Early Childhood Education in Ocala, Florida

Strand 1: Clear Purpose: Mission and Vision

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Clyde A. Graham, Kat J. Crowell, Caroline Burton Farmer, Melinda Parker-Brown

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• School’s Mission Statement
• School’s most recent Vision Statement
• Short- term and Long-term goals

Strand 2: Spirituality: Stimulating Spiritual Growth and Understanding

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Melinda Parker Brown, Pastor Kat Crowell, Shamim Valliani, Martha Marin Minister, Johnnie Reynolds

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Philosophy of Education reflecting a commitment to
• Biblical/transformational perspectives
• Evidence of compliance with Doctrinal Standards of CSF or compliance with Transformational Education

Strand 3: Leading: Governance and Leadership

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Pastor Crowell, Pastor Rhella Murdaugh, Melinda Parker Brown

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Policy Manual – a manual containing policies of the Board and not previous Board minutes
• Pictorial diagram of the school’s governance pattern
• If a church related school, a policy stating the relationship of the sponsoring church to the school

Strand 4: Teaching and Learning

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Shamim Valliani, Salima Ali, Lourdes Supulveda, Martha Marin, Caroline Farmer, Melinda Parker Brown, Clyde A. Graham

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Curriculum Guide: contains scope and sequence and Instructional objectives/learner outcomes
• Parent and Student Handbook
• Current certificates FROM health, safety, sanitation, background screening, fire
• Current annual school instructional calendar and DAILY schedules

Strand 5: Documenting: Gathering, Codifying, and Using Results

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Caroline Burton, Clyde Graham, Melinda Parker Brown, Salima Ali

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Test records of students showing progress in the curriculum
• Test records of students showing performance in nationally normed reference tests
• Test records of students showing performance in PSAT, ACT, SAT tests
• Student record system

Strand 6: Resources: Personnel, Material, Financial and Systems

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Lakesha Colyer, Pastor Kat Crowell, Steven Yager

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Enrollment – current and trends
• Faculty and administrative staff information including certification and other
• Data substantiating suitability of teaching assignments
• Financial records for the previous and current school year in the format of an operations budget as well as an outside financial review
• Insurance coverage
• Published nondiscrimination policy for admission
• Current compliance certificates for health, safety, sanitation, background screening, fire

Strand 7: Transparency: Communicating School Improvement with Board-Determined Ministry Partners/Stakeholders

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Caroline Burton, Cldye Graham, Melinda Parker Brown, Salima Ali

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Results of community surveys: Parents, Board, Students, Faculty, alumni, and other stake holders identified by the Governing Board
• Examples of communication vehicles used with the school community

Strand 8: Commitment to Continuous School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Accreditation Data (Team Assigned):
Kat Crowell, Melinda Parker-Brown, Caroline Burton, Salima Ali

Specific Items for Peer Review Team:

• Narratives contained in the Focus Area Report