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Tolland High School Names Steering Committee for NEASC Accreditation

THS has been a NEASC member since 1973.

Press Release Sent to Tolland Patch:

Dominique Fox, principal of , has announced the names of Steering Committee members who will direct the school's efforts during its self-study and the accreditation by the Commission on Public Secondary Schools of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The committee will be co-chaired by Margot Martello, assistant principal, and Shelley Manning, social studies teacher. Other committee members include Dominique Fox and teachers Evangeline Abbott, Ruth Leary, Ivy Morrison, Kim Simon, and Jeffrey Susla.

NEASC membership requires that a school undergo a self-study and formal evaluation at least once every ten years.  The Steering Committee's responsibilities will include coordinating a schedule of events for the school's self-study, collecting reports from various subcommittees, and making necessary preparations for the evaluation committee's visit.

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The self-study will include the completion of a comprehensive assessment of teaching and learning and the support of teaching and learning. The focus of the evaluation visit will be to determine the extent to which our programs and services carry out the school's core values and beliefs about student learning and meet the Commission's Standards for Accreditation.

Tolland High School was last accredited in 2004 and has maintained continued accreditation since it was awarded NEASC membership in 1973. The next accreditation by a Commission visiting committee will be conducted in 2014.

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The New England Association of Schools and Colleges is a voluntary membership organization of more than 2000 public and independent schools, colleges, universities, and vocational, technical, and career institutions. Of these, approximately 650 middle-high, K-12, and high schools have been accredited through the Association's Commission on Public Secondary Schools. The Commission works with individual institutions to improve the quality of education at all levels through a continuous process of evaluation and accreditation.

 


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