Accreditation

During 2022-2023, Clayton County Public Schools engaged in a Cognia External Review. Cognia is the global leader in preschool through 12th grade accreditation services and is responsible for conducting five-year accreditation renewal visits for member school districts. A preliminary report was released by Cognia on Thursday, March 16, 2023 and presented to the Board of Education on Monday, March 27, 2023 at the Board of Education Work Session. (See the bottom of this page for archived documents.)

IMPROVEMENT JOURNEY

2023 ACCREDITATION

Timeline

Virtual Employee Meeting (Input) 02/09/2021
Virtual Community Meeting (Input) 02/11/2021
Virtual Student Meeting (Input) 02/12/2021
Board review/revision meetings 03/14/2021

03/15/2021

03/19/2021

Board review of final statements 04/29/2021
Board approval (Vision/Mission/Belief Statements/Goals) 06/21/2021
Cognia Surveys and Analysis 09/2021
Review SIP with CFT, Expanded Cabinet, and Core Cabinet – With Cognia Surveys 11/10/2021
Review SIP with Principals/Assistant Principals 11/18/2021
Meet with Cognia 12/1/2021
Directors and Above review SIP with departments 12/02/2021
Review SIP with school staff (principals will report comments and suggested changes) 12/15/2021
Develop KPI’s 12/15/2021
Create Action Plan 12/17/2021
Improvement Journey Lead Meeting TBD
CFT Meeting – Review of Accreditation Process and Training 01/27/2022
eBoard 01/31/2022
Update Website 01/31/2022
Board Presentation – Strategic Improvement Plan, Survey Results, Website, Accreditation Timeline and process 01/31/2022
eleot observations 02/1-28/ 2022
Community Meeting – Standard Review and Rating TBD
Principals’ Meeting – Standard Review and Rating 02/08/2022
Assistant Principals’ Meeting – Standard Review and Rating 02/09/2022
School/District Individual team meetings 02/2022-08/2022
CFT Analysis of eleot observations 03/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 03/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 04/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 05/2022
Cognia Surveys/Analysis 05/2022
Board Presentation - Cognia Update and Annual Report 05/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 06/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 07/2022
Check-in regarding progress towards completion 08/2022
CFT Update SIP Action Plan 08/2022
School/District Standards Self-Assessment Due 08/01/2022
School/District Executive Summary Due 08/15/2022
Cognia Surveys/Analysis 09/2022
District Key Characteristics Narratives Due 10/01/2022
District Reflections Due 10/1/2022
CFT Update SIP Action Plan 11/2022
District Artifacts Due 11/01/2022
District Self-Assessment (All components) entered in the Cognia Workspace 12/15/2022
eleot observations 01/1-31/2023
CFT Review of final report 12/15/2022
Board of Education Review of Report 12/15/2022
Board Presentation (Work Session) – Update on Cognia submissions 01/2023
Submit Cognia documents 01/15/2023
DISTRICT ENGAGEMENT REVIEW Beginning 2/1/2023
Board Presentation - Cognia Engagement Review Report 03/27/2023
CFT Review of “Draft” Engagement Review Report and update SIP/Action Plan as needed 05/2023