Mission
Statement
The IAP is an international collaboration that promotes excellence in education and holds the value of pluralism at its core. The Partnership seeks to advance the quality of education as an essential building block of civil societies that are peaceful and just. Founded jointly in 1993 by Aga Khan Education Services,with more than 300 K–12 schools worldwide,and Phillips Academy, Andover, in the United States, the IAP now includes twoadditional partners: the Institute for Educational Development at Aga Khan University in Pakistan, and the Schule Schloss Salem in Germany. For information on partner institutions, see akdn.org, andover.edu, and salem-net.de; for more about the IAP, see www.andover.edu/iap. The IAP supports partner institutions in teacher development and curriculum development, as well as programs in leadership development.
Participants
to Date
- Approximately
400 schools in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Tajikistan,
Tanzania, Uganda and the United States
- Through
2003, 68 Phillips Academy faculty and 575 AKES teachers
- 31
student researchers
Teacher Development
The IAP recognizes educators as facilitators of learning, agents of change, researchers, and curriculum developers. To that end, the IAP seeks to support teachers as lifelong learners. Recent examples of IAP programs in teacher development include workshops to develop pedagogy in reading and writing for grades 2–6; to integrate information technology with daily classroom practice;and to support project research and analytical writing in economics. Since 2000, more than 1,000 teachers have participated in IAP workshops and spin-offs in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the United States across virtually all disciplines.
Curriculum Development
The IAP uses a dynamic approach to curriculum development to reflect pluralism, cultivate critical thinking, and encourage a good understanding of ethics, civil society, and global issues. Through this approach, the Partnership aims to foster in students a sense of responsibility to themselves,to the quality of life of the communities in which they live, and to the global community at large. IAP’s curriculum projects responddirectly to the needs and interests of partner institutions and include African Studies, Global Economics, Islamic Cultural Studies, and Pluralism. While most programs target teachers, the IAP sponsors a student service program in Bombay with the theme of children’s rights.
Leadership Development
The IAP seeks to develop programs to identify and promulgate best practices in leadership and governance for the benefit of students, teachers, school heads, administrators, directors, and trustees. The IAP has solicited expertise from many outside institutions, including the Pike School in Andover, Massachusetts; Wellesley College; the University of Texas, Austin; Harvard University; the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London; State Councils on Economics Education; and New York University.
Governance
The
IAP Steering Committee comprises Dr. Muhammad Memon , Director,
Institute of Educational Development, Aga Khan University; Daniel Cunningham, Charter Trustee, Phillips Academy;
Ingrid Sund, Headmaster, Schule Schloