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The Mission of the International Schools Association is:
- To further world peace and international understanding through education.
- To encourage the creation of new international schools.
- To encourage co-operation among international or internationally-minded
schools through consultation on teaching and administrative questions.
- To facilitate or undertake the study of educational problems of interest to such schools.
- To nurture interest in national schools of international matters as a means of improving international understanding.
- To publicize the aims and principles of international schools and promote international understanding among national schools.
Practical Activities
In practice this mission has been and continues to be applied in the following ways:
In the 1960’s the ISA was instrumental in the development of the International Baccalaureate Organization.
In
the 1980’s the ISA created an international program for middle schools
(11 to 16 year old students), which with further development by the IBO
became the IBMYP (International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program).
The
establishment of a curriculum framework for Peace Education and
Sustainable Development, designed as an instrument for schools to
become more internationally minded.
The
publication of “Internationalism in Schools - a Self-Study Guide” a document designed to help schools understand the extent to
which they are international or internationally-minded.
Every
year the ISA sponsors a “Youth Encounter” for students from member and
non-member schools. Its purpose is to promote leadership within global
and cultural themes. Further details:
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Each
two years a World Conference is organized around a theme dealing with
International Education – its characteristics, development and
promotion.
The
ISA sponsors Oral English Examinations. These cover the Elementary,
Primary, Intermediate and Secondary Stages. It combines oral
communication skills, comprehension, and oral reading in English as a
foreign language. Further details:
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The annual nomination of both the ISA International Humanism Award and the ISA Distinguished Service Award.
The
ISA responding to the growing significance of Spanish as a major world
language is also making available a comprehensive set of Spanish
language examinations. These emanate from a partnership between ISA and
the SEK International University in Segovia, Spain. Certificates and
Diplomas will be awarded by that university.
A
current project is the development of an accreditation system based on
self-study. Schools who complete successfully the self-study
process will be certificated by the International Schools Association.
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