Maple Leaf Chairman and CEO, Dr. Sherman Jen, and Executive Director and Superintendent of Global Education, James Beeke, met with AdvancED President and CEO, Dr. Mark Elgart; Chief of Global Operations, Dr. Annette Bowling; Vice President of Certification Services, Dr. Claudia Carter; Vice President of Middle East, Asia and Australia, Dr. Kem Hussain; and other AdvancED leadership staff.
The meeting was held at AdvancED Global Headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia, on February 27, 2018. In addition to touring AdvancED’s Headquarters and meeting key leaders, meaningful discussions were held regarding Maple Leaf’s continuous improvement progress and future possibilities of expanded ways of working together under Maple Leaf’s recently-acquired AdvancED Systems Accreditation. The leadership teams from both AdvancED and Maple Leaf officially commemorated Maple Leaf’s System Accreditation with Dr. Elgart presenting Dr. Jen AdvancED’s System Accreditation Certificate.
AdvancED Systems Accreditation will enable Maple Leaf to advertise that the new high schools it opens anywhere in the world are accredited by AdvancED, the largest and highly respected school accrediting agency in the USA and around the world.