1. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Program For Early Education Programs Diocese of Orlando Wednesday, March 11, 2015

2. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Program Welcome and Opening Prayer Overview of Accreditation The Process What’s Involved The Self-Study The Big Questions Timeline CIPA Guide Standards Overview & Activity Site Visits Resources & Next Steps

3. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Program What is Accreditation? A process of school improvement using a set of educational standards

4. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation for Early Education Programs Free Standing Early Childhood Centers in the Diocese of Orlando begin the self-study portion of the process with this orientation First visits will be in the spring of 2016

5. Accreditation Process Orientation Self-study (CIPA) Visitation Approval Implement Action Plan

6. Each Year Implement and Update Action Plan Health & Safety Checklists Validate Benchmarks (ARCA) Annual Site Visit

7. Self-Study or CIPA Continuous Improvement Process for Accreditation (CIPA) Clear picture of the current state Direction for the future

8. Self-Study or CIPA: ACTIONS Review Gather Evidence Determine Compliance

9. Self-Study or CIPA: DOCUMENTS Florida Catholic Conference Standards, Benchmarks, & Indicators Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards: Birth to Five; Four Year Old Health & Safety Checklist for Nonpublic Schools FCC Health & Safety Checklist

10. Self-Study or CIPA Determine Strengths Opportunities for Growth Action Plan

11. Self-Study or CIPA Action Plan One short-term (one year) Two long-term goals (three to five years)

12. Accreditation – On Site Visitation Validate the CIPA work and determine compliance with standards – Two Days: Tour the Facility & Grounds Review Evidence Meet with Staff Members & Parents Conduct Observations Complete Report

13. Accreditation – Approval The Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Committee Reviews the report Recommends to the Superintendents Program receives full accreditation status

14. Accreditation – Implementation Review the Report Implement Recommendations & Action Plan ARCA Checklists Site Visit

15. Accreditation – Goal Vibrant Successful Centers

16. Continuous Improvement Plan for Accreditation (CIPA) So, where do we go from here? How do we get started? What are these standards, benchmarks, and indicators? Who will visit our centers? Are we going to have help?

17. CIPA So, where do we go from here? Timeline for Early Education Programs Continuous Improvement Process for Accreditation.docx

18. CIPA Guide 2015 for EEP.docx How do we get started? CIPA

19. What are these standards and benchmarks? FCC Catholic Early Education Program Standards Benchmarks and Indicators 2015.doc CIPA

20. Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators Activity Standards Benchmarks Indicators and Evidence Activity.docx CIPA

21. Who will visit our centers? Visitors and Training Coming Soon – Next School Year CIPA

22. Are we going to have help? FCC/Diocesan Personnel Next Steps CIPA

23. Florida Catholic Conference Accreditation Program Mary Camp Associate Director for Accreditation mcamp@flacathconf.org Office: 850-224-7906 Cell: 850-728-4272