ACE Training Workshop (NEASC)

NEASC: ACE Training Workshop at IC

Saturday, April 14, IC’s Educational Resources Center organized a day-long ACE Learning Training Workshop presented by CIE Accreditation Leader Trillium Hibbeln and sponsored by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges. Thirty IC teachers and administrators were joined by another 27 teachers, administrators and school consultants from other schools around Lebanon and from Jordan. The workshop trained participants in the new NEASC standards and principles for accreditation (ACE) and prepared them to become members of future NEASC visiting teams for Accreditation. These new standards and principles represent the interdependent relationships among the three pillars of ACE Learning – Architecture (what, why and how learners learn), Culture (the school’s beliefs about the conditions for effective learning) and Ecology (the physical and social/emotional “space” in which learning occurs). They indicate the conditions, premises, norms and values that enable effective learning to occur. Participants found the workshop well-presented, informative, and engaging.

This workshop represented Part 1 of the preparation for becoming a NEASC ACE Learning Visiting Team member. Participants will be invited by NEASC to complete Part 2 in the near future. Whether the participants go on to become members of future NEASC Visiting Teams or use what they learned to guide their schools towards their next accreditation cycle, the information was timely, interesting and challenging.