CIS Professional Diploma case studies
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The CIS Professional Diploma is presented here as a professional credential grounded in the published work of the Council of International Schools (CIS), a global membership community of schools and higher education institutions. CIS describes itself as connecting ideas and cultures across the world and developing socially responsible leadership through international education, and its published areas of work - school membership, international accreditation for schools, socially responsible leadership (global citizenship, I-DEA and intercultural learning), and safeguarding and child protection - map directly onto this exam's four domains. The CIS Professional Diploma case studies are 5 cases and about 4,165 words.
1Membership Application Under Family Control
Horizon Bridge School is a K-12 school of 780 students in a Southeast Asian capital, with 41 nationalities and 85% host-country nationals. It opened in 2009, teaches in English, and runs a national curriculum alongside an international diploma.
851 words, about 4 min2A Self-Study Written by Two People, Five Months Before the Visit
A 1,100-student international school in Europe is in its second accreditation cycle. The visiting team arrives in five months.
834 words, about 4 min3The Sponsor, the Students and the Chair
A 900-student international school charges 24,000 tuition, with 22% of families on financial aid. The board chair has negotiated a 600,000 gift from a regional mining company to fund a STEM and sustainability centre, with a naming agreement.
839 words, about 4 min4International Day and a Flat Intercultural Result
A 640-student school in a Gulf state delivers global citizenship through an annual International Day of flags and food stalls, a house system, and one overseas service trip that 30 students attend. A graduate survey (n=58) found that 71% enjoyed International Day, but only 19% could explain a perspective different from their own on a current global issue, and 8% could describe an action they had taken as a result of their learning.
786 words, about 4 min5Three Low-Level Concerns and a Residential Trip
A K-12 school of 520 students has received three separate reports over eight months about the same popular Grade 7 teacher: a parent said he drove a student home alone after a club; a student said he commented on her appearance in front of the class; a staff member saw him alone in a classroom with a student, door closed, during a break. The designated safeguarding lead recorded each report in the low-level concerns log, took no further action, and did not tell the head.
855 words, about 4 min