Accreditation and Memberships
at The Smith School
“Accreditation is the affirmation that a school provides a quality of education that the community has a right to expect and the education world endorses. Accreditation is a means of showing confidence in a school’s performance.”
The chief purpose of the accreditation process is the improvement of education for youth by evaluating the degree to which a school has attained worthwhile outcomes set by its own staff and community. This is accomplished by periodically conducting a comprehensive self-evaluation of the total school. Through the accreditation process, the school seeks the validation of its self-evaluation by obtaining professional judgement from impartial outsiders on the effectiveness of the total school operation.
The following are some of the many benefits of accreditation:
Greater clarity of purpose
Stronger internal relationships
Wider professional participation
More effective methods of planning for school improvement
Improved consistency between educational purpose and practice
The Smith School is associated with:
Independent Schools Admissions Association of Greater New York
Middle States Association on Elementary and Secondary Schools
New York State Department Board of Regents
New York State Association of Independent Schools
Parents League of New York
Tri-State Special Education Admissions Leaders