天津經(jīng)濟(jì)技術(shù)開發(fā)區(qū)國(guó)際學(xué)校-天津分校 - 國(guó)際小學(xué)部學(xué)校簡(jiǎn)介
IST is fully accredited by both the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in the USA and the Council of International Schools (CIS) in Europe. The school is an IB World School authorized to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (Grades 11-12), the Middle Years Programme (Grades 6-10), and the Primary Years Programme (Grades NPK-5).The school year begins and ends in early August and June respectively, and is divided into two semesters, with 180 student contact days in total. There are eight, 40-minute class periods per day with double periods in most academic subject areas. IST graduated its first class in 2005, with graduates thus far having been admitted to over 200 of the world’s most prestigious universities, including Brown, Berkeley, Cambridge, Cornell, Hong Kong UST, Kyoto, Melbourne, Seoul National,Toronto, and Yonsei. IST currently enrolls approximately 450 students from 31 different countries, with German, American, French, Ethnic Chinese, and Korean students making up the largest percentages. English is the school’s common social language and principal language of instruction, with Korean, German, French and Mandarin Chinese constituting the next most prevalent mother tongue languages. Students from 180 foreign invested enterprises currently attend the school, with new students constituting between 20 and 25% of annual enrolment.IST's school-wide Teacher-Student Ratio stands at 1:6.4There are 69 full-time and one part-time faculty member, eight of whom are locally hired teachers of Chinese language. IST’s faculty come from 14 different countries with American, Australian, New Zealand, British and Chinese teachers representing the largest percentages. IST teachers typically remain in the school for four years or more with an average annual faculty retention rate of approximately 79%. Approximately 40 of the current faculty have advanced degrees and all are fully certified. The faculty has previously taught at more than 150 different international schools around the world and has an average of 12+ years teaching experience. Teachers are supported by 25 Chinese teaching assistants, all of whom have university degrees and several of whom hold teaching certificates. The non-academic administration includes an additional 45 highly qualified local and expatriate support staff.天津國(guó)際學(xué)校(IST)成立于1994年,是一所面向幼兒園的非盈利性大學(xué)預(yù)科日間學(xué)校,面向天津國(guó)際社會(huì)的十二年級(jí)學(xué)生,這是中國(guó)北方的主要工商業(yè)中心。IST獲得了美國(guó)西方學(xué)校和學(xué)院協(xié)會(huì)(WASC)和歐洲國(guó)際學(xué)校委員會(huì)(CIS)的完全認(rèn)可。該學(xué)校是IB世界學(xué)校,被授權(quán)提供國(guó)際學(xué)士學(xué)位文憑課程(11至12年級(jí)),中學(xué)課程(6至10年級(jí))和小學(xué)課程(NPK-5至5年級(jí))。該學(xué)年分別在八月初和六月開始和結(jié)束,分為兩個(gè)學(xué)期,總共有180個(gè)學(xué)生接觸日。每天有八個(gè)40分鐘的課時(shí),而大多數(shù)學(xué)術(shù)學(xué)科領(lǐng)域則是雙節(jié)。IST于2005年首屆畢業(yè),迄今已被200多所世界上最負(fù)盛名的大學(xué)錄取,其中包括布朗,伯克利,劍橋,康奈爾大學(xué),香港科大,京都,墨爾本,首爾國(guó)民大學(xué),多倫多和延世大學(xué)。IST目前招收來(lái)自31個(gè)不同國(guó)家的大約450名學(xué)生,其中德國(guó),美國(guó),法國(guó),華裔和韓國(guó)學(xué)生占最大比例。英語(yǔ)是學(xué)校的通用社交語(yǔ)言和主要教學(xué)語(yǔ)言,韓語(yǔ),德語(yǔ),法語(yǔ)和普通話是第二大流行的母語(yǔ)。目前有180家外商投資企業(yè)的學(xué)生入學(xué),新生人數(shù)占每年入學(xué)人數(shù)的20%至25%。IST的全校師生比例為1:6.4有69名全職和一名兼職教師,其中八名是當(dāng)?shù)仄赣玫闹形慕處?。IST的教師來(lái)自14個(gè)不同的國(guó)家,其中美國(guó),澳大利亞,新西蘭,英國(guó)和中國(guó)的教師所占比例最大。IST教師通常在學(xué)校呆了四年或更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間,教師的平均年保留率約為79%。目前,大約40名教師擁有高級(jí)學(xué)位,并且全部獲得了認(rèn)證。該系以前曾在全球150多家不同的國(guó)際學(xué)校任教,平均擁有12年以上的教學(xué)經(jīng)驗(yàn)。25名中文助教為教師提供了支持,他們?nèi)慷季哂写髮W(xué)學(xué)歷,并且其中有些持教學(xué)證書。