As
reported last week on Talking Taylor Schools, the AdvancED External Review Team
that visited the district early last week will recommend that all schools in
the Taylor School District be nominated for national accreditation.
According
to Supt. Diane Allen, who spoke at the announcement at the Board of Education
offices, it marks for the first in the district’s history that all schools will
be accredited. “This is a proud moment in my career,” she said yesterday.
The
district welcomed six members of the AdvancEd External Review Team to the
district April 19-22. The six members were comprised of educators from
Michigan, Florida, and Missouri. The Taylor School District has spent the
past two years preparing for AdvancED District Accreditation and their visit
was the last step before earning accreditation.
The
panel spent endless hours interviewing students, teachers, administrators and
others. The schools were numerically ranked in several key categories, and thus
rankings compared favorably to the average rankings of schools across the
nation previous accredited by the reviewers.
Accreditation
allows all schools to have a common language of school improvement and supports
a common accountability of requirements.
The
external review process ended Wednesday with a report to staffers, the Board of
Education and others, and gave the district recognition of Powerful Practices,
Opportunities for Improvement and Improvement Priorities.
There
is the complete report of the External Review Team, as presented last week.
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