Quality Rating 3: Accreditation
Next Steps
Check your documentation one more time as you prepare to upload it to the Maryland EXCELS system.
Step 1: Check your document
Check to be sure your Accreditation Visit/Interview Verification Form includes:
- Your name and contact information
- Your program’s license or registration number
- Information about the program you visited or the person you interviewed about the accreditation process:
- Name of the person interviewed
- Name and address of the accredited program visited/interviewed
- Program’s license or registration number
- Accrediting organization (examples: NAEYC, NAFCC, COA, MSDE)
Step 2: Save your document
Use a file name you can find easily when you upload it to the system (example: accreditation-interview-form.docx).
Use any one of these formats:
- Typed electronic version of your Accreditation Visit / Interview Verification Form (examples: Microsoft Word, PDF)
- Scanned versions of Accreditation Visit / Interview Verification Form (examples: PDF, PNG, JPG)
- Digital image of Accreditation Visit / Interview Verification Form (examples: JPG, PNG, PDF)
Step 3: Upload your document (ACR 1.3)
Log into the Maryland EXCELS System to upload your completed Accreditation Visit / Interview Verification Form.
