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An Accredited School
We're in year two of the seven-year cycle for ISACS and AMS accreditation. In year one, we did a survey of all parents, staff, and alumni. In year two, we'll be looking at every facet of our community and completing a study to identify our strengths, challenges, and our plans for continuous improvement. This will result in self-growth. In year three, we will be welcoming a team of colleagues from other independent schools to review our self-study and recommend reaccreditation.
The New School Montessori holds a charter from the Ohio
State Board of Education. Seeking accreditation is a choice
of many independent schools like The New School Montessori.
Accreditation by the Independent Schools Association of the Central
States (ISACS) and the American Montessori Society (AMS) is very
important.
Being an accredited school serves to provide us
with the distinction of being the only Montessori school in Ohio
accredited by both ISACS and AMS. Such recognition further
supports mission and our excellent Montessori curriculum being
taught by our highly credentialed, professional faculty.
ISACS works as an advocate for independent
schools. Among its goals is to keep independent schools as
independent as possible from state mandates, such as required
proficiency tests. It recognizes the value, as The New School Montessori
does, of allowing schools to devise the curricula their staff and
families believe will best suit the emotional, intellectual and
spiritual needs of their respective student bodies.
Accreditation by ISACS and AMS is a rigorous process, but well
worth our efforts.
Why Accreditation?
Accreditation will allow us greater:
1. Autonomy.
a. While maintaining Ohio State
accreditation, ISACS works as an
advocate for independent schools keeping them as independent as
possible.
b. ISACS recognizes the value of allowing
schools to devise curriculum that is believed to best suit the
emotional, intellectual and spiritual needs of their respective
student bodies.
2. Recognition.
a. Such a designation by AMS will serve to
recognize the excellent Montessori curriculum already being
taught at The New School Montessori.
b. Seen among schools like Cincinnati Country
Day and Seven Hills, with whom we share relationships, as one
maintaining standards of excellence above and beyond those
mandated by the state.
3. Accountability.
a. ISACS is recognized as a premier
Independent School Association for accreditation.
b. We will maintain our own set of standards
for accountability that support our successful delivery of the
mission.
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