planning and resolving differences. A 3.2. Prompt: How effective are the existing structures for internal communication, planning and resolving differences?
The MSS leadership has a wide variety of experiences. The MSS leadership works to support the promotion of the Mission and Student Learning Outcomes.
The MSS school leadership works hard at creating an "open-door" policy with faculty and staff members.
MSS leadership capitalizes on individual's skills.
The MSS handbook clearly lays out roles and responsibilities.
The leadership team is committed to finding ways of enhancing our limited resources and using them for the promotion of student learning.
• MSS Organizational Chart
• MSS Governance profile: degrees, credentials, and work experiences
• MSS Handbook
• Homeroom PTA meetings
Involvement of Staff
A3.3. Indicator: The school leadership has processes and procedures for involving staff in shared responsibility, collaborative structures and actions, and accountability to focus ongoing improvement on teaching and learning that support student learning.
A3.3. Prompt: How effective are the processes and procedures for involving staff in shared responsibility, collaborative structures and actions, and accountability to focus ongoing improvement on teaching and learning that supports student learning?
The school leadership has been very effective in involving staff in shared responsibility, collaborative structures and actions, and accountability to focus ongoing improvement on teaching and learning that support student learning.
The MSS leadership works to support the promotion of the School Mission Statement and Student Learning Outcome.
The MSS school leadership works hard at creating an "open-door" policy with faculty and staff members.
• MSS Student Learning Outcome
• MSS Handbook
• MSS Faculty and Staff Professional Development Records (check MSS files)
• MSS school Faculty and Staff ProfessionalDevelopment in the last three years includes (PEC) Pacific Educational Convention every two years, Yearly Palau Educational Convention (MOE), Diversity Intelligence Advantage (MOE), P.E./Health (MOE), (PIBBA) Yearly Pacific Islands Bilingual Bicultural Association Convention, Planning & Preparation for School Year 2016-17(CMS Curriculum), Workshop for New Teachers (CMS Curriculum), McGraw-Hill Mastery Reading Training.
• WASC Workshop - November 1, 2018
Evaluation of Existing Processes
A3.4. Indicator: The school leadership regularly reviews the existing processes to determine the degree to which actions of the leadership and staff focus on successful student learning.
A3.4. Prompt: To what extent does the school leadership regularly review the existing processes to determine the degree to which actions of the leadership and staff focus on successful student learning?
The MSS leadership regularly works and supports the promotion of the Mission Statement and Student Learning Outcomes.
The leadership team is committed to finding ways of enhancing our limited resources and using them for the promotion of student learning.
MSS students participate in MOE programs.
MSS students participate in community activities/services.
• Monthly MSS teachers' meetings
• MSS Subject Department meetings
• MSS quarterly report card
• MSS quarterly honor rolls
• MSS Students' of the Month awards
• MSS leadership and teachers involves the students in MOE programs, such as: art , essay , poem contests, Didil Belau Spelling Bee, MOE Science Fair
• Through Ebiil Society an NGO agency, MSS students have participated on fieldtrips for environmental awareness programs
• During Catholic Schools Week students did coastal clean-up and visited the elderly