SIA becomes the only accredited High Performance Learning school in Sharjah

Scholars International Academy (SIA) becomes the only accredited BSO, BSME and HPL School in Sharjah.

High Performance Learning (HPL) is a mission-driven organisation, working with schools and teachers to change the face of education and deliver student high performance for the many – whatever their background – not the few. HPL is a global movement for change, for any school, any age, in any country. It operates in conjunction with any subject or curriculum.

HPL will be the framework used at SIA to create the learning eco system, centred around developing Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) and Advanced Characteristics (ACPs).

• School Leaders can make a gear change in their school and significantly improve results. HPL can bring coherence to disparate initiatives with our overarching framework.
• Teachers can develop each student (rather than just covering content) and create new ways of thinking about and teaching their subject.
• Students are encouraged and empowered to succeed. With High Performance Learning, they develop the values and skills they need to be college, work and life-ready

The main 12 features that make HPL schools different are:

1. HPL schools assume that everyone can become a high attainer and act accordingly.
2. HPL schools do not talk about ability they focus on current performance and future performance.
3. HPL schools define high performance as a mix of academic confidence and attainment, personal values, attitudes and attributes and an enterprising, problem solving mindset.
4. HPLschoolsusethecognitivelanguageoftheACPsandVAAstoprovideacross-school language for teaching and learning.
5. HPL schools plan the curriculum to deliver high levels of subject knowledge and subject skills for all students.
6. HPL schools pitch their lessons at a high level and help everyone master the content by making use the ACPs and VAAs. They use minimal differentiation.
7. HPLschoolsuseintelligentstudentgrouping(ISG).Theysetbyperformanceonlywhere they deem it necessary and scaffold learning so lower performing groups are still aiming for the same high level outcomes. They do not lower the bar for some.
8. HPL schools use assessment to measure current performance and the current gap between it and high performance. They then use it to plan next steps. They do not see assessment as a predictor of long term outcomes.
9. HPL schools expect exam results to reflect high performance for all rather than the traditional bell curve.
10. HPL schools actively involve parents and help them to help their children to develop the ACPs and VAAs.
11. HPL schools see extra curricular enrichment as important and a great place to practice ACPs and VAAs.,
12. HPL schools have students who optimistic about what they can achieve, engage in their own learning and are positive about the opportunities they can create for themselves.

SIA is very proud of this achievement which will set their benchmark higher than other schools in the area.