The presentation discusses the accreditation self-study process that the school will undergo from 2015-2018. It involves establishing committees to review different areas of the school based on accreditation standards. The committees will evaluate the school and identify areas for improvement. Their findings will be used to write a self-study report and develop improvement strategies. An external team will then visit the school in September 2017 to verify the self-study and make an accreditation recommendation.

1. Accreditation presentation
PSC Meeting
Date: 1 February 2016

2. The Self-Study Process
The Self-Study Process is arguably the most
important part of the whole evaluation and
accreditation cycle, both in terms of time and effort
and in the value to be derived.
A Self-Study normally takes between 12 and 18
months to complete.

3. The Self-Study Process
While identifying and celebrating the school’s strengths,
this process also involves the identification of areas for
improvement and initiates actions to address them.
Schools invariably find that considerable improvements in
alignment with the Accreditation Standards and Evaluation
Criteria occur during this vital Self-Study stage.
The School Evaluation Criteria may be reviewed for each
protocol - CIS International Accreditation, 2016 or 8th
Edition.

4. The Self-Study Process
The Self-Study requires a considerable time commitment
from all members of school personnel as well as from a
number of parents, Board/ Governing Body members and
students. The Self-Study Report emerging from this
process should present an honest, broad-based view of the
school and should not represent the views of any one
particular group.
All academic staff and many support staff should have one
(preferably more) meaningful assignment(s) within the Self-
Study Committees established for the process, with one
typically being related to their own area of responsibility
and others involving an overview of the school's operation.

5. Team Evaluation
Soon after completion and submission of the Self-Study Report,
the school is visited by a team of volunteer Peer Evaluators:
suitably qualified and trained school leaders and teachers drawn
from other CIS Member Schools.
The primary function of the Team Evaluators is to assist the
school by providing an objective evaluation of the conclusions of
the Self-Study and the process by which the conclusions have
been derived.
The Team visits the school for up to a week, with evaluators
observing all types of learning contexts and talking with
students, parents, faculty/staff and members of the school’s
Board/Governing Body. The Team analyses all aspects of the
school in the light of the Self-Study Report, the school's own
Guiding Statements, and the School Evaluation Criteria.

6. Team Evaluation
Our Team Evaluation will take place in September 2017.
The Team will consist of representatives from:
The Council of International Schools (CIS);
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC);
IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP);
IB Middle Years Programme (IB MYP);
IB Diploma Programme (IB DP);
IB Careers-related Programme (IB CP);
Office of the Private Education Commission (OPEC)
The Team Visit will last one week.

7. Decision on Accreditation
The Visiting Team carefully reviews the Team
Evaluation Report and consider the Team’s
recommendations with respect to accreditation. A
recommendation is then made to the Board of
Trustees. The decision can be one of the following
four categories:
A. Award Accreditation or Re-Accreditation
B. Award Accreditation or Re-Accreditation with
specific qualifications
C. Postpone Accreditation or Re-Accreditation for
some specified reason(s)
D. Not award Accreditation or Re-Accreditation

8. So Who Will Guide the Self-Study?
A Steering Committee will guide all stages of the
Self-study.
The Steering Committee will also be responsible for
the drafting of the overall commentary about the
school.
The Steering Committee liaises directly with the
accreditation agencies and is responsible for
organising/facilitating the Team Visit.

9. What is the Self-study Process?
Our Self-study process falls into 7 stages:
Term 3 of the 2015-2016 school year;
Term 4 of the 2015-2016 school year;
Term 1 of the 2016-2017 school year;
Term 2 of the 2016- 2017 school year;
Term 3 of the 2016-2017 school year;
Term 4 of the 2016-2017 school year and
Term 1 of the 2017-2018 school year.

10. Term 3 of 2015-2016
Tasks:
Complete the review of the school vision statement;
Complete the Endicott survey with all stakeholders;
Review the data of the completed Endicott survey
(when returned);
Steering Committee to start Part 1 (School Profile);
Establish IB programme review timeline;
Confirm the membership of Committee A (School
guiding statements).

11. Term 4 of 2015-2016
Tasks:
Steering Committee to complete Part 1;
Steering Committee completes the staffing of all review
committees;
Committee A to complete its review:
IB subject committees meet to begin programme
evaluation.

12. Term 1 of 2016-2017
Tasks:
Committee B to review IB programme evalaution;
Committees c – H to start their review.

13. Term 2 of 2016-2017
Tasks:
IB programme evaluation committees to complete
findings;
All committees to complete their reviews;
All reviews to be submitted to the Steering Committee.

14. Term 3 of 2016-2017
Tasks:
The Endicott survey to be undertaken;
The data from the Endicott survey is used to
verify/modify statements made in the committees
reports;
Steering Committee reviews all data and writes the
strategies for improvement (Part 3).

15. Term 4 of 2016-2017
Tasks:
Part 1 data reviewed to bring up to date with any new
data gathered during the Self-study;
IB coordinators submit final documents to the Steering
Committee;
Steering finalises and submits the report to the
accreditation agencies;
The Team Visit is planned.

16. Term 1 of 2017-2018
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Tasks:
Joint synchronised Team Visit.
Tentative dates:
16 to 22nd September 2017

17. Self-study Committees
Section A – School Guiding Statements
Section B - Teaching and Learning
Section C - Governance and Leadership
Section D - Faculty and Support Staff
Section E - Access to Teaching and Learning
Section F - School Culture and Partnerships for
Learning
Section G – Operational Systems
Section H - Thai Language and Culture