School+Presentation

1. Name of school: Shanghai American School School code: 1207 Postal address: 258 Jin Feng Lu, Zhudi Town, Minhang District Shanghai, China, 201 107 Telephone (including country and area codes): (86-21) 6221-1445 Fax: (86-21) 6221 0750 E-mail: Kathy.Anderson@saschina.org
 * School presentation**

2. Name of the head of school: Harlan Lyso

3. Legal status of school: Private school Do IB students receive any subsidies? No

4. Organization: coeduational

5. IB programmes offered in the school: DP

6. Age range of students in the whole school: From 4 to 18 years

7. Total number of students in the whole school: 1781

8. Number of teaching days per school year: 180

9. Academic structure: What divisions (eg pre-primary, primary, middle school and high school) operate in the school, if any? elementary, middle school, high school

10. Approximately how many students are involved in the programme in each age range below?
 * **Name of section** || **Age range of students** || **Number of students** ||
 * Elementary school || 4-11 || 646 ||
 * Middle School || 12-14 || 466 ||
 * High School || 15-18 || 669 ||
 * **Age range** || **Number of students** || **programme** ||
 * 16-17 years || 129 || DP ||
 * 17-18 years || 100 || DP ||

Diploma programme
 * Programme-specific information**

11. Name of the school principal (if different from the head of school): Alan Knobloch

12. Name of the appointed programme coordinator: Kathy Anderson

13. Total number of students involved in the programme: 231

14. Age range of students involved in the programme: From 16 to 18 years

15. Within this age range, are all the students in the school involved in the programme? No If no, specify how many students in this age range are not involved in the programme. 111

16. Specify any national/state/local curriculum requirements the school must meet. American high school diploma as set by Western Association of Schools and Colleges

17. Specify any other academic programmes taught. Advanced Placement

18. Is there entry selection to the programme? No

19. Nationalities/ethnicities of students: India, Indonesia, Poland, Spain, Sweden || 1 or 2 ||
 * **List of nationalities/ethnicities** || **Approximate number of students** ||
 * United States || 87 ||
 * South Korean || 46 ||
 * Canada || 20 ||
 * Taiwan || 18 ||
 * Singapore || 15 ||
 * Australia || 9 ||
 * Hong Kong || 9 ||
 * United Kingdom || 8 ||
 * Malaysia || 7 ||
 * Japan || 5 ||
 * Germany || 3 ||
 * Netherlands || 3 ||
 * Denmark, Italy, Thailand, Belgium,

20. What is the language of instruction in the programme? English

21. Teachers employed to teach the programme: 39 Number of teachers teaching full time in the programme 2 Number of teachers teaching part time in the programme 37

22. Nationalities/ethnicities of teaching staff:
 * **List of nationalities/ethnicities** || **Number of staff** ||
 * American || 22 ||
 * Canadian || 4 ||
 * Australian || 3 ||
 * New Zealand || 2 ||
 * British || 1 ||
 * Kenyan || 1 ||
 * Spanish || 1 ||
 * Taiwanese || 1 ||
 * Trinidad & Tobago || 1 ||

Supporting documentation

1. A description of the time line and the process for completing the self-study questionnaire from the head of school, including how parents/students/teachers were involved 2. A diagram of the management, teaching and administrative structures of the school, showing the lines of responsibility 3. A list of the members of the governing body of the school 4. A plan of the school and a general description of the facilities 5. A summary report on how recommendations from the authorization visit or from the previous evaluation of the programme have been addressed