Academic Leadership
Our Schools are Learning Communities, not only for our students but our faculty as well. Each staff member is actively encouraged to participate in continuing education whether through advanced degrees or participation in education conferences. The ISL Group is an active participant in the Alliance for International Education (AIE), the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) and the Council of International Schools (CIS). Additionally, our Greater London Schools are involved with the London International Schools Association (LISA).

Our Managing Director, Amin Makarem, was instrumental in the development of the Alliance for International Education (AIE) UK Chapter and has been appointed a Trustee. Further, he has helped to organise and host the student Climate Change Challenge and the seminar Education for a Better World, which brought together key individuals from leading institutions and NGOs in the fields of international education. The Alliance for International Education will hold its World Conference at ISL Qatar in October 2012.

Technology
Teaching 21st-century skills demands more than providing a student with a computer or replacing a teacher's blackboard with an interactive White Board. It requires teachers to transform the hardware and software of technology into an interactive tool that does not replace interpersonal classroom teaching and learning, but takes it to the next level. Once students begin to understand the implications of digital literacy and the potential of technology for research, virtual collaboration, and communication, the capacity for classroom learning and bringing the world into the classroom greatly expands.

ISL Schools have state-of-the-art wireless systems, which accommodate a mixed PC and Mac Working Environment. Classrooms have interactive White Boards or touch screens, and the ISL Surrey Middle School is pioneering the use of iPad2s in the classroom and video participation with their ISL London and ISL Qatar classmates.

Libraries
ISL libraries are places of discovery where students value the role of books as well as electronic media. Students are encouraged to be information literate and learn how to understand, identify, evaluate, analyse and use information directly.

Each ISL school has a well-resourced and ever-developing library. The Schools also subscribe to Destiny's Web Path Express which contains over 50,000 websites and 107,000 web-links which are high quality, educator-reviewed websites which are updated regularly. All students have borrowing facilities.

Our Participations
ISL Faculty and Staff go beyond participation in Education and Relocation organisations, by participating in and presenting and major educational conferences, serving on Boards and hosting regional and international events. For more information on these connections:

Alliance for International Education: www.intedalliance.org

European Council of International Schools: www.ecis.org

Council of International Schools: www.cois.org

Association of Relocation Professionals: www.arp-relocation.com

European Relocation Association (EuRA): www.eura-relocation.com

Forum for Expatriate Management: www.totally-expat.com