WHAT HAPPENS AFTER OUR SITE VISIT?

Immediately following the site visit, your program should do the following:

• First of all, pause for a moment to celebrate your program's achievements. The completion of the site visit is a significant milestone in the process. For this reason, it is important to recognize all of the people who have contributed to the recognition process up to this point.
• Next, take stock of how the site visit went and ask yourself, "In what areas of the standards did we do well? And where did the Site Visit Team identify areas for improvement?" If your program is aware of needed improvements, it is important to continue working on these areas prior to receiving the site visit report.

Upon completion of the site visit, the Lead Endorser sends completed rating sheets with comments to COA. COA then begins preparing your Pre-Commission Review (PCR) report. The PCR report is a program's initial site visit report and identifies only those standards that require a response and/or improvement/implementation plan (see Related Files) in order for the program to achieve recognition.

Every two (2) weeks, a special PCR committee comprised of a diverse group of COA's senior staff comes together to review all Site Visit scores and comments. The PCR committee:

• reviews each site visit report for consistency and accuracy;
• contacts the site visit team when there are questions about a rating or reason for non-implementation;
• identifies all core concept standards, fundamental practice standards and/or standards that show patterns of non-implementation that require a response; and
• provides evidence requirements to the program regarding how to respond to and correct all of these standards.

Within 30 business days from the last day of the site visit, you will receive a copy of your PCR report. It will be accompanied by a cover letter and instructions for how to prepare the response either in hard copy or electronic format. You will then have 45 business days to provide a response and submit documentation for review by the Accreditation Commission. Your COA Coordinator continues to be available to work with you during this time.