School Accreditation and Requests to Reconsider The Colorado Department of Education September 2010 CDE 9.22.10 - Accreditation & Planning

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

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. CDE 9.22.10 - Accreditation & Planning

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

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

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

Multi-level schools Option 1: Option 2 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

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)

Special cases New schools K-2s AECs Small districts 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

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

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