This is the best indicator.\u00a0 If a school has achieved accreditation status by a reputable organisation, it is well worth considering.\u00a0 The school will have had to go through a rigorous process, in which is rated against a range of standards that encompass all facets of school life.\u00a0 The over-riding purposes are to assure standards and aim for continuous improvement.\u00a0 The process includes a visit by a trained team of international teachers and leaders, which assesses the school in its response to the prescribed standards.<\/p>\n
The major accrediting bodies are: the Council of International Schools<\/a> (CIS), the North Eastern Association of Schools and Colleges<\/a> (NEASC), the Western Association of Schools and Colleges<\/a> (WASC), the Council of British International Schools<\/a> (COBIS)<\/p>\n The full membership of several organizations of international schools often is determined by strict criteria, which are usually accompanied by a school visit by a member of the organization\u2019s committee or a senior member of the organization.<\/p>\n Major organizations include Council of International Schools (CIS), European Council of International Schools (ECIS), Headmasters\u2019 and Headmistresses Conference \u2013 Overseas member (HMC), Latin American Heads\u2019 Conference (LAHC), British Schools in the Middle East (BSME),Near East South Asia\u00a0 Council of Overseas Schools (NESA), \u00a0Federation of British International Schools of South East Asia and East Asia (FOBISSEA), East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools (EARCOS),\u00a0 Association of China and Mongolian International Schools (ACAMIS), Mediterranean Association of International Schools (MAIS), Japanese Council of International Schools (JCIS), Swiss Group of International Schools (SGIS), National Association of International Schools in Spain (NABSS), and Association of International Schools in Africa (AISA).<\/p>\n Some of the most prestigious international schools in the world are part of groups that are committed to providing excellent education.\u00a0 Often these schools are well-funded and abundant in resources.\u00a0 Many of them have built their reputations over a long period of time.\u00a0 On the other hand, some are establishing newer schools (often in the Middle East, China and India) with the intention of meeting the highest standards.<\/p>\n Some noteworthy groups include: United World Colleges (Worldwide), English Schools Foundation (Hong Kong), GEMS (Middle East, China and India), Dulwich College \u2013 International Section (China), World Class Learning (North America), Educational Schools Overseas Limited (Middle East), and Yew Chung Educational Federation (China).<\/p>\n These are more difficult to assess from the outside.\u00a0 Indicators are some of the above (e.g. accreditation and membership \u2013 some will have more than one in each category) and look for date of establishment, student roll and curriculum (e.g. do they offer the IB).<\/p>\n The names of the schools that fall into this category are too numerous to list, but some notable outstanding schools are the International School of Geneva, United Nations International School New York,\u00a0Tanglin Trust School Singapore, Garden International School Kuala Lumpur, and Sha Tin College Hong Kong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" International Schools come in all shapes and sizes; use a variety of curricula; have a variety of facilities and resources; offer a variety of salary and benefits packages; and the overall quality covers the whole spectrum of outstanding to extremely poor.\u00a0 This begs the question, \u2018How does a person who is contemplating teaching abroad find… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":8981,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5Krhd-cm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12904,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/766\/revisions\/12904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.teacherhorizons.com\/advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Membership of an organization of international schools<\/h2>\n
Schools managed by a parent company or an educational foundation<\/h2>\n
Individual schools with an international reputation built over several years<\/h2>\n