Membership

Membership Criteria

Members of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario meet the following membership criteria upon entry:

Academic Program: The school provides an academic program of study that qualifies students for entrance to university. This would include a school that provides academic programs that qualify students for entrance to such schools.

Governance: The governing body and the administration of the school are at arm's length from each other. Their respective roles and the proper relationship between the two groups are clearly defined and generally consistent with the definition of "arm's length." At least 80% of the members of the governing body are not part of, or in any way associated with, the administration of the school.

Financial Stability: The school has operated for a sufficient period of time to have demonstrated that it is capable of operating with reasonable financial stability and of sustaining the required academic program, or has otherwise demonstrated such capability.

Reputation: The school has a reputation for excellence and integrity achieved over a period of several years in operation and generally recognized by the membership of CIS and the public at large.

Visitation and Formal Approval: The school must be visited and endorsed by at least two heads of schools who are currently members of CIS. Their endorsement must be recommended by the Nominating and Governance Committee and the Board of Directors of CIS, and approved by at least 75% of the votes cast at a general meeting of member schools at which at least 66-2/3% of the membership are present or represented by proxy.