TISA

THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF AZERBAIJAN

engage. empower. inspire.

IB School Code: 1303 UCAS Code: 45160 CEEB Code: 661000 www.tisa.az +994 12 404 12 01

Director Chris Andre [email protected]

Secondary Principal Stephen Caskie [email protected]

Primary Principal Tom Burton [email protected]

DP Coordinator Gareth Hubbuck [email protected]

MYP Coordinator

SCHOOL PROFILE

2017-2018

Marie Favret [email protected]

PYP Coordinator Karen Noble [email protected]

Secondary Counselor Sarah Borgerding [email protected]

Primary Counselor Suzy Cheal [email protected]

Admissions Andrea Gerlich [email protected]

Our Mission The TISA Mission is to prepare students to become life-long learners and positive contributors to their local and global communities. TISA will prepare its students for the next stage of their education through a high quality, well-balanced educational programme. TISA will deliver its programme according to the universally recognised educational principles, practices and beliefs of the International Baccalaureate.

Accreditation & Membership CIS IB CEESA

Council of International Schools International Baccalaureate Central and Eastern European School Ass.

TISA is authorised to offer all 3 IB Programmes:

Our School TISA is a non-sectarian, co-educational college-preparatory day school. It serves both the expatriate community and those seeking an international education. The language of instruction is English.

The school is organised into three sections: >> TISA Nursery >> Primary School >> Secondary School

Age 2 Ages 3-10 Ages 11-19

TISA campus is also home to an Early Learning Centre focused on excellence in early childhood education.

Our Faculty

6:1

From

99

18

Faculty

Countries

Members

Student-Teacher Ratio

All of TISA’s highly committed faculty members are universitycertified, and most hold advanced degrees. Extensive professional staff development opportunities are available during the school year and funding is provided for continuing education overseas during the summer recess.

CEESA Students take part in a variety of Central & Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) and other International events each school year. These include various sports including football, basketball, swimming, and volleyball, as well as extra-curricular activity events such as Speech & Debate and Model United Nations. Each year, TISA hosts international events.

Student Support TISA offers three programmes of Student Support:

>610 >50 Students

Countries

Highest Percentages: >> 24% UNITED KINGDOM >> 17% UNITED STATES >> 13% AZERBAIJAN

The school year consists of 180 teacher-student contact days from August through June.

>> Primary School reports are distributed in December and June >> Secondary School reports are distributed in January and June

Admission Admission is determined by previous school reports, an admissions screening procedure, and the school’s ability to provide a suitable program within class size limitations. Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC) / BP employees have priority for admissions.

>> Learning Support >> English-As-An-Additional-Language (EAL) >> Counselling

Co-Curricular Activities TISA strives to meet the academic, social, physical and aesthetic needs of students. As students are encouraged to achieve their highest academic levels, individual interests are encouraged through a variety of activities.

MUSIC

ART

THEATRE

SPORTS

DESIGN

STEM STUDENT COUNCIL

SCIENCE SERVICE AS OVERSEAS MODEL UNITED TECHNOLOGY ACTION STUDY TRIPS NATIONS ENGINEERING MATHS (MUN)

Secondary School IB Course Selection 2017-2018

Graduation Requirements

Lower Secondary Students (M1-M3) take a standard curriculum but can choose between Russian, Azerbaijani, Spanish and French as a Second Language. Upper Secondary Students (M4-M5) add the ability to choose between Drama, Art, and Music. The IB Course Offering Chart is accurate for the Class of 2018. Please note that the offerings may change slightly from year to year.

English Lang & Lit SL

HL

Physics

SL

HL

Russian Lang & Lit SL

HL

Chemistry

SL

HL

Biology

SL

HL

SL

Group 2

Group 5 SL

HL

Math Studies

SL

Spanish B

SL

HL

Mathematics

SL

Spanish Ab Initio

SL

Russian B

SL

HL

English B

Theatre

SL

SL

HL

HL

Visual Arts

SL

HL

Music

SL

HL

Geography

SL

HL

Economics

SL

HL

Psychology

SL

HL

If students transfer in after M5 from non-MYP school, these requirements may be waived.

