Please contact the STAR coordinator if you are a STAR school and trying to make a submission. Thank you.
Steps Toward Achieving Recognition
Designed to assist non-accredited ACSI member schools with a formal process of school improvement that will lead schools toward recognition and possibly toward accreditation with ACSI.
“As we worked through each area, I saw more and more teachers comparing and talking with others, asking questions, and working to develop a “team” style of teaching and working together. The discussions went beyond the faculty meetings and into the faculty room and classrooms.”
Brockton Christian School, Massachusetts
School Core Assumptions:
- Christ centered
- Goal and results oriented
- Learning centered
- People committed
- Assessment driven
Distinctives of the program:
- Five step process—each step is designed to take a year, but not more than two years; some schools may move more quickly
- Completing projects in such areas as instructional objectives, scope and sequence, budget planning, professional development, long and short range planning, etc.
- Web based
Registration On the Website
The STAR program is an Online system where ACSI member schools are engaged in a participatory style discussion with the STAR Program coordinator. Remember to Log In as a School with a School Username on the ACSI website and thereafter apply for the STAR program if you haven't already. If you haven't registered with the ACSI website please click on the REGISTER Link on the top right hand corner of the page and follow the field prompts to register your school with a School Username.
Instructions for Registering on the website and applying for the STAR program
Comments from STAR schools:
“The experience of carefully studying each subject area taught by our school has focused our attention on detail and accuracy. Not only has the faculty gained a renewed sense of subject matter accuracy, but also they have developed a vision of more effective teaching methodology, including long range planning to insure that all important areas are addressed. There is also a deeper commitment to biblical integration of all subject areas. The study resulting from this activity served to highlight those areas needing the light of God’s truth to understand them more fully.”
Spartanburg Christian Academy, South Carolina
“Every member of our staff was challenged in both heart and mind through our discussion related to the questions posed in Activity 2. The most productive discussion centered on student expected outcomes. All of us were greatly challenged and motivated to provide a learning environment that served to train our students in both heart and mind, resulting in spiritual development as well as academic achievement.”
Faith Community Christian School, Wisconsin
The following documents provide additional information about ACSI’s STAR program:
STAR Brochure