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Calendar Professional Development

The academic year is divided into two BBS understands how important
semesters: professional development is to a
September to January and February school and its teachers. This is why
to June. the school funds many initiatives
that result in student progress.
The school week starts on a Sunday Our goal is always to benefit the
and ends on Thursday with Friday and child. This can be accomplished
Saturday being the weekend. through school wide training
Faculty initiatives, bringing experts to
The school day for faculty begins at Kuwait or by sending teachers
There are 383 full time faculty and staff members representing 26
nationalities drawn largely from the Middle East, US, Canada, UK, 7:00 and ends at 2:50. to conferences in the region, or
Jamaica, India, South Africa, Australia and Eastern Europe. worldwide. Alternatively, it can be
Extra-curricular activities, meetings, done through online experiences.
etc. begin after the end of the school “At BBS we are committed
BBS aims for teachers committed to the following:
day. At BBS we are committed to
• Living the mission of the school modeling character development to modeling character
• Serving children’s needs in a selfless manner to our students. We do this by the development to our
• Attaining professional standards and demonstrating openness school wide implementation of students.
to change Learning Circles. It is a research
• Being involved with children during and after school hours based process that creates a We do this by the school
• Participating in professional development, school and staff classroom culture that maximizes wide implementation of
learning and social development.
development initiatives, committees and workshops LEARNING CIRCLES”
• Portraying high standards of professional behavior and BBS offers monthly Early Release/
communication PD Days during the year that
• Attaining clearly articulated standards; focusing on higher provide ongoing training and
order thinking skills, creative problem solving skills and development to all staff on
encouraging “learning how to learn”. teaching and learning. Also, a
portion of the PD days follows
Enrollment the PLC process in which staff
The current enrollment (September 2024) is 2648. Of the total, 2489 are host country nationals and 159 are members work collaboratively
a mix of different nationalities such as Americans, Lebanese, Jordanians, Egyptians, Syrians, Canadians, and in cycles of inquiry and action
other. research to achieve the desired
goals.
Pre-K KG1 & KG2 Elementary School Middle School High School
144 320 965 561 658
Class size:
The current information states the class size is set at 18 for Pre-K, 20 for KG1 and KG2, 23 for GR1 and GR2,
8 and 25 for GR3 and above. 9