Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
1/11/2018 - 7:00 PM
Category:
New Business and Reports to the Board
Type:
Info
Subject:
Accreditation Update
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal
:
Objective 1.1 Educational Excellence
ACPS will regularly assess and respond to the needs, interests, and abilities of individual students.
Policy:
IA - Instructional Goals and Objectives
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
:
File Attachment:
180111_MEMO_Accreditation_Update.pdf
181101_Presentation_School_Strategies.pdf
Agenda Item Summary
:
ACPS has four schools in a partially or denied accreditation status for school year 2017-18. Below is a list of the schools with their current accreditation status:
1. Jefferson-Houston- Accreditation Denied (Reading, Science and
Math)
2. William Ramsay- Partially Accredited: Reconstituted School
(Science)
3. Francis C. Hammond- Partially Accredited: Reconstituted
School (Reading)
4. T.C. Williams- Partially Accredited: Warned School-Pass Rate
(Math)
Background
:
The division has put in various structures to support and monitor school’s progress, such as governance meetings, internal academic reviews and instructional walk-throughs. Each school has also put in structures and practices to support teachers and students in order to reach full accreditation.
Recommendation
Review division and school strategies and initiatives for attaining full accreditation
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Emilee McHugh - Administrative
Signed By:
Dr. Gerald R. Mann, Jr. - Executive Director of Instructional Support
Signed By:
Lisa Piehota - Executive Director, Elementary Instruction
Signed By:
Lois Berlin -