The Middle States Accreditation
Process
Schreiber High School
What is Middle States?
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Middle States is an
organization founded in
1920 that promotes the
improvement of
secondary education.
Member schools go
through an evaluation
process and, if they
meet Middle States
standards, are granted
accreditation.
What Does Accreditation Mean To Us?
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Accreditation is the affirmation that a school provides
a quality of education that the community has a right
to expect and the education world endorses.
Accreditation is a means of showing confidence in a
school's performance.
The chief purpose of the whole accreditation process
is the improvement of education for youth by
evaluating the degree to which a school has attained
worthwhile outcomes set by its own staff and
community.
What Did Schreiber Do?
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Principal attended orientation
sessions in Philadelphia
Appointed two Internal
Coordinators
Sent the Internal Coordinators
to Philadelphia for training
Constructed a Planning Team
Met with the Planning Team and
established timetable and plan
Worked cooperatively with the
Compact Committee
Who Was on the Planning Team?
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Jay Lewis – Principal
David Miller – Assistant
Principal*
Lauren Giliof - Teacher*
Dr. Charles Piemonte –
Assistant Superintendent
Jeffery Lesser – Mathematics
Chairperson
Joan Lisecki – English
Chairperson
Trish Burr – Special Education
Chairperson
Mark Rothman – Social Studies
Chairperson
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Andrea O’Brien – Science
Teacher
Nancy Zove – LOTE Teacher
Kris Murphy – Art Teacher
Amy Prochaska – Special
Education Teacher
Valerie Seiner – Math Teacher
Julie Gross – Parent
Eileen Zupnick – Parent
Sidney Ginsburg – Student
Jason Lifton - Student
* Denotes Internal Coordinator
What Was Our Process?
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The faculty and all planning team members met in
committees to conduct a self study of the Middle
States standards.
A survey of all Schreiber parents was conducted.
A survey of all Schreiber students was conducted.
Survey data was collected and shared with the staff,
the planning team and compact committee.
Process Continued…
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Objective committees were created to formulate
ideas for school-wide objectives based on the survey
feedback.
The planning team analyzed the results of the
objective committees and created three objectives.
The internal coordinators edited the objectives and
developed baseline data.
Objectives and baseline data were submitted to
Middle States and consequently approved.
Process Continued…
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The objectives were submitted to and endorsed by
the faculty and planning team.
Committees devised action plans which were
reviewed by the planning team and edited by the
internal coordinators.
Activity steps were designed by departments and
interdisciplinary committees for each action plan
element.
Documents will be gathered, and information
published, over the summer to prepare for the
validation team visit.
What Are Our Objectives and Action
Plans?
Objective #1
By the year 2014 students at Schreiber High School will demonstrate
academic improvement by earning an increased number of advanced
Regents diplomas, an increase in the number of students achieving
mastery on Regents examinations and an increase in enrollment in
elective courses.
Action Plan
•Develop activities specifically designed to improve Regents test scores.
•Align curriculum and standards via horizontal articulation.
•Improve students’ study skills and organizational techniques.
•Create and deliver staff development programs designed to assist
teachers in enhancing student performance.
•Increase awareness of elective programs to students and parents.
•Increase student parental and student awareness of the advantages of
taking an additional science and foreign language course culminating in a
Regents exam.
•Increase parental and student awareness of the requirements and
advantages of an Advanced Regents Diploma.
•Improve communication between the school and parents regarding
student academic progress.
Objective #2
By the year 2014, Schreiber High School students will gain
proficiency in information literacy as measured by grade level
assessments of information literacy standards.
Action Plan
•Develop a set of school wide information literacy standards. Create
grade level benchmarks for designated information literacy
standards.
•Create assessments designed to assess student mastery of
designated information literacy standards.
•Develop departmental and interdepartmental programs designed to
improve student information literacy.
Objective #3
By the year 2014 Schreiber High School students will show an
improved understanding of integrity, conduct and civic
responsibility.
Action Plan
•Increase the number of students participating in community service activities.
•Development and implementation of a comprehensive character education program.
•Investigate alternative disciplinary consequences and the efficacy of the schools
current discipline procedures.
•Exploration and possible development of additional activities for students during
unscheduled time.
•Raise student awareness about the importance of respect for themselves, each other
and the operation and maintenance of a clean and orderly school.
•Assess the level of students’ respect for themselves, each other and the operation
and maintenance of a clean and orderly school.
•Development of staff development programs designed to assist all staff in dealing with
classroom management issues.
•Conduct regular analysis of data pertaining to assignments of formal disciplinary
consequences and share this data with appropriate school staff.
•Development of a program(s) designed to remediate at risk behaviors that lead to
formal disciplinary consequences.
Our Middle States Plan…
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Recognizes the importance of Academic
excellence
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Expects that our students become concerned,
committed and active members of society
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Demands that students are prepared to meet the
technological challenges of the 21st century
Middle States Validation Team Visit
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October 24, 25, 26 and 27th.
Opening Dinner: October 24th in the
Schreiber Library (Time TBA)
Interviews with Board of Education Members
during the team visit (Times TBA).
Oral report of Visiting Team Chairperson:
Friday, October 27th (Time TBA)