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Initial School Accreditation Steps and Timeline Chart*
* The following timeline is based on an average projection and should be used only as a guide when creating a timeline specific to
your school.
Order Accreditation Info Packet ($85 electronic copy includes
Accreditation 101 Webinar).
Submit AMS application form, documentation and fee ($650 plus
additional $325 for each satellite site). Contact both AMS and the
cooperating agency if plans are to engage in a dual process.
Candidacy is approved or denied. If approved, AMS office will notify the
school in writing.
School submits to the AMS Office of School Accreditation its self-study
report along with the review fee ($200).
AMS Office of School Accreditation reviews the self-study and
determines if the self-study report meets all AMS requirements.
Once it is determined that the report meets all AMS requirements, the
AMS Office of School Accreditation will contact the school to select
possible dates for the onsite team visit. Onsite team visits will be
scheduled only when the self-study report has been approved.
AMS Office of School Accreditation appoints a team chair and
coordinates with volunteer team members to assign teams and to
schedule the onsite team visit.
The onsite team completes the school visit and reports its findings to
the AMS Office of School Accreditation within one month of the end of
the visit.
The team report is reviewed by the AMS office and a member of the
AMS School Accreditation Commission.
School is placed on the agenda of an upcoming Commission meeting;
there are 3 meetings per year – January, April, June.
The Commission reviews the school and votes to defer school
accreditation or to recommend to the AMS Committee on School
Quality to accredit or deny school accreditation.
The AMS Committee on School Quality reviews the recommendations
made by the Commission and submits the school to the AMS Board
whose members vote to accredit or deny school accreditation.
The AMS Office of School Accreditation notifies the school of the
Board’s decision. If the school has been awarded AMS school
accreditation, an accreditation certificate will be issued.
Approximately
36 months from projected end
date
28 to 30 months
10 to 18 months
6 to 8 months
4 to 6 months
2 to 4 months
Approx. 4 weeks
Approx. 4 weeks
Approx. 6 to 8
weeks
After candidacy is approved, school begins the self-study phase.
Approx. 12 to 18
months
Approx. 4 weeks
Approx. 4 to 16
weeks
1 month