At AISF, the ‘Curriculum’ serves two major functions:

  Provides guidance in translating the school mission into practice.
  It is the ‘contract’ that the school makes with each parent and student.

WHAT. Standards indicate what students should know and should be able to do. AISF’s Standards are drawn from specific U.S. states’ Standards approved by Middle States Association, our accrediting agency and AERO subject area standards recommended for American International Schools.

HOW. Essential Teaching Strategies are research-supported methods of teaching that are effective in producing student learning and retention. These strategies appeal to multiple intelligences, cultural diversity and varied ability levels of students.

PRODUCTS. Students’ understanding of concepts or procedures are measured by having students perform meaningful tasks in which they apply what they have learned. Assessments are learning activities in which students work independently to make their own discoveries or they might work in pairs or groups. Students work on a real problem using real materials, they record and describe their thinking and methodology, and there isn’t simple recall of facts or one right answer.