Smoothing Your Path Through the ACCS Accreditation Process – Carmen Watson

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Summary

This session walks school administrators through the steps of the ACCS accreditation process. Attendees will receive a suggested timeline and other helpful organizing documents, with clear steps to take to gather needed materials. This session will also provide counsel about evaluating the school’s curriculum and teaching practice in-house to assess areas for improvement before the visit and will address how to communicate with teachers as the school walks through this process. Workshop attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and share experience and wisdom with each other as well.

This session and its resources can be helpful for schools seeking both initial and reaccreditation.

Speaker

Carmen Watson has been a teacher in classical Christian schools for eighteen years and an administrator for nine years, including two years as the Upper School Principal at Providence Classical School (PCS) in Spring, Texas. During her time at PCS, Carmen has successfully coordinated the school’s ACCS reaccreditation process three times, including this past spring. She has also served on three accreditation visit committees, so she is familiar with the accreditation process from both sides. Carmen earned her M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Covenant College in 2016 and enjoys helping teachers and administrators improve classroom practice and the documentation of their curriculum and other systems.

cwatson@pcsclassical.org

Additional Materials

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