FLORIDA COUNCIL PRINCIPLES

• No interference in the autonomy of the school
• Results – oriented
• Open mind to innovation
• Desire to approve quality achievement without unduly questioning the process
• Avoid unnecessary burdens and expenses

THE BOTTOM LINE
It is not the number of students
It is not the number of tools
WHAT IS BEING PRODUCED

ACCREDITATION
THINK ABOUT MOSES

The best educators in Egypt educated Moses. He had access to all the resources available for communicating and governing people as a leader under Pharaoh. However when he was 40 years old with all the qualifications that he possessed, he still was not ready to lead God’s people out of Egypt. Having the latest and best resources certainly enhances and improves the learning process. Never the less, it was not the processes mostly that should be looked at for accreditation but the product or out come.

Moses did not earn his glory with Pharaoh or the Israelites by what he did and how he did it. His life did not demonstrate self-control or accomplishment by the great education possessed; or the accumulation of resources that he owned. He fled Egypt as a murderer and herded goats in the wilderness for 40 years before he was equipped with the presence of God to accomplish the Lord’s purpose in him. The judgment miracles that fell on Egypt were what accredited Moses as the mediator of Jehovah’s Word and Will for Israel.

The bottom line is. Are the graduates of our institutions able to function correctly, continue their education, and influence their homes, their churches, and their community with an impeccable character that mirrors the personality Christ Jesus the Lord?

DOCTRINAL STATEMENT

1. God is the eternal Creator, Sustainer, and Provider of all things. He created all things in the universe in the six literal days of creation week.
2. Jesus Christ is the only-begotten, virgin-born Son of God; He lived a sinless life, shed His blood for the sins of all mankind, rose from the grave, ascended into heaven, and will return to the earth. He is the only Mediator and Savior.
3. The Holy Spirit convicts the unsaved of sin, righteousness and judgment; in believers he effects the new birth, indwells, empowers, instructs and guides.
4. Salvation is the gift of God offered to man by His grace, and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
5. All men will be resurrected in the body; the saved unto life; and the unsaved unto damnation.
6. Believers have spiritual unity in the Lord Jesus Christ; not in the organized unity sought by ecumenism.
7. The Bible is the inspired, only infallible, authoritative preserved Word of God.

THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS

1. School mails Application, with $75 fee, to FCPS. They receive an Accreditation Manual detailing the process.
2. The school appoints a person to be the Accreditation File Builder, who will begin gathering the file Items. The file size must be 8 ½” by 11”. Staples (or other office supply can bind it inexpensively. When the File is complete, they should contact the FCPS office.
3. Accreditation File and copies of all published materials (including forms) of the school is sent to FCPS office in Casselberry, FL.
4. After review of the file, with all items present, a site review will be arranged. The administrators of two or more schools will do the review. The administrators doing the visit will need to be reimbursed by the school applying for accreditation. All motel, meals and travel for the review team must be paid by the school asking for the review. This will be billed to the school from FCPS and paid to FCPS. FCPS will then reimburse the administrators for their expenses.
5. Following the site review FCPS will notify the school of approval for accreditation; or notify them of additional steps necessary for approval.