SECTION 4
QUALITY ASSURANCE
1. How does the
school ensure that the plan for improvement is enacted, monitored, and analyzed
on a continuous basis?
Given the governance structure of Colegio Maya with a 9 member parent Board organized in committees, especially the School Improvement Committee that includes representatives of the larger school community, quality assurance consists of on-going accountability via committee goal setting, progress reports, active support of in-put and initiatives to make the plan better and ultimately, budget support. Through a wide variety of systems in place from program based budget planning, curriculum committees, technology support including a comprehensive web site, curriculum mapping software, WinSchool record keeping software, a comprehensive annual standardized testing program, yearly goal setting expected of each individual staff member, department and curricular area, monthly newsletters, weekly coffees and as much program transparency as possible, Colegio Maya actively assures its constituency that it is a school dedicated to improvement.
2. How does the
school use and communicate the results of its efforts to improve student
learning?
As outlined in Section 2, Student Performance Data, Colegio
Maya uses many different ways to measure student learning. From standardized
testing to building portfolios to quarterly grade reports to systems in place
to support students needing extra help, to school wide initiatives in reading,
writing, wellness, etc., Colegio Maya actively demonstrates its commitment to
improved student learning. Colegio Maya celebrates improved student learning in
a wide variety of ways. These include: individual notes/emails home from
teachers to parents, secondary showcase curricular assemblies, Star Student of
the Month elementary assemblies, new electives to better meet the needs and
desires of our secondary students like Knowledge, Theory and
3. How does the school manage its internal
systems, e.g., organizational planning, scheduling, evaluation systems, and
allocation of resources to ensure that they effectively serve and enhance
student learning?
Colegio Maya has well developed and articulated management
systems in place that all have as their ultimate goal, support of academic
excellence and continuous student learning. The 9 member parent Board is guided
by a formal policy that is continuously reviewed and available for public view.
The administration ‘s organization structure consists of a