This article will explore how ACSI accreditation can help to bring about school improvement.
Several qualities identify a school that is heading toward stagnation.
Indeed, the teacher is the most important ingredient God uses in a successful Christian school.
Without question, the most under-compensated employees in churches or para-church ministries are Christian school teachers.
Any school that desires to thrive and prosper must rigorously evaluate its effectiveness through an honest self-appraisal, formulate a plan to improve, and courageously implement that plan and monitor the results.
Evaluating the quality of your program is an essential task of a preschool director.
When we first began our scholarship program, parents were asked to submit a letter explaining their need and providing an overview of their income and indebtedness.
Throughout the nineties, educators have been challenged by the call for reform, standards, accountability, and "world class" education.
We must analyze the motivation, process, and effect of student assessment critically to see whether we have brought this important area under the lordship of Jesus Christ.
President's Desk: How often we engage ourselves in numerous changes only to discover that the result, the end product or desired outcome, has not really changed.
It was difficult to confirm the extent of the damage because the infrastructure of the affected region was totally destroyed.
The university is arguably the most significant shaping force in American culture.
I was looking for a way to stimulate school improvement in the years between accreditation visits when I hit on this idea. Why not invite educators from the community to come in, look around, and give us their impressions of the school, no holds barred?
Change in a school focuses on one of two areas, the institution or the students.
In the course of a school year, one thing that is easy to take for granted is the maintenance of the facility and equipment. All too often, we take these resources for granted until something fails.
How can Christian schools work toward improving student achievement?
ACSI accreditation provides strong standards and a schoolwide assessment procedure in the context of a biblical worldview. A school accomplishes the assessment by completing a self-study and then inviting a visiting accreditation committee to verify the self-study independently.
Because one of your school’s most valuable assets is your leadership, “time off the top” recommends that you carefully set aside the resources needed for your personal and professional development.
Decisions made in a crisis often lack the thought and careful consideration needed.
A Christian school guidance program needs several key components: a biblical philosophy, a curriculum, responsive services, system support, personnel, and program evaluation.
The revolution in Romania and the political changes in the other Eastern European countries in 1989 brought religious freedom, allowing Christians to fight for Christian education for their children.