School-Age Accreditation Request Form
Additional Copies of Group Information

NAEYC is piloting an optional program that allows currently accredited programs  to pursue accreditation for the school-age component of their program. Eligible programs may submit the School-Age Accreditation Request Form to have the school-age component of their program assessed by NAEYC.  

Eligibility Requirements for Pilot Program:

• The group including school-age children operate before- and/or after-school
• The majority of the children in the group(s) including school-age children are age 8 or younger

School-Age Accreditation Visit:

School-Age Accreditation Pre-Visit Protocol
School-Age Accreditation Visit Protocol
Crib Protocol
School-Age Accreditation Administrator Information Packet
Observable Criteria Tool: School-Age

The visit for School-Age Accreditation will include an assessment of randomly selected group(s) that include school-age children. Groups will be assessed  though observation using the universal criteria and potentially a subset of kindergarten criteria.

• If all assessed groups meet at least 70% of the criteria assessed, the program’s NAEYC Accreditation will be expanded to include school-age children. To reflect this, the program’s NAEYC Accreditation Certificate will be modified. 
• If all assessed groups do not meet at least 70%of the criteria assessed, the program’s NAEYC Accreditation will be maintained but will not include the program’s school-age children.  

The date by which a program submits a School-Age Accreditation Request Form will determine the 6-month visit window during which the School-Age Accreditation Visit will occur. School-Age Accreditation Request Forms will be accepted on a rolling basis, so programs may submit the form at any time.  Eligible programs will receive a visit according to the following schedule. 

Please note that if a violation of any required criterion were to be observed during the School-Age Accreditation visit, the NAEYC Academy would apply the Scope & Severity Screen in accordance with the Required Criteria Policy. This could result in the revocation of a program’s NAEYC Accreditation.