Compass International School

Compass International School Doha
Compass International School Doha
Location
Doha
Qatar
Information
Type Private
Motto "Be Ambitious"
Established 2006
Principal Dr. Terry Creissen
Grades Early Years 1 - Year 13
Gender Male and Female
Enrollment +1400
Houses North, South, East and West
Colour(s) Blue & Yellow
Website http://www.nordangliaeducation.com/our-schools/doha/compass-international-school

Compass International School Doha is a private, co-educational school in Doha, Qatar. It is an International School with campuses located in Gharaffa, Madinat Khalifa, and Rayyan. It was founded in 2006 by Fieldwork Education to provide learning to both local and international students and has rapidly expanded to provide to over 1400 students over three campuses. The school is now part of the Nord Anglia group of schools.

At Primary level, the school offers the English National Curriculum for English and maths and the International Primary Curriculum (IPC) for all other subjects. The Rayyan and Gharaffa campuses operate as one Primary school and have classes from Early Years 1 - Year 6 (age 3 - 11). Madinat Khalifa is a Primary and Secondary school which has classes from Years 1-13. At Madinat Khalifa they offer Primary and Secondary education for children (aged 5 – 18). In Primary they follow the English National Curriculum and IPC. In Secondary, Years 7 - 9 (aged 11 – 14), they follow the English National Curriculum, with exam courses for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) in Years 10 and 11. The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program rounds the education off in Years 12 and 13 (aged 17 – 18).

The schools also teach Arabic, Islamic Studies and Qatar History in line with the Supreme Education Council guidelines.

All the Subjects in the school are: English, Maths, Biology, Science, Chemistry, Physics, PE, PSHE, Psychology, Geography, Business Studies, Economics, Music, History, Dutch, French, Spanish, Arabic, ICT, Art, Qatar History and Islamic studies.

Collaborations

The Juilliard School

In February 2015, Nord Anglia Education and The Juilliard School announced a global collaboration to enhance performing arts education for students in grades K-12. The program includes an embedded curriculum along with continued support and engagement with Juilliard alumni and affiliated artists. It also includes professional development for teachers, a summer school and private lessons. The curriculum was rolled out in September 2015 and is expected to educate more than 20,000 students aged 3 to 18 by 2017.

The curriculum focuses on key works of music, dance and drama.

CEO of Nord Anglia Education, Andrew Fitzmaurice, has criticized today's education for focusing too much on league tables and wants to "inspire children to engage with all their studies and develop a love of learning" through the Juilliard collaboration.

King's College London

In 2015, Nord Anglia partnered with King's College London to offer an Executive Master's in International Education. Courses are designed specifically to address challenges specific to international schools. The program is fully funded by Nord Anglia Education and available only to Nord Anglia Education teachers. Nord Anglia and King's College London states that the program will open up to teachers outside Nord Anglia schools in 2020. Fifty teachers will start the program in 2016. The aim of the program is to recruit, develop and retain high quality teachers. The program is a two-year, part-time masters program which is designed to teach effective leadership skills and feature online face-to-face modules.

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

In May 2016, Nord Anglia Education announced a global collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on STEAM subjects for K-12 students. The collaboration will develop a new approach to implement science, technology, engineering, visual arts, and mathematics program across 42 Nord Anglia schools worldwide. Core to the collaboration is the reflection of MIT's philosophy of 'Mens et Manus', 'mind and hand', which calls for a hands-on approach to problem solving. Students will learn directly from lecturers and students at MIT.STEAM discipline teachers at Nord Anglia will also benefit from unique professional development opportunities through annual workshops and ongoing training with MIT staff, hosted by the MIT Museum The CEO of Nord Anglia Education, Andrew Fitzmaurice, said that the collaboration with MIT is intended to help students build skills for the 21st century. He has also said that subjects traditionally taught in school do not necessarily give the knowledge and skills needed in an ever-changing world and the greatest discoveries in our century exist at the cross-section of subjects, citing MIT's groundbreaking cancer research using nanotechnology to destroy cancer cells.



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