All Accreditation Materials (A-Z) - National Association of Schools of Theatre

For a complete list of NAST’s documents and forms not limited to accreditation, please see Publications.

NAST strongly recommends that institutions maintain on file information about graduates. Each institution should accomplish this in the manner it sees fit. The Alumni Survey Format above is provided as a sample questionnaire. Please feel free to use this format or create your own. Submission of this form is not required as part of the NAST accreditation process. Use of this format is optional.

Provides information about reports required of accredited institutional members:
- HEADS Data Survey
- Accreditation Audit
- Affirmation Statement
- Supplemental Annual Report (required only from free-standing accredited institutional members of NAST)

Three copies of the Application Form are to be submitted to the National Office at least four weeks prior to the visitation along with the catalogs, supportive materials, and copies of the Self-Study document. Must be signed by the Chief Executive Officer for initial applications, and by the Theatre Executive/Institutional Representative for all institutions previously granted accreditation.

Required of member institutions to provide documentation of formulas and policies for awarding credit to students based on work completed at the institution or transferred from another institution.

Provides instructions to ensure that program/degree offerings are presented to the Commission in a format that is consistent, cogent, and clear. NAST strongly recommends that each theatre unit maintain a current set of curricular tables in the NAST format for use in accreditation and other purposes.

Provide guidance on the communication, distribution, and/or use of information flowing between the Association and the Institutional Representative.

Contains the standards and guidelines by which each institution will be reviewed. Must be used and referenced for all Self-Study Formats prepared for all applications for Membership or Renewal of Membership.

The NOITA form is considered official notification of the institution’s intent to apply for Membership or renewal of Membership. Must be submitted to the National Office at least one year prior to the projected visitation date (preferably two years in all cases, and at least two years in the case of joint or concurrent visits).

Contains several optional sets of questions that can be used in various ways in the course of the self-study process and/or as a basis for writing the Self-Study document. It is intended for institutions that wish to explore one or more issues in greater depth during the course of the Self-Study. No institution is required to use this document or the questions contained within it. Institutions are welcome to add, subtract, combine, and otherwise alter any question set to make it applicable to their specific needs.

Provides protocols and guidelines for institutions requesting a postponement of a scheduled full review for continuation of accredited institutional membership.

To be used to submit applications for Plan Approval and/or Final Approval for Listing between full reviews. NOTE: Plan Approval applications also require the NAST “Instructions for Preparing Curricular Tables in the NAST Format.”

The official document for new and renewal applications for accredited institutional membership.

See NAST Handbook:
- Appendix IV.A. ~ Procedures for Joint Evaluations: NASAD, NASD, NASM, NAST, and ACCPAS;
  Appendix IV.B. ~ Procedures for Joint Evaluation by NAST and the Regional Accrediting Associations.

One of three options for completing the Self-Study document. May be used by all institutions applying for NAST Membership or renewal of Membership. The framework of Format A does not emphasize one evaluation perspective over any other. For further information, see Procedures for Self-Study.

One of three options for completing the Self-Study document. May be used by institutions applying for Membership for the first time, with the advice and consent of the NAST Executive Director. The framework of Format B emphasizes situational analysis and planning for the theatre unit as a whole; and Format C, analysis and planning for component programs. For further information, see Procedures for Self-Study.

One of three options for completing the Self-Study document. To be used by multipurpose and free-standing degree- and non-degree-granting institutions applying for renewal of Membership, only after receipt of advice and consent from the Executive Director. The framework of Format C emphasizes situational analysis and planning for component programs. For further information, see Procedures for Self-Study.

Provides requirements and guidelines for submitting an Optional Response to the NAST Visitors’ Report following an on-site visit and before Commission review.

Provides requirements and guidelines for submitting a response and/or a progress report to NAST when requested to do so by the Commission.

The official document required for evaluators to study, follow, and use in order to successfully conduct and complete an on-site visit.

Institutions are required to gain prior approval of substantive change in existing curricula occurring between regular accreditation visits.