AdvancED Accreditation Timeline for Huntsville City Schools March 2, 2017

AdvancED Standards for Quality Is a Journey of Continuous Improvement for HCS AdvancED Standards for Quality require each school/district to be reviewed in a way that is appropriate to its mission and purpose. AdvancED research confirms the beliefs that every school requires: stable governance, management, and leadership; a coherent course of study; a reliable system by which to assess students’ progress; instructors who have a clear understanding of what they aim to teach, how, and why; and access to the resources they need.

2) host an External Review Team at least once every five years; What is Required by AdvancED Accreditation for Huntsville City Schools to Be Accreditated? In order to earn and/or maintain AdvancED Accreditation, a school or school system must: 1) meet the Accreditation Standards, Policies and Procedures of AdvancED; 2) host an External Review Team at least once every five years; 3) engage in continuous improvement; 4) submit all required accreditation reports; and 5) pay all required accreditation fees.

Additional Requirements to Satisfy AdvancED Accreditation for Huntsville City Schools Compliance with Applicable Governmental Requirements Non-discriminatory Admission of Students Records Retention Institutional Integrity Substantive Change Must be Reported to AdvancEd within 60 days Credits of Grade Placement An AdvancED school shall accept and classify transfer credits earned or grade placement from schools that are accredited by a recognized national, regional¹ or state accrediting agency without further validation based on the school’s policies and procedures governing such offerings. A school may accept credits or grade placement from non-accredited schools when validated by one or more of the following procedures: a review of the student’s academic record, an analysis of a sending school’s curriculum, a review of a portfolio of student work or through an assessment of scholastic performance.

HCS Accreditation Timeline Date Time Location Subject February 21, 2017 - Tuesday 8:30-11:30 Lee HS Lecture Hall eleot® - training Required by ALL Principals and TWO other certified teachers for ACCREDITATION and ACCOUNTABILITY Until end of 2nd semester 2nd Semester School Level eleot® - observations March 21, 2017 - Tuesday 8:30-12:30 MANDATE Training for ACCREDITATION - Bring Leadership TEAMeProve Overview/Orientation/Process/Assignments April 17 -28, 2017 online/paper Surveys Summer 2017   District and School leadership team aggregates data July 26, 27, or 28, 2017 - during PD days b/f start of school .5 day Session for school/district teams to answer questions and review work needed on each of the standards October 9 – 13, 2017 Final review by HCS before External Review Team visit November 14 - 17, 2017 4:00-6:30 Various Schools External Review Team in Huntsville City Schools November 17 2017 - Friday AM Session Board Room External Review Team Exit Reporting to HCS Board of Ed

AdvancEd eProve Surveys for Continuous Improvement April 17 – 28, 2017 AdvancEd Parent Survey This survey asks parents their opinions about their child’s school, including questions about teachers, administrators, and other aspects of their child’s and their own experiences with the school. AdvancEd Staff Survey This survey focuses on questions related to policies and procedures focused on continuous school improvement. AdvancEd Student Survey – Early Elementary AdvancEd Student Survey –Elementary The survey asks ELEMENTARY schools students their opinions about their school, including their teachers, administrators, their peers, and other aspects of their experience at school. AdvancEd Student Survey – Middle AdvancEd Student Survey – High The survey asks MIDDLE AND HIGH schools students their opinions about their school, including their teachers, administrators, their peers, and other aspects of their experience at school.

Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (ELEOT) What purpose does ELEOT serve? Essentially, ELEOT’s purpose is to identify observable evidence of classroom environments that are conducive to learning. ELEOT was developed for use by the External Review Team while on-site and replaces the former classroom observation walk-through instrument. The reason for the shift from a focus on teachers to a focus on learners is to ensure that learners are engaging acting, reacting, and benefiting from various contexts or environments that should be evident in all effective learning settings.