EPIC Award for WPC Alums

Five graduates of Warner Pacific College's Master of Education Program received good news this spring.

Reynolds Authur Academy in Troutdale, Oregon received recognition as an EPIC Charter School Award Winner. The school was of three schools named a "Gold Gain School" from among 179 schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia that are part of the EPIC National Charter School Consortium.  

The staff at Reynolds Authur Academy boasts five educators who received a Master of Education degree from WPC. They are:

• Jesse Slick '09 - 6th Grade Teacher
• Julie Maes '09 - 4th Grade Teacher
• Amy Nickolas '09 - 3rd Grade Teacher
• Arthur Glenn Izer '10 - Assistant Principal
• Chris Arnold '09 - Principal

Charter schools in the Consortium driving the highest student achievement gains have been recognized as EPIC award winners for their extraordinary impact on students and for agreeing to work with New Leaders to document the practices driving their achievement gains. The EPIC National Charter School Consortium consisted of five Cohorts from 2007 to 2012. During its five-year span, 97 EPIC awards were presented to a diverse group of independent and CMO-affiliated schools.

Impact of the Program:

• Awarded over $8 million to more than 1,800 charter school educators in exchange for sharing their effective practices so that others could learn from their success.
• Researched, documented, and published more than 50 case studies and profiles of EPIC award-winning charter schools on the EPIC Knowledge System.
• Provided more than 380 charter schools in the Consortium with tools and resources that they could use to drive their own student achievement gains.
• Developed, in partnership with Mathematica Policy Research, a unique value-added model that allows comparison of test scores across different states to determine EPIC award winners.

Congratulations to these outstanding alums!