Secondary Focused Visit

The following information is presented to assist school administrators and staff members in planning for a focused visiting committee representing the Commission on Technical and Career Institutions of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc.

Materials

The basic materials for a focused visit are as follows. 

• Focused Visit Guide 
• Most recent edition of the Secondary Accreditation Handbook containing
        •  Commission’s Policies and Procedures
        •  Standards of Membership
• Most recent decennial evaluation report
• Reports and letters of notification since the most recent decennial evaluation

The Focused Visit Guide, along with your previous notification letters, will be provided at the annual half-day focused visit workshop.  Announcements of such workshops are made to those schools scheduled for visitation in 6 months to 1 year.  The Secondary Accreditation Handbook, your most recent decennial evaluation report, as well as other reports since the last decennial, should be on file at your school. 

Please be sure to complete all four (4) parts of the focused visit report.

Please also refer to the Evaluation Procedures, which can be found in the Secondary Accreditation Handbook.

E-mail the Commission office or phone 781-541-5415 to obtain the following templates for completing the Focused Visit Report.

Part I, Standards Compliance Charts
Part II, Statistical Data Sheet
Part III, Status of Visiting Committee Recommendations (grid)
Part III, Status of Visiting Committee Recommendations (summary)

If you need further assistance with preparing the Focused Visit Report, please feel free to contact the Director of the Commission.