You can play a crucial role in upholding the highest standards in international education by joining a team
of peer evaluators. Our evaluation teams play a critical role on accreditation visits assessing the school’s
alignment with standards and driving the school’s efforts toward continuous improvement. You will not
only make a positive impact on our global membership community, you will learn and refine skills that you
will use throughout your educational career.
Our peer evaluation model is a hallmark of the CIAA philosophy. We believe that gaining perspectives
from fellow member schools is a vital aspect of school evaluation. A diverse team enriches the
accreditation process through the sharing of knowledge and effective practices, to the benefit of not only
the schools being evaluated but also the peers involved in their evaluation.
Volunteering as an evaluation team member provides significant professional benefits for faculty and
leadership members. Our peer evaluators consistently rate -”the experience as the best professional
development they have had.
We help you build an online portfolio to showcase your skills and experience. You will complete an application and upload documents which are then reviewed by the CIS career services team. This helps us understand how your unique skills and experience will benefit an accreditation team. When we set up teams of evaluators, we carefully create the right international group for each visit, including a mix of experiences and expertise to match each school’s context.
A criminal background check is required as part of your portfolio, as schools must confirm that
visitors have completed these checks. CIAA is committed to supporting national school
communities as they address child protection challenges.
As part of CIAA integrated services, your portfolio will be available for use with our Career and
Recruitment services if you are searching for a new position in our member schools.
Our training was developed by experts in accreditation and online learning. You will learn about
real-world scenarios from school evaluation visits and study international education standards.
You will also learn critical skills such as how to evaluate evidence, synthesize information, ask
generative questions and collaborate with your team to maximize collective expertise.
You will learn using the CIAA Learning Community, in a cohort of 20-25 educators led by an
expert in CIAA. The online course takes 10 hours to complete.
Participate on an accreditation team
When you participate on an accreditation team, you are part of an international group sharing knowledge and effective practices for the benefit of both the school you are visiting and your peers involved in the evaluation. You will use the skills developed during your online training course as part of a team to evaluate and report on how the school develops it’s students as global citizens, ensuring their well-being as a foundation for their learning. After successfully completing the online training you will have the opportunity to review open positions for upcoming visits. We do our best to match your availability, skills and interest to the visits that need your unique expertise.