Mission & Values We are guided by a shared mission and set of values that empower our teachers to deliver a high quality education to our outstanding students.
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Mission BASIS International Schools mission is to provide our students with a transformative early childhood and K-12 education. With the cutting-edge BASIS Curriculum, through exceptional teaching and faculty mentoring, we will produce graduates who have broad intellectual capabilities, international perspectives, critical thinking proficiency, and creative problem-solving skills to be leaders in their future academic and professional lives.

Our Values

All of our schools are guided by a shared set of educational values and teaching priorities.
Collaboration Collaboration within each campus, and across our network, is vital to sharing innovative practices and ensuring we are all doing our best work.
Professional Teaching Our teaching community is made up of experienced, professional educators from around the world who bring unique curricular backgrounds to enhance student outcomes.
Continuous Improvement We are dedicated to continuous improvement. Through professional development days, intentional coaching and mentoring, and regular collaboration opportunities, we seek to enhance the best educators in the world.
High Standards & Academic Rigor Since our founding, our schools have been known for their high standards and academic rigor. We encourage and support our teachers to uphold these standards while supporting every student's academic journey.

We Believe

  • Children can achieve more than they have commonly been told. With hard work, dedication, and the support of teachers and parents, 3rd graders can think critically, 6th graders can learn physics, and high school students can read critical theory and philosophy.
  • Instructional time is precious. Every minute of every class should be meaningful.
  • Mastering the basics is the precondition for going beyond them. Students learn to listen for the music of Shakespeare's iambic pentameter and to decipher crucial details in a historical primary source, but they must also be able to parse the grammar of a sentence and craft concise and persuasive prose.
  • Homework, as long as it is an extension of what is being learned in the classroom, is valuable. Practice helps students achieve mastery.
  • High-stakes, summative tests that assess content mastery and learning skills (BASIS Curriculum Comprehensive Exams and the College Board Advanced Placement Exams, for example) are foundational for learning.
  • The evaluation of teacher performance must be based both on classroom instruction and on student learning results of high-stakes assessments.