Vision
The vision of PPS is to promote holistic education and set the pace for Student-driven Learning.
Mission
The mission of PPS is to nurture each child's personal, social, cognitive and academic development within a safe, caring and happy environment. We aim to inspire generations of learners to broaden their educational goals and to become critical thinkers, creative researchers, independent learners and positive change agents within their local and international communities.
Values
Perseverance
Agility
Clarity
Empathy
Respect
Strategic
approach to education
To
deliver on our mission, PPS Dubai is committed to adopting and utilizing the
following strategies:
- Learner-centered
approach: We are committed to developing the knowledge, Skills, and values of all our students, teachers, and staff members honoring
their different learning profiles, readiness, and interests. Each learning
experience is designed to cater to the learner’s individual needs with the
goal of guiding them towards academic, personal, cognitive, emotional and social excellence.
- Multilingualism
is encouraged: Multilingualism
is a vital tool for international understanding, as it empowers students
to become actively involved in the global community. Through our
international curriculum, we offer students the ability to learn four
languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Our students are equipped
with a strong command of two languages and a communicative command in a
third.
- Advanced technology skills: We support learners to advance their computer literacy skills and extend an interactive "anytime, anywhere” philosophy, with access to quality information technology instruction material, empowering students to use these skills to take control of and be responsible for their learning.
- Tailored
learning styles: We believe that learners have unique learning styles, developing
at their own pace. As such we provide tailored instruction styles across
our classrooms, as well as provide different levels of courses where
appropriate (particularly in high school).
- Local and
international cultures are celebrated: We believe that equality, understanding
and awareness are key to growth, fostered by a worldly American
curriculum, tailored to local cultures, and a multinational student body.
Students participate in activities that are enhanced by the cultural
diversity of the host country, the school community and international
contributions.
- Qualified
teaching body: We set
high standards for our teachers and faculty are provided with ongoing
training and certification opportunities, with access to international education
consultants, to provide leaners with holistic academic and social
experiences.
- Partners
in education: We are
committed to fostering a "learning community”, whereby students, their
families, teachers and other members of the school community work together
in a partnership to cultivate the learner as a whole.