"Principles and Standards" Revised to Include Addendum for Special Purpose Schools/ Programs

In December 2003, the Ad Hoc "Special Purpose Schools Standards" Committee held its first meeting.  After years of discussions and feedback from interested stakeholders (Catholic school principals, pastors, staff, parents, students, etc.), the group's hard work has yielded fruit in the form of an Addendum to the Florida Catholic Conference (FCC) "Principles and Standards" Manual for elementary schools, which was approved in June 2006 by the FCC Accreditation Committee.

Here is an excerpt from the addendum which explains the rationale for these standards:

"This Addendum ... has been designed to better serve schools that provide specifically for students with varying exceptionalities. It enables these schools to realistically meet accreditation requirements, while remaining true to the complexity of meeting the targeted needs of the population they serve.  Further, this Addendum seeks to encourage these schools to develop stronger and better-defined programs of differentiated instruction, more comprehensive student services, and ongoing accountability for teaching and learning."

For more information, please click here to view the manual and addendum in PDF (Adobe program).