Continuous school improvement is an embedded behavior rooted in the school's culture that constantly focuses on the conditions, processes, and practices that improve teaching and learning. Schools use student performance results and analyze data from various interwoven components to develop plans and implement improvement actions to drive education quality and improved student outcomes.
Strengthening DoDEA's standards-based educational system by transitioning to: college- and career ready standards that are infused with rigor and relevancy; and a common standards-aligned curriculum, instructional framework and assessment system.
Establishing the organizational capacity to uniformly improve student achievement and school operations.
Increase student achievement for all students and support the implementation of CCRS through a focus on the delivery of highly rigorous, engaging instruction
Refine and strengthen weekly Focused Collaboration for all educators.
Educate, Engage, and Empower each student to succeed in a dynamic world.
Provide a rigorous, student-centered, world class education by empowering all stakeholders through open communication, collaboration, and a safe and respectful environment.
Accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards). Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external agency to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency.
Cognia is the accreditation agency for all DoDEA schools and the world's largest education community. As the global leader in advancing education excellence through accreditation and school improvement, Cognia brings together more than 100 years of experience and the expertise of three United States-based accreditation agencies - the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA/CASI), Northwest Accreditation Commission (NWAC), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS/CASI). Accreditation is pivotal to leveraging education quality and continuous improvement.
Detailed accreditation information is provided on the DoDEA HQ Accreditation Webpage.