QSI Skopje

Skopje, Macedonia

James Lerch

jclerch@mac.com

websites: Planbook, digitalclass.us, About me

 

Mission Statement

 

Virtually every five year old comes to school eager to learn. The mission of Quality Schools International (QSI) is to keep this urge to learn alive in every child in QSI schools. Our schools are established to provide in the English language a quality education for students in the cities we serve. These students are the children of parents of many nationalities who have come to a foreign country, usually for a limited stay of a year or more. Some students are permanent residents, citizens of the host country.

 

Our schools follow a logical model of education which measures success by the accomplishments and attitudes of our students. We believe that all of our students can succeed, that their successes encourage them to continue in a pattern of success, and that it is the schools' responsibility to provide the conditions for success. These conditions include i) developing clear statements in measurable terms of what the student will do to demonstrate mastery of learning, ii) providing the time and resources needed for each student to attain mastery, and iii) ensuring that students engage in learning at a level which is challenging and yet a level for which each student has the prerequisite skills necessary for success.

 

We believe in providing an aesthetically pleasing physical surrounding under the charge of a caring staff who believe their students will be successful, and who use time with the students as a resource for learning rather than as a boundary condition to determine when a unit of learning begins and ends. We believe in providing resources such as books, learning materials, and educational technology. In the world today children need to become proficient in the use of computers and related technology as tools to accomplish a myriad of tasks.

 

Finally we believe in working with parents to encourage our students to adopt qualities of living which lead to success long after formal schooling has ended. These include universally accepted "success orientations" of trustworthiness, kindness/politeness, responsibility, independent endeavor, concern for others, group interaction, and aesthetic appreciation.

 

 

Success Orientations, Competencies and Knowledge -

When a student leaves Quality Schools International, it is purposed that each student demonstrate success in specified general outcomes or behaviors. When a student graduates from QSI, these outcomes are built into the graduation requirements and are reflected on both the graduation diploma and the student transcript.  These outcomes are also reflected on a continual basis in the student evaluation reports at all age levels.

 

These Exit Outcomes fall into three categories: Success Orientations, Competencies, and Knowledge. Although there are related and overlapping issues and interdependencies among these three categories, they may be identified by the verbs 'to be' (Success Orientations), 'to do' (Competencies), and 'to know' (Knowledge). They are organized as follows:

 

I. SUCCESS ORIENTATIONS 

1. 1. Trustworthiness
   2. Responsibility
   3. Concern for Others
   4. Kindness/Politeness
   5. Group Interaction
   6. Aesthetic Appreciation
   7. Independent Endeavor

 

II. COMPETENCIES  

1. 1. Verbal and Written Communications Skills
   2. Numeracy and Mathematical Skills
   3. Psychomotor Skills
   4. Commercial Skills
   5. Artistic and Musical Skills
   6. Thinking and Problem Solving Skills
   7. Decision Making and Judgment Skills

 

III. KNOWLEDGE

• 1. English/Literature
  2. Mathematics
  3. Cultural Studies
  4. Science
  5. Languages other than English
  6. Creative and Applied Arts
  7. Personal Health & World Environmental Issues