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FLORIDA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM (FCCAP)
est. 1969-70 school year

The Florida Catholic Conference is a charter/ founding member of the following organizations:

Florida Association of Academic
Nonpublic Schools
National Council for Private
School Accreditation

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A Brief History of the
FCC Accreditation Committee by
One of Its
Founding Members

"... in my opinion, the establishment of the Florida Catholic Conference’s Accreditation Program was one of the best, if least known, accomplishments
of the conference."


Thomas A. Horkan, Jr.
FCC Executive Director Emeritus
 

PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE!

Archive of Accreditation News

A Word of Thanks to Our Catholic School Principals
Catholic School Leaders Convene ... for 2007 FCC Administrators' Conference
FCCAP Adopts Special Purpose School/ Program Standards
NCEA's 2006 Conference Addresses Challenging Times
Accreditation May Protect other K-12 Voucher Programs
Special Letter to FCC Principals
Welcome to New Accreditation Program Manager

 


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Accreditation Program Resources
We have gathered our most commonly used resources into one location below.

Manuals and Addendums:

Principles & Standards Manual (July 2008 Ed.)

Revised Personnel Standards
(D9 & D11)

FCC Accreditation Policies & Procedures FCC Strategic Plan (July 07 Ed) FCC Companion Manual (Password Protected, for Self-Study Schools Only)
Visitation Team and Chairperson Information:
FCC Visitation Manual FCCAP Standards Checklist (May 2008) Chairperson's Checklist
(Key Reminders)
Poem/ Testimonial from School After Hosting Visitation Placeholder for Future Information/ Resource
Annual Dues for FCCAP Member Schools

Special Note: Please click the link provided to obtain the dues form for 2008-09.  If your enrollment is finalized, you can pay dues early as the amount of $1.50 per student enrolled (Pre-Kindergarten to 8th Grade) has been set for the 2008-09 school year.

Dues Form for the 2008-09 School Year

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Revision for the FCC “Principles and Standards"

The FCC Accreditation Committee has approved revised language for Area E, Administration
Standard 2 (regarding Teacher Assistants by Grade Level).  For more information,
PLEASE CLICK HERE.
 

          "Indeed, everything possible must be done, in cooperation with the wider community, to ensure that they are accessible to people of all social and economic strata.  No child should be denied his or her right to an education in faith, which in turn nurtures the soul of a nation."

Quote from Pope Benedict XVI's address  to educators about Catholic schools
April 17, 2008 -- at the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

CLICK HERE FOR A LINK TO THE ENTIRE ADDRESS

 

COMING SOON, A PILOT FCCAP PROJECT:
ABSTRACTS/ LINKS TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION ARTICLES

(focusing on availability, accessibility and affordability)

     "It is the responsibility of the entire Catholic community -- bishops, priests, deacons, religious, and laity -- to continue to strive towards the goal of making our Catholic elementary and secondary schools available,accessible, and affordable to all Catholic parents and their children, including those who are poor and middle class."

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
"Renewing Our Commitment to Catholic ... Schools in the Third Millennium"
(Copyright © 2005, USCCB)

CLICK HERE FOR A PDF OF THE FULL 2005 USCCB DOCUMENT

Efforts Underway to Increase Ranks
of Trained Visitation Team Members


By James Herzog,
FCC Associate for Accreditation

 

     With nearly 200 elementary schools in our FCC Accreditation Program, we have a number of schools hosting visitation teams in a given semester for the "School Improvement Plan" (SIP) process.  In fact, usually 30-40 schools host visitation teams each academic year.  This teams include 2-4 members, depending upon the size of the school.  These members come from outside dioceses (i.e. other than the host school's diocese).  Team members can be teachers, guidance counselors, educational media specialists, assistant principals, principals, etc.  In some cases, the members are from Diocesan School Offices (i.e. Superintendents or Associates).

     With this in mind, our FCC Accreditation Committee has been setting up training sessions for new team members throughout the Program.  In the Fall, training sessions were held for the five following (Arch)Dioceses:

  • Dioceses of Savannah and St. Augustine, with Pat Bronsard, Associate Superintendent, Diocese of St. Augustine, as Trainer.

  • Diocese of Orlando, with Jim Cooney, Associate Superintendent, as Trainer.

  • Diocese of Palm Beach and Archdiocese of Miami, with Sr. Joan Dawson, FCCAC Chair and Superintendent for the Palm Beach Diocese, as Trainer.

     The sessions thus far have added about 50 new team members to our rosters.  Training sessions are pending for the remaining dioceses in our program, for the current semester.  These include Pensacola-Tallahassee, St. Petersburg and Venice.

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