Universal American School Dubai UAS

[shawarma]

Universal American School in Dubai - DubaiFAQs information. Original head was Mr Don Holt? Now Dr Ray Taylor according to their website. Unknown when changed. Some excerpts from their website.

Curriculum:
The school’s program consists of a full K-12 American curriculum leading to the American high school diploma. Arabic is taught from Grades 1-12 while Spanish and French are offered from Grades 6-12. The curriculum is designed to ensure easy transferability to other countries.
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP) will be introduced in the 2007-08 school year. ESOL schools have offered the IB program for close to twenty years. This experience and expertise has translated into graduation rates of above 95% for ESOL’s IB students.

Accreditation:
UAS is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (MSA). The school is also accredited by the UAE Ministry of Education.

Faculty:
UAS employs 70 full-time faculty members. The teachers at UAS are North American, from the United States and Canada, and all have been carefully selected and screened. The teachers hold North American teaching certification in their field of instruction, in addition to a university degree. Many of the faculty holds post-graduate degrees, including doctorates. Teachers from Arab countries teach Arabic, AFL, and Islamic studies. Dr. Ray Taylor, an experienced educator, is the Director of UAS. Prior to joining UAS, Dr. Taylor served as the Director of the Munich International School for 8 years.

Students:
The UAS student body is diverse and international, with over 50 nationalities represented. Approximately 30% of students hold North American citizenship, while 17% are UAE nationals. The atmosphere at UAS is typically American, with a distinctly international feel.

And according to the International Baccalaureate website (ibo.org), Universal American School Dubai (UAS) is authorized to offer the IB Diploma Program since April 2007...

The Universal American School - Dubai has been an IB World School since April 2007. It offers the IB Diploma Programme. The school is private. The head of the school is Ray Taylor.

IB Diploma Programme
Authorized to offer the IB Diploma Programme since April 2007, the programme is taught in English. The school is open to male and female students.

[shawarma]

internationalschoolsreview.com had some less than outstanding comments about Universal American School ...

Comments: UASD is owned by ESOL, a company owned and operated for profit by Waleed Abushakra. Avoid UASD at all costs. Teachers' contracts are not being honored, teaching too many classes to too many students and with unreasonable requirments for duties outside of instruction. Professionally, this will be a lesson in futitility. They target inexperienced new teachers...

A lesson in "futitility" (I can't even say that)? Presumably they meant futility. Comment is undated.

Several other much more positive comments from parents seen on expatwoman.com, although they have a reputation for deleting criticism.

Of course, parents are the ones giving the school money. Some of which is then given to teachers. It would be understandable if the two groups had different perspectives.

[The Salient One]

"And according to the International Baccalaureate website (ibo.org), Universal American School Dubai (UAS) is authorized to offer the IB Diploma Program since April 2007..."

If I am understanding your response, it seems you think they are making a claim of providing IB for 20 years at UAS???

If so, I think you misunderstood.
It states UAS offers IB since 07, but ESOL schools have been providing IB for 20 years.

The Salient One

[shawarma]

Hello salient and welcome to the Dubai forums

My first post quoted this from the UAE website. It seems clear to me, I didn't misunderstand anything as far as I can tell .

The International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB DP) will be introduced in the 2007-08 school year. ESOL schools have offered the IB program for close to twenty years.

By the way, please can you modify your signature so it's only one line of plain text (see forum rules). Thanks .

[The Salient One]

Ok, it sounded like you were claiming the USD site was contradicted by the IB site. I didn't check, but did you check if ESOL schools offered the IB for 20 years???

By the way, please can you modify your signature so it's only one line of plain text (see forum rules). Thanks .

Ok, no problem. Sorry I didn't read line for line the agreement,... I belong to multiple forums,... I made a false assumption!
I am not sure what you mean by "plain text" Size or color,... or both?

[shawarma]

I didn't check, but did you check if ESOL schools offered the IB for 20 years???

No, I just quoted the website claim.

I am not sure what you mean by "plain text" Size or color,... or both???

Rules are still evolving. What you got now is good .