Practical guides

Working guidance for institutional leaders and professional teams. Choose the topic relevant to your task, then use the associated resources and official references where needed.

Scope and evidence

Defining the scope of an international school certification application

Establish the legal entity, education provision, sites and delivery arrangements under discussion. The guide includes a practical way to record what is included, what is separate and what still requires clarification.

For: school leaders, quality coordinators and application teams.

Read the scope guide

Preparing an evidence file for school quality review

Organise real operating records around the questions they support. Address ownership, versions, relevance and the handling of sensitive information without creating an indiscriminate document archive.

For: school quality teams, administrators and evidence owners.

Read the school evidence guide

Building an institutional evidence register

Use a register to identify where evidence is held, who maintains it and when it needs review. The guide explains a workable field structure and how to keep the record useful over time.

For: quality coordinators, programme managers and operational teams.

Read the evidence-register guide

Partnerships

What to check before appointing an education recruitment partner

Frame a review around the role the partner will perform. Establish the legal entity, authority, operating structure and responsibilities that need to be resolved before an appointment.

For: international-office staff, recruitment managers and institutional approvers.

Read the partner-checking guide

Writing an institutional partnership brief

Give prospective partners a concise account of your objectives and proposed contribution. Clarify the activity, resources, decision process and questions that remain open.

For: partnership leads, institutional management and project teams.

Read the partnership-brief guide

Public status and communication

Membership, directory listings and certification: understanding the difference

Identify who is responsible for a public status, what it describes and where to verify it. The guide separates participation, information listing and certification without assuming that one establishes another.

For: institutional leaders, procurement teams and communications staff.

Read the public-status guide

Communicating certification scope accurately

Check the holder, provision, locations and current status before publishing a certification claim. Use practical editing examples to avoid extending a statement beyond the official record.

For: school leaders, marketing teams and programme partners.

Read the certification-communication guide

Continuing review

Planning for continuing review and material changes

Assign responsibility for maintaining records and identifying changes. Plan the questions, evidence and official confirmations needed when provision or delivery arrangements develop.

For: institutional coordinators, management teams and programme owners.

Read the continuing-review guide

Read the sources with the guide

Each guide has a defined purpose and a preparation date. External requirements can change, so consult the linked official material before taking formal action. Illustrative examples explain a method; they are not accounts of client projects or official decisions.

Editorial and sources

Put the guidance into use

Three editable resources accompany the guides: an institutional partnership brief, an evidence register and a self-review action plan. They are designed to support a team's own work and can be adapted to its operating context.

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