Andrews Academy Receives a Recommended Six Year Status of Accreditation
At the close of the day on Tuesday (April 19), the accreditation Visiting Team reported back to the AA faculty and board with its conclusions. After going through details of their report, they concluded with a Recommended Status of Accreditation of Six years with a mid-cycle visit. There will also be a one-year special focus visit to review the school’s Continuous School Improvement Plan (Strategic Plan). The Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools (AAA) is an educational accreditation body operated by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. The NAD Commission on Accreditation (NADCOA), a division of AAA, will receive this recommendation when it convenes its annual meeting at the end of July when NADCOA will then process this recommendation and vote to approve or modify this recommendation. In the fall, official certificates that reflect the Academy’s updated status of accreditation will be provided by the NAD Office of Education. An additional accreditation was also concurrently conducted by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA), a national independent accreditation organization. MSA will issue its certificate later in the fall. A six-year accreditation recommendation is the upper limit of an accreditation term.
The members of the accreditation team consisted of teachers, principals, and education superintendents from various places throughout the United States. They examined details of the Academy’s accreditation documents developed and completed this school year to reflect how AA is endeavoring to meet various standards of accreditation. While the team visited the school for a couple of days this week, its work began remotely about one month ago. While on campus, the accreditation team conducted observations and interviews, as well as reviewed features of the school that were documented in our report. Upon completion of these observations and many hours of dialogue, the accreditation team made a recommendation that reflects the school’s status of accreditation and the length of the recommended accreditation status.
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