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Volusia County Schools begins Cognia reaccreditation; board raises questions about remote reviews and cost
Summary
Volusia County Schools launched its Cognia reaccreditation process on Dec. 3, reviewing a six-year cycle and 31 performance standards. Board members pressed Cognia staff on a shift to remote evaluations, evaluator qualifications, Assurance #8 changes and the district’s roughly $98,000 budget for the review.
Volusia County Schools on Tuesday, Dec. 3 opened a board workshop to begin its reaccreditation with Cognia, a national nonprofit accreditation organization, with Superintendent Carmen Balgobin saying, “Volusia County has begun the process of reaccreditation.”
The district and Cognia staff outlined a six-year accreditation cycle, 31 performance standards organized under four key characteristics — culture of learning, leadership for learning, engagement of learning and growth and learning — and a timeline that includes a district portfolio submission about four weeks before the formal engagement review and a 45-minute leadership presentation as the final scheduled event. Dr. Jessica Swearer of Cognia described accreditation as “ongoing, continuous improvement and support and progress monitoring as well.”
Why it matters: District accreditation affects how the school system documents quality and continuous improvement and can…
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