SAIS CANDIDACY CRITERIA SELF-ANALYSIS

Thank you for your interest in becoming an SAIS member. Membership is a multi-step process. This form is designed to help us determine if your school meets the basic candidacy criteria. There is no fee for this first step. After reviewing your responses to the following questions, we may invite you to continue to the second step, which includes completing a lengthy form, supplying supporting documentation, and paying a $500 application fee.

We will respond to your candidacy criteria self-analysis within 14 business days. Thank you again for your interest in SAIS.

STEPS IN THE SAIS MEMBERSHIP PROCESS

Submission of this candidacy criteria form.
Upon invitation, submission of full membership application, required documents, and application fee.
SAIS analysis of application and supporting documents.
Upon receipt of invoice, payment of prorated membership dues.
School visit.
Begin accreditation process.

Questions? For questions regarding membership and accreditation,

contact membership@sais.org.

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Contact Information

Who should we contact with questions regarding this application?

First and Last Name *

Position/Title *

Email *

Direct or Mobile Phone Number *

School Information

School Full Name *

School Website *

School Main Phone # *

School Mailing Address *

City *

State *

Zip Code *

Country

Head of School First and Last Name *

Head of School Email *

Please select all grades served *

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Grades Served	PreK	K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

School's Mission *

What compelled your school to seek SAIS membership? Besides accreditation, what programs and services are you most interested in taking advantage of? *

Total Enrollment *

Annual Operating Budget *

Candidacy Criteria Self-Analysis

Please indicate whether or not the school meets SAIS candidacy criteria. *

	Yes	No
Has education as its primary mission	Yes	No
Operates under a governance structure	Yes	No
Has at least two consecutive years of operating experience	Yes	No
Offers an academic program and curriculum that serves at least three successive grade levels across the K-12 continuum	Yes	No
Employs at least the equivalent of one full-time professional faculty member per grade level offered	Yes	No
Has bylaws	Yes	No
Operates under non-discriminatory admissions and employment policies in accordance with state and federal law (provide text in field below)	Yes	No
Matriculates students in a physical plant	Yes	No
Is financially sustainable	Yes	No
Is financed almost exclusively by private rather than public funds	Yes	No
Has articles of incorporation (may be held by a church or other governing authority)	Yes	No
Has an organizational structure that includes separate entities that carry out the distinct functions of governance and day-to-day management	Yes	No
Has a head of school who is not the chair of the governing body.	Yes	No

Please provide the text of your non-discriminatory admissions and employment policies here. *

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Permissions and Agreements

SAIS will contact you after this form is reviewed. The next step involves completing the full membership application, submitting documentation, and paying the $500 application fee.

I understand the steps in the process and hereby submit the candidacy criteria self-analysis. *

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