What can you start doing today to improve what your school does tomorrow? Schools that embrace and commit to improvement through the accreditation process are more likely to establish the conditions and behavior necessary to be successful in improving the quality of education that results in improved student performance. In this rapidly changing and expanding global society successful schools must ensure that every student is prepared for a future that we can only imagine. What are the processes, conditions, and behaviors that schools must support and recognize so that the institution is successful in helping every student be prepared? The session will focus on what we must start doing today in order to be successful tomorrow.
Biography
Mark A. Elgart currently serves as the founding President and
Chief Executive Officer for Advance Education (AdvancED), the
parent organization for the North Central Association Commission
on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCA CASI), the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Council on Accreditation and
School Improvement (SACS CASI), National Study of School
Evaluation (NSSE) and the Commission on International and
Trans-Regional Accreditation (CITA). His visionary leadership
and collaborative skills were critical to the successful
unification of the 11 SACS CASI states, the 19 North Central
states, and the research arm, the National Study of School
Evaluation, under the umbrella of AdvancED. Under his
leadership, AdvancED is recognized as a leader on issues of
educational quality.
He is responsible for leading the development and
implementation of the “next generation accreditation” model as
well as the nationally acclaimed District Accreditation
protocol. Through his leadership accreditation has transformed
into a quality driven, systems process focused on helping
schools and school systems build their capacity to improve
student learning. Elgart is also a national and international
trainer and presenter on the topics of accreditation, school
improvement, leadership, and accountability. Elgart currently
serves on the Board of Directors for the National Council for
Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Board of
Directors of the Knowledge Alliance, the Advisory Board of
Measured Progress, and is a National Advisor for the National
Staff Development Council.
Prior to joining SACS CASI in 1995, Elgart
served nine years as a math and science teacher as well as
school administrator at the middle and high school levels
including six years as a middle school principal. Elgart is
married with two children and resides in Alpharetta, Georgia.