Completion Required: Community Service & Personal Project

Creativity, Action & Service DP1-2 Extended Essay OR Research Project

Final IB Grades 43 41 39

38 35

2014

33 30.2

2015

M5

32 30

2016

33 30

2017

DP1-2

TISA HIGHEST POINTS

HL

TISA AVERAGE

SL

2013

First Language 4 Credits

24

Design Technology 1.5 Credits

Humanities 3 Credits

IB WORLD AVERAGE

History

29.9

Electives 2.5 Credits

CREDITS

HL

Group 6

Group 3

30 29.2

Theory of Knowledge 1 Credit

Arts 1.5 Credits

French B

32

PHE 1.5 Credits

Group 4

Group 1

Self-Taught A Lit

To earn a TISA High School Diploma students are required to earn the following 24 credits and the listed project-based requirements over four years (M4-DP2). Students not taking the full IB DP may take IB Classes for Certificate and/or TISA courses to meet requirements.

Mathematics 3 Credits

Science 3 Credits

Second Language 3 Credits

Primary School Programme The Primary School offers a diverse, holistic, international educational programme constructed around Six Transdisciplinary Themes, plus a Mathematics and English Language programmes designed using best practice from quality inquiry based programmes from around the world.

The Six Transdisciplinary Themes are: >> >> >> >> >> >>

Where we are in Place and Time Who we are Sharing the Planet How the World Works How we Express Ourselves How we Organise Ourselves

TISA also teaches 13 Mother-Tongue Languages in the PYP:

French Spanish Russian Azerbaijani Turkish Arabic Italian Urdu Hindi Bahasa Dutch Farsi Korean And Four Specialist Subjects: >> >> >> >>

VISUAL ARTS

PERFORMING PSPE LANGUAGES ARTS PERSONAL SOCIAL PHYSICAL EDUCATION

RUSSIAN SPANISH FRENCH AZERBAIJANI

*BOLD - TISA Graduate Currently in Attendance

Recent University Acceptances United Kingdom

Canada Carlton University Quest University University of Guelph Dalhousie University Simon Fraser University University of British Columbia U of British Columbia Okanagan University of Lethbridge University of Manitoba University of Toronto University of Waterloo University of Victoria

Brunel University London City University London Durham University Falmouth University Imperial College London Kings College London Queen Mary University of London Swansea University University of Brighton University of Bristol University College London University of Exeter University of Oxford University of Southampton University of Stirling University of Surrey

Anglia Ruskin University Bangor University Cardiff University Carleton University Edinburgh Napier University Goldsmiths, University of London Heriot-Watt University Kingston University London School of Economics Manchester Met University Oxford Brooks University Plymouth University Regent’s University London Royal Holloway, U of London Sch of Oriental and African Studies St George’s, University of London University of Aberdeen University of Bath

University of Cambridge University of Dundee University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Hull U of the Highlands and Islands University of Leeds University of Leicester University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Sheffield University of St Andrews University of The Arts London University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster, Harrow

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA)

Europe Grenoble Sch of Management (FR) CEFAM (FR) Delft University of Technology (NE) Ecole Hotelier de Lausanne (CH) EDHEC Business School (FR)

Erasmus University College (NE) Jacobs University (DE) RWTH Aachen (DE) The Hague University (NE) University of Groningen (NE) University of Twente (NE)

Colombia Universidad de la Sabana

United States

Republic of Korea KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) Korea University

Australia University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Duke University Florida Institute of Technology American University, Washington DC Fordham University Beloit College George Washington University New York University Hofstra University Virginia Tech Lynchburg College The New School Illinois Institute of Technology Stanford University New York Institute of Technology Barnard College Northeastern University Becker College Pennsylvania State University Bradley University Princeton University Boston College Randolph-Macon College Boston University Roger Williams University Brooklyn College of the CUNY Stephen F. Austin State U Brown University Swarthmore College Champlain College Syracuse University Chatham University Texas A&M University College of William and Mary Tufts University Columbia University The University of Arizona Dartmouth University University of California Berkeley Denison University University of California Davis Dickenson College University of California Irvine Dominican U of California University of California Los Angeles Drexel University University of Central Florida

University of Colorado Boulder University of Cincinnati University of Connecticut University of Denver U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Maine at Presque Isle University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Boston University of Miami University of Michigan University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of San Francisco University of the Pacific University of Tampa University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin Madison Vanderbilt University Wellesley College Williams College Yale University