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Charter
International School

University Guidance and Counselling

The goals of the university/careers guidance programme at Charter are:

– All students receive personal advice and help in deciding their future study/career goals

– All students who wish to apply to university receive advice that allows them to make informed decisions about university choices

– All students who wish to apply to university receive individualised support that allows them to write effective applications

– All students receive offers of places from universities that match both their academic profile and other criteria they may set for themselves

– Students receive timely advice that allows them to make good subject option choices in both Years 9 & 11 

University guidance is offered to all students at Charter on an ongoing basis generally starting from Year 9.

Year 9 Students are made aware of the future roadmap of decision making leading up university applications in their final two years. Guidance is given to students in their IGCSE option choices ensuring that their options support their possible future choices of university study and profession. Students begin to think, in very general terms about what they might like to study at university in order to help them make option choices. Parents are invited to attend a coffee morning to explore these issues.

Year 11 Part of the term 1 homeroom programme is devoted to thinking about university options in a more detailed way than previously. Students are encouraged to think carefully about what and where they may want to study after Charter, prior to the annual university fair that they attend from Y11. They are given guidance on the kinds of things (and their importance) that make for a strong application so they can start planning and preparing.

Advice is given on option choices.

Parents are invited to attend a coffee morning to explore these issues.

Year 12 Through the PBL course, students start to plan with a lot more focus on where and what they want to study and how to write compelling applications. Students are strongly encouraged to start the application process in the second half of Year 12 and are given detailed and personalised advice on what they need to do

Year 13 A major focus of the first term of the PBL course is ensuring that students meet application deadlines. Detailed and individualised advice is given and personal statements and essays are reviewed and redrafted multiple times.

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What is Charter? The CIS/WASC view
The school continues to execute its mission, effectively balancing the English National Curriculum in an international context. The school has done so in a manner that has supported its own unique identity among a very competitive marketplace of schools within Bangkok.
International Mindedness
Parents and students identified the 'importance of the 'soft skills' of intercultural acceptance as one of the beneficial outcomes that is demonstrated by a Charter graduate, who is comfortable navigating the cultural differences and nuances of a student body comprised of multiple nationalities.'

… students feel well-prepared to navigate the multicultural world that they will likely find themselves in.
International Mindedness
'Charter's commitment to intercultural learning is ongoing, embedded, and very much part of the cultural identity and mindset of the school. Conversations with leadership, teachers and students suggest that Charter identifies as an international school with an English curriculum. This identity is separate and distinct from other schools in Bangkok
International Mindedness
the school demonstrates commitment to the role of language through developing programmes to support multilingual learning as well as the host country language.
Well-being
[The] commitment to student and community well-being is widespread, as demonstrated by supportive and constructive interactions between teachers, administration and students… It is evident that the school is doing an excellent job in this regard… setting the tone for student-centred educational practices within the school.
Safeguarding
[Our] 'commitment to well-being is also evidenced by the establishment of a thorough and comprehensive child safeguarding system
Wellbeing
[A] culture of care is common throughout the school CIS/WASC May '23

A caring, student-centred environment across divisions throughout the school [was observed].
Teaching & Learning
Students at Charter International School are observed to be actively engaged in their learning.

A range of lesson observations demonstrate varying approaches to teaching and learning where students are seen to work both independently and collaboratively.
Staffing
Charter has a purposeful approach to creating a professional and trusting working environment which transcends conversations with stakeholders [and] fosters a conducive working environment that fosters collegiality and reflects job-satisfaction.
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