Our Curriculum

The American International School of Guangzhou provides the International Baccalaureate primary Years and Diploma programme as well as a standards-based curriculum. American Education Reaches Out (AERO), common core and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are used throughout all phases to tailor a program most relevant to our unique context and learners.

AISG is one of only two schools in Asia and the only school in china to have a full Early childhood through Grade 12 implementation of the pLc at Work framework. pLc (professional Learning community) teams work in a continuous cycle of inquiry focused on student learning outcomes and data-informed instruction and assessment.

The 2020-2021 school year saw continued growth in our faculty’s approach to hybrid teaching and learning, including experiencing professional development tailored to a range of flexible learning environments. In the first half of the year, many teachers returned to china from their displaced locations abroad. At school, we pivoted with a return to face-to-face instruction, while maintaining all the valuable insights and learning opportunities gained from the prior year including flexibility in planning and instruction, varied and innovative assessment practices, and a focus on student well-being.

The 2020-2021 school year provided us with a focus on accelerated learning – by ensuring the most essential learning opportunities

and assessing the gaps in the taught curriculum from last year, we were able to prepare our students to access the curriculum, stay on track in their learning and excel. pLc teams worked collaboratively to determine the essential elements of our units and distill content into what was most important to cover. This process re-emphasized the importance of all the hard work done over the past few years in identifying power standards and creating a viable and aligned curriculum.

English Language Arts, Language Acquisition and Early childhood were up for curricular review. This process of review includes datadriven research and investigation into the best teaching and learning practices associated with the subject area. Additional curricular work included continuing our development of language phases in Spanish, French and chinese B, the extension of Robotics in the Lower Secondary School to a whole-year course, the development of NGSS units in the Elementary School’s science lessons, and alignment of health standards across Elementary School. Next year, Mathematics, English as an Additional Language, Learning Support, and our assessment policies are all up for this same data-driven review.