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District Accreditation

District Accreditation. November 8, 2011 A & S Presentation. AdvancED and its accreditation division, SACS CASI, awards School District of Palm Beach County District Accreditation FY09 - FY13 . Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement.

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District Accreditation

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  1. District Accreditation November 8, 2011 A & S Presentation

  2. AdvancED and its accreditation division, SACS CASI, awards School District of Palm Beach County District Accreditation FY09 - FY13 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement

  3. Some Accreditation Benefits • Schools/District receive accreditation by meeting national standards • External review assures community of educational quality • Cost savings

  4. FY09-FY13 Five-Year Cycle Most recently, met or exceeded all seven standards

  5. FY09-FY13 Five-Year Cycle FY12 School and District Actions Internal Review

  6. Overlapping Timelines • Internal reviews • External review – last year of five-year cycle

  7. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle AdvancED External Review (site visit) – January 27-30, 2013

  8. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle Accreditation Levels • District • Accredited • Accredited: On Advisement • Accredited: Warned • Accredited: Probation

  9. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle New Accreditation Levels • Schools - All schoolsindividually rated • Accredited: Excellence* • Accredited: Distinction* • Accredited • Accredited: On Advisement • Accredited: Warned • Accredited: Probation *Application and site visit required - Projected that only 10-15% of schools who apply for Excellence or Distinction will qualify

  10. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle What’s New • Schools evaluated on • New Standards, new indicators, and new rubric • Student performance results • Stakeholder perception surveys (staff, student, and parents) • Schools use web-based tool –Adaptive System of School Improvement Support Tool (ASSIST)

  11. Standards

  12. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle Example of New Indicators • Standard 3: Teaching and Assessing for Learning Indicator 3.9: • The school has a formal structure whereby each student is well known by at least one adult advocate in the school who supports that student’s educational experience.

  13. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle Example for Indicator 3.9* • Level 3School personnel participate in a structure that gives them long-term interaction with individual students, allowing them to buildstrong relationships over time with the student. All students may participate in the structure. The structure allows the school employee to gain insight into and serve as an advocate for the student’s needs regarding learning skills, thinking skills, and life skills. *4 point rubric

  14. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle Student Performance Results • AdvancED is developing guidelines • May include proficiency, improvement, gap, graduation • FCAT and other sources

  15. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle Stakeholder Surveys • Teachers/staff • Parents • Students • Must use AdvancED surveys • Administer spring FY12

  16. FY14-FY18 Five-Year Cycle ASSIST • Upload documents supporting continuous improvement • Enter rubric score on each of the 33 indicators • Used by AdvancED’s External Review Team to determine schools’ and District’s accreditation level

  17. FY14-FY18 Five-Year CycleFY12 School and District Actions External Review

  18. Summary • Schools/District benefit • Moving to next five-year cycle • Schools and District have different levels of accreditation

  19. Summary • In FY12 schools have six actions • Attend PD for New Accreditation Standards and ASSIST • Identify Internal Facilitators • Update Demographics • Administer surveys • Use currently available documents • Arrange stakeholder interviews (24 schools)

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