NCA District Accreditation

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NCA District Accreditation

• NCA Commission on Accreditation and School
  Improvement
• Overview of this new framework.

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Why Use This District Accreditation?

• Recognizes the uniqueness of each school within
  the district.
• Provides support through leadership, resources
  and services.
• Strives to reach the exemplary stage of
  improvement and provide the learner with a
  seamless transition for school to career.
• NCA accreditation complements Education YES!

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School Level Restructuring

• Many times schools work with only a few
  components at the school level.
• Students at the next school level have been
  exposed to a variety of restructuring techniques.
• True restructuring requires a systemic approach.

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System Change

• If only one component of a system is changed, the
  system will likely return to its original state
  in a relatively short time.
• Systemic change means to take into account the
  effect each component has on the other components.

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Some Examples of System Components

• Curriculum
• Facilities
• Resources
• Leadership, Vision

• Instruction
• Larger Educational Community
• Student Services
• Fiscal Management

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Creating a Vision

• The mission statement guides the district vision.
• The school level goals should be guided by the
  district mission.
• The goals should reflect, not copy the district
  mission.

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Membership
Middle School

• All schools must be candidates or members or
• Have a long term plan for bringing all schools
  into membership.
• Accredited by regional association.

High School
District
Galewood
Washington
Parkview
Weymouth
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District Responsibilities

• Develop the vision, mission and values.
• Involve all stakeholders.
• Verify school membership
• Annual accountability report to the community
• Host district peer review visits.
• Provide technical assistance to schools.
• Report at conclusion of cycle results of plan
  and documentation.

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What NCA Provides

• Personalized systemic approach.
• Data-driven decision-making process.
• External peer review.
• Measurement of organizational effectiveness
  against high standards.
• Focus on student performance at each level.

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Peer Visits

• Plan reviewed by school improvement members from
  other buildings within the district.
• Annual review of different portions of school
  programs.
• A visit with non-NCA components
• Documentation small team.
• Secondary school requires external peer review
  team visit.

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NCA District Accreditation Process

• Collect and analyze data. Develop a district
  profile.
• Determine areas of Strengths and Needs.
• Monitor Alignment of District and Building
  Mission and Beliefs.
• Develop District Improvement Goals.
• Develop Building level Improvement Goals

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NCA District Accreditation Process

• Design a District Improvement Plan
• District and building level goals
• Assessments
• Interventions
• Staff Development
• Develop a plan for documentation.
• Implement plan
• Host external review team visit

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NCA District Accreditation Process

• Analyze and document student, school and system
  improvement.
• Verify that schools follow the NCA school
  improvement protocol.
• Submit system summary report.

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NCA and Education YES!

• 67 of state
• evaluation process is
• related to MEAP scores.
• (Achievement)

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Education YES! Achievement Standards

• Achievement Status, Change and Growth based on
  three years of data. (Included in NCA process)
• Status A measurement based on data to be
  collected from all students.
• Change A measurement of whether student
  achievement is improving or declining.
• Growth A measure of whether students are
  receiving at leas one gear of academic growth for
  each year of instruction.

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Education YES!- Performance Standards

• Indicators of Engagement
• Use of performance management system (such as
  NCA), Continuous improvement and Curriculum
  alignment.
• Indicators of Instructional Quality
• Professional Development, extended learning
  opportunities, Arts and Humanities and Advanced
  coursework.
• Indicators of Learning Opportunities
• Family involvement, Student attendance and drop
  out rate, four year education and employment plan
  and school facilities.

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In Summary

• NCA provides a new district wide accreditation
  process focused on system change.
• All schools will be focused on the same goal
  areas.
• Individual schools will be assisted by teams from
  the feeder schools.
• The management of school improvement includes a
  process required by Education YES!