Our Strategic Initiatives
VIS is accredited by the Council of International Schools. Our strategic initiatives are aligned with the ongoing school improvement process that extends from the CIS accreditation process.
1.1: Learners are supported by educators prepared to meet a broad range of learning needs in a timely and targeted manner.
1.2: Our learning principles inspire all teaching and learning at our school.
1.3: Learners are motivated to achieve their best by seeking out challenges and persevering through uncertainty.
2.1: VIS actively supports the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of our community.
2.2: Professional practice relies on self-directedness, collaboration and dignity.
3.1: Alignment between programmes is visible as a continuum of learning that is responsive to the unique needs of each age cohort.
3.2: VIS students are prepared for and motivated to embrace the challenges of the Cambridge International AS &A Level programme at VIS.
3.3: VIS students are self-directed learners who are capable of making decisions that enable them to lead lives of purpose and meaning.
4.1: Students and staff take deliberate care to develop an awareness of self, others and otherness.
4.2: The VIS community is engaged in the learning process in all its forms and visibly demonstrates commitment to the spirit of the school.
The conversion of a Strategic Plan to a Strategic Roadmap in 2021 was a response to changes in thinking about the applicability of the former to the context of schools. We have adopted a Roadmap model in recognition that our work on issues like wellbeing is ongoing and cannot be condensed into an artificial time frame. It is always going to be important, but the focus changes. The roadmap allows us to be more agile regarding how we approach these ever-present goals and initiatives in a manner that fits the context of the school at a given point in time.
Our strategic projects for the 2024-2025 school year reflect our school improvement projects in the areas of pastoral care/student wellbeing, the authentic promotion of cultural proficiency, and alignment of pedagogical practice with concept-based inquiry. Additionally, we are working intensely to upscale our administrative processes.