Associated School of UNESCO at Kazakh-American University (School at КАU)
The School at КАU corresponds to the best models of Kazakh and American (Senior High) schools, in existence since 1998 (State License 0008286) and associated by UNESCO in 2003. Since 2006–2007 academic years there has been an opening of the 1’st Grade where education was carried out in Kazakh language.
The main purposes and tasks of the School:
— Opening up the potential opportunities and personal qualities of students;
— Development of learning motivation;
— Formation of an independent thinking and ability to express themselves freely, be responsible to others, respect and cooperate with them;
— Formation of intellectual, creatively thinking personality, able to continue their further education at KAU in English language and for the future subsequent training in the USA;
— Preparation of highly educated pupils, capable to continue their education at prestigious Higher Schools of Kazakhstan and abroad;
— Creation of continuous (conveyor-type) process of education and necessary educational-methodical supply by КАU in English language.
The School at КАU has all levels of education:
— preschool preparation of children (5–6 years old) — 0 Grade;
— primary school — 1st – 4th Grades;
— Junior High School — 5th – 9th Grades;
— Senior High School — 10th –11th Grades;
Training at preschool and primary school is conducted in two languages: Russian and Kazakh with the use of various teaching technologies and profound studying of Kazakh and English languages.
The main strategic direction of the primary school is developing of training which allows to expose individual talents and abilities of the pupils, help in formation of an elementary orientation in basic spheres of pupils’ activity and of an early skills of behaviour based upon a positive motivation to study and creation of conditions for psycho-physical development of children.
The content of the educationIn at the initial stage is being realized through educational spheres that provide complete perception of the world. The modern tendencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, its entrance to the world economic and education systems brought about the need of teaching foreign language in the primary school.
Starting from the 7th Grade education is being conducted in 3 ways: humanity science; economics; technical sciences.
Educational process at the School is close to the one at the University, i.e.: one academic year consists of 2 semesters — fall and spring. The exams take place in the middle of each semester and at the end of it and include in themselves two parts.
The language of education: 0–6th Grades – Kazakh, Russian; 7th–11th Grades – English.
Class contingency is 12–16 students.
1) Five days a week of schooling.
2) The pre-school and primary school pupils are supplied with set of meals four times a day, the Junior High School students are supplied with hot food once a day. Mandatory individual tutoring of our students is provided by the professional teachers; students are also well supplied with books and manuals on any subjects; they are being delivered to the School and taken home by minibuses; medical servie at KAU’s clinic is available for them as well. There is an opportunity for the students to take part in cultural-mass activities held by KAU; have an opportunity of leisure time activity and Internet access.
The nonresident pupils are given a room at well arranged dormitory.
3) The learning of English and Kazakh languages is carried out by a division into sub-groups with the adequate level of preparation.
4) All teachers conduct their lessons with the use of an informative-communication technologies — video presentations in Power-Point, principles of critical thinking and problem training methodology. Preparation and presentation of students’ projects are held in Power-Point as well.
The pedagogical staff of School at КАU conducts the purposeful, well planned work on perfection the teaching and educational process. The main aim of training is creation at our School of favorable conditions for development of harmonious, spiritual, moral person with tolerant mindset, corresponding to modern requirements. Alongside with the resolution of problems of educational process, the School is obliged to create all necessary conditions for self-development and self-affirmation of the personality and perfection the abilities of the pupils.
Our teachers pay the great attention to an out-of-class work, various evenings, competitions of compositions, readers, reader’s conferences, conversations on multi-cultural education, thematic talks devoted to all state holidays, games, KVN in Russian, Kazakh and English languages are being organized on a regular basis.
Conceptual positions: the personal approach of pedagogic cooperation; success is the main condition of development of pupils during their education; comfort in a class, goodwill, mutual aid; sequencual process in training, systematic content of a teaching material; differentiation, availability of tasks to everyone.
Deputy Director for EMA (Extra Mural Activity) — Ms. Samal N. Samenova
Deputy Director for EM (Education and Methodic) — Mr. Adilzhan T. Ismailov
Psychologist — Ms. Saule J. Bakibaeva
Tel.: +7 (727) 226 81 10, 226 79 77.
29, Toraigirov St.,
050043, Almaty
Republic of Kazakhstan
Tel.: +7 (727) 226–80–00,
Fax: +7 (727) 226–77–99
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