Al Wajbah Preparatory Independent School for Girls

Educational Plan
Educational Goals
School Operator
Contact Information

Educational Plan

Vision: Our school seeks to build confident, creative and responsible individuals who will make positive contributions to society – living by our motto: “Achievements beyond Expectations.”

Philosophy: We believe that the students are the future of our nation and that academics remain to date, the most valuable tool to improve quality of life. We also believe that critical skills of enterprise and creativity are at the center of all human endeavours.

School Mission
"To work continuously and in partnership with the community to ensure that each student develops and demonstrates the knowledge, skills and character needed to succeed in secondary School and beyond, and lives a rewarding productive life."

Aims: Upon graduation, our students will be academically strong, productive, responsible citizens, self-assured and articulate, confident individuals, and agents of social change in a rapidly changing society. Our core aim is to attain this success through achievement, innovation, inclusion, and accountability. We are committed to reflect them in the following values for:

Our Students:

• Providing the most appropriate internationally accredited programs of education that stretches students’ potentials to the full- yet, low stress learning achieved through our unique system of the “Pearl” concept.
  
• Providing a strong bilingual literacy syllabus that is internationally accredited, delivered independently and across the curriculum, and aided with co-curriculum activities and a state of the language laboratory if provided by SEC.
  
• Utilizing modern methods of learning that are stimulating and varied. Technology will be a tool that complements teaching methods. Students will explore their personal styles and will lead in oral discussion, written work and group checking – providing practise for leadership and teamwork, and promoting creative methods of learning.
  
• Applying a comprehensive and continuous assessment system, which measures the development of each student’s skills, knowledge and character.
  
• Developing the whole person to become active and productive citizen through our Citizenship and Character Building program and the Student Activity Organization.
  

Our Staff:

• Developing their professional expertise and achievement, and create a happy and progressive working atmosphere in the School.
  

Our Parents:

• Working in partnership with parents to monitor progress so that their children are able to meet their expectations

Our Community:

• Offering positions in our Board of Trustees to community and parents to provide a solid base for reciprocal partnership.
  
• Promoting our school as a local centre for learning.
  

Values: To achieve our mission, we believe that every member of our school must pursue the following values:

• Trustworthiness: Honesty, Integrity, Loyalty and Reliability
  
• Respect: Dignity, humanely-ness, Civility and Tolerance
  
• Responsibility: Pursuit of excellence, Accountability and Diligence
  
• Fairness: Equality, Unbiased approach and Pursuit of truth
  
• Caring: Kindness, Benevolence and Helpfulness
  
• Citizenship: Knowledge and Respect

Educational Goals
In pursuing its educational goals, our school will preserve our Qatari identity, culture and way of life. The school will pursue the following goals:
1. Achieving Success

• All students will achieve success through the demands of our effective curriculum that conforms to the requirements of a comprehensive preparatory school and aligned with the National Curriculum Standards.
  
• Our School will adopt a learning system where students learn more in a shorter time and with less effort; hence, any student can excel. The school’s success will be measured by the value it adds to each student. Class time is utilized for building a solid foundation of knowledge through interacting, analyzing, forming and expressing opinions, and effective discussion. Discussions are based on critical thinking and logical reasoning. The whole class is taught together.

2. Effective Curriculum

• The school will provide an effective curriculum that is integrated, sequential, and includes the teaching of age-appropriate skills, knowledge, and values.
  
• The syllabus will be specifically designed by our school to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in their further education. We will design our syllabi with the concept of the Pearl.1 The unit pearl will be aligned with the National Core Subjects' Standards. Fractions for example, will be divided into units. Each unit is subdivided into pearls. The concept for numerator and denominator is one pearl. Our students will have higher order of thinking and problem solving that provides opportunities for applications of these skills in their real-life experiences.

3. Proficiency in Literacy

• All students will be able to achieve success of all reading and writing skills necessary for proficiency in the Arabic and English language arts.
  
• It is impossible to ignore the importance of literacy in education. Reading is the skill upon which success in every other academic area is based. Study after study shows that students who cannot read by age nine are unlikely to ever become fluent readers, and have a higher tendency to drop out. We will monitor the reading and writing skills through the comprehensive test of basic skills conducted by the Education Institute and specific tests of our own. We will independently research or collaborate and partner with local education communities (such as British Council) to employ the best successful practices employed for improving the English language literacy, and do similar arrangements for the Arabic. Each student will improve her scores until a level, (to be determined later) which we will maintain as the minimum threshold for the student.
  

4. Proficiency in Mathematics

• All students will be able to achieve success of computation and problem solving skills necessary for proficiency in mathematics.
  
• The importance of mathematics extends beyond the academic domain. Young people that transition to adulthood with limited mathematical skills are likely to find it difficult to function in society. Basic arithmetic skills are required for everyday computations and sometimes for job applications. Most new job openings require mathematical skills greater than the high school level, so competence in mathematical skills is related to higher chances of employment. If students can read and perform math, they can be successful at science and other subjects.
  

5. Character Building

• Staff members will actively develop and strengthen students’ moral, ethical and civic values through the Student Activity Organization (SAO)
  
• Many teachers and administrators report that Character Education activities have spurred significant parental involvement in school life. The payoff for good character is that it makes the student a better person and it makes the world a better place. We know a structure of mutual respect and responsibility will produce students who have a strong sense of identity. Reflection and a commitment to serving others shape both the capacity and the willingness to excel academically. Conversation inside and outside the classroom will intentionally center on the following six key virtues: Trustworthiness; Respect; Responsibility; Fairness; Caring; and Citizenship.
  

6. Partnering with the Community

• The School will partner with families, local school community members, community agencies, universities and civic and business communities to promote student achievement.
  
• The community which understands the purposes and activities of the school is better able to make decisions concerning their support and improvement and subscribes to a policy of relations which shall promote widespread community interest, understanding and approval of the School system and its programs.
  

7. Technology across Curriculum

• The School will add value to the curriculum effectiveness through the use of technology and ICT
  
• Technology can transform the way education is delivered and open the way to a new pedagogy. It can make it easier for teachers to plan and to find high quality materials, and it can help pupils find out more about the subjects they are studying. Critically, new technology can enable teachers to tailor their teaching more closely to the abilities of individual pupils.

School Operator: Mrs. Muna Ahmad A. Al-Saadi
Bachelor of Science in Geology & Chemistry from Qatar University (1983), Diploma in General and Advanced Education (1991 and 1995). Mrs. Al-Saadi has more than 20 years of experience in the education field starting out as a teacher then director and mentor before holding the position of principal at Al-Wajba Preparatory Independent Girls’ School in 2005. She has attended a number of seminars, workshops and training courses in Qatar and the region.

Contact Information:
P.O. Box: 11711, Doha – Qatar
Tel:4879124 - 4879326 - 4874126
Fax:4878852
E-mail: alwajba-ppg@sec.gov.qa
Website: www.wajba-school.com