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START A NEW ICA SCHOOL
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Starting your own ICA school is a very exciting and rewarding process. To make sure that the Franchisee candidate is successful, the ICA team has defined a seamless process with clear steps and expectations.
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Franchisee Prospects show interest by filling out the specific candidate contact form.
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Prospects must meet the Franchisee Profile criteria to be eligible to Candidacy.
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Candidates receive an onboarding guide and a video call is scheduled to go over the process.
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The Franchising agreement is signed. The Development phase can begin with detailed planning and timeline.
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ICA provides you with ongoing support and everything you need to start a brand new ICA school. Our comprehensive set of tools, guides and templates will help you have an effective and successful start.
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ENHANCE AN EXISTING SCHOOL
Converting existing schools is a unique opportunity to quickly improve teaching and learning practices, and to implement a forward-looking program.
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We have developed a seamless process to support the conversion of existing schools.
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Because we acknowledge that every school is unique, our Tailored Integration Plan (TIP) will respond to your needs and guide you throughout the entire process.
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ICA provides prospective ICA School Franchisees with ongoing support and everything they need to convert an existing school into an ICA school with a comprehensive set of tools, guides, templates and flexible Professional Learning opportunities.
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If you want to know more about how to convert an existing school, please contact us by filling out the Existing school contact form
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ICA FRANCHISEES
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- Receive a comprehensive onboarding kit with all necessary information.
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- Receive all necessary operational manuals, forms and templates.
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- Receive ongoing and personalized support with a dedicated ICA Facilitator for your school.
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- Use the ICA name and logo.
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- Use our teaching and learning materials: guides, methodology, tutorials, resources, templates and tools.
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- Use our partners’ engaging courses in Math, Science, English and Technology.
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- Access a catalogue of empowering staff training online courses.
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- Receive personalized online and in-person Professional Learning workshops led by well-trained ICA Coaches.
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- Obtain Educator certificates for course and workshop completion.
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- Get a seamless and efficient annual quality assurance recognition.
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- Access the ICA Global Learning Community Platform where educators and schools can connect and share ideas, questions, resources and best practices.
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