Accrediting and Other Organizations
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Is Accreditation Necessary?
For small schools and K-6 schools, probably not. For most junior and senior high schools accreditation is an important indicator of many things to the outside world. Accreditation attests to the strength of your programs, the quality of your staff and facilities. Most importantly it examines how well you live up to the stated mission of your school.
For small schools and K-6 schools, probably not. For most junior and senior high schools accreditation is an important indicator of many things to the outside world. Accreditation attests to the strength of your programs, the quality of your staff and facilities. Most importantly it examines how well you live up to the stated mission of your school.
Alumni Program Council for independent Schools
APCIS's "purpose is to support independent schools by strengthening their relationship with their graduates."
APCIS's "purpose is to support independent schools by strengthening their relationship with their graduates."
Canadian Educational Standards Institute
"The Mission of the Canadian Educational Standards Institute is to promote educational excellence through a rigorous school accreditation process."
"The Mission of the Canadian Educational Standards Institute is to promote educational excellence through a rigorous school accreditation process."
The Chewonki Foundation
"Chewonki is dedicated to helping people grow individually and in community with others by providing educational experiences that foster an appreciation of the natural world and that emphasize the power of focused, collective effort."
"Chewonki is dedicated to helping people grow individually and in community with others by providing educational experiences that foster an appreciation of the natural world and that emphasize the power of focused, collective effort."
The Council for American Private Education
"The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of national organizations and state affiliates serving private elementary and secondary schools."
"The Council for American Private Education (CAPE) is a coalition of national organizations and state affiliates serving private elementary and secondary schools."
Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education
"We serve as a national resource for schools to encourage the moral, ethical, and spiritual development of young people."
"We serve as a national resource for schools to encourage the moral, ethical, and spiritual development of young people."
Council on International Educational Exchange
A rich trove of resources for teachers and students alike. Jobs, student exchanges, travel and more.
A rich trove of resources for teachers and students alike. Jobs, student exchanges, travel and more.
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
"The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region, which includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several locations internationally."
"The Middle States Commission on Higher Education is the unit of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools that accredits degree-granting colleges and universities in the Middle States region, which includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several locations internationally."
National Council for Private School Accreditation
"Serving as a national review panel for the standards and procedures of private school accrediting associations."
"Serving as a national review panel for the standards and procedures of private school accrediting associations."
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
"NEASC serves some 1,800 public and independent schools, colleges and universities in the six states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and approximately 70 American/International schools around the globe."
"NEASC serves some 1,800 public and independent schools, colleges and universities in the six states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont and approximately 70 American/International schools around the globe."
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
"The Association is one of six regional institutional accrediting associations in the United States. Through its Commissions it accredits, and thereby grants membership to educational institutions in the nineteen-state North Central region."
"The Association is one of six regional institutional accrediting associations in the United States. Through its Commissions it accredits, and thereby grants membership to educational institutions in the nineteen-state North Central region."
Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
"The mission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the improvement of education in the south through accreditation."
"The mission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is the improvement of education in the south through accreditation."
Western Association of Schools and Colleges
"The Western region covers institutions in California and Hawaii, the territories of Guam, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the Pacific Basin, and East Asia, and areas of the Pacific and East Asia."
"The Western region covers institutions in California and Hawaii, the territories of Guam, American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of Palau, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, the Pacific Basin, and East Asia, and areas of the Pacific and East Asia."
Wisconsin Nonpublic School Accrediting Association
"The Wisconsin Nonpublic School Accrediting Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1991 to provide nonpublic schools with an ongoing school improvement process."
"The Wisconsin Nonpublic School Accrediting Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1991 to provide nonpublic schools with an ongoing school improvement process."