School Accreditation and Requests to Reconsider The Colorado Department of Education September 2010

1. School Accreditation and Requests to Reconsider The Colorado Department of Education September 2010

2. Agenda • Timeline • Accreditation & plan assignments • Requests to reconsider • Multi-level schools • Special cases • Unified improvement plan

3. Timeline • August 15, 2010 – CDE releases SPF and DPF with initial school plans and initial accreditation categories. • October 15, 2010 – District submits accreditation category for schools and any additional evidence as applicable. • November 15, 2010 – CDE finalizes district accreditation and State Board approves school plan types. • January 15, 2011 – District submits Priority Improvement and Turnaround Plans, and any required for federal review. • April 15, 2011 – District submits Improvement and Performance Plans.

4. Accreditation form due October 15 • School Accreditation Form • E-mailed to all superintendents • To request forms or technical assistance: • Somoh Supharukchinda • http://www.schoolview.org/documents/SubmittingSchoolAccreditationandRequeststoReconsider.pdf

5. Review Process: Requests to Reconsider • Notify CDE that you will be submitting a request • Share your district’s framework or evidence base for the request • CDE reviews district’s framework or evidence base • Iterative process of providing and reviewing data to determine if there is compelling evidence that the district and/or school should be in a different category • CDE makes final determination and works with district to prepare materials for public posting

6. Request to reconsider form due October 15 • Request to Reconsider form • To request forms or technical assistance: • Somoh Supharukchinda • http://www.schoolview.org/documents/SubmittingSchoolAccreditationandRequeststoReconsider.pdf • Do you plan to submit any requests?

7. Multi-level schools • Option 1: • Multi-level schools receive multiple reports, with one for each level (E, M, H) • School writes a single plan using the lowest plan type assignment OR school writes one plan for each school’s specific plan assignment • Option 2 • Multi-level schools receive a single report, with one roll-up for the entire school. • School writes a single plan using the combined plan type assignment

8. Multi-level schools • Phone call or e-mail from Somoh, John Condie, or Jhon Penn • Indicate preference by survey • CDE will re-run reports with new roll-up, if selected, but not until the final run (Nov)

9. Special cases • New schools • Default to Performance, Accredited • K-2s • Submit plan type and accreditation category • AECs • Meeting on September 30, 10 am – 12 pm, CDE Board Room • Small districts • Case-by-case; confirm with your Performance Mgr

10. Unified Improvement Plan • http://www.schoolview.org/UnifiedImprovementPlanning.asp • School template • Pre-populated in CEDAR • District template • Quality criteria • Federal criteria • Sample school improvement plan

11. Resources • http://www.schoolview.org/learningcenter.asp • Office of Performance and Policy • Bill Bonk, Longitudinal Growth Consultant, bonk_w@cde.state.co.us • John Condie, Performance Support Manager, condie_j@cde.state.co.us • Kady Dodds, Policy Associate, dodds_k@cde.state.co.us • Dianne Lefly, Director of Research and Evaluation, lefly_d@cde.state.co.us • Marie Huchton, Senior Statistical Consultant, huchton_m@cde.state.co.us • Jhon Penn, Performance Support Director, penn_j@cde.state.co.us • Somoh Supharukchinda, Performance Support Manager, supharukchinda_s@cde.state.co.us • Richard Wenning, Associate Commissioner, wenning_r@cde.state.co.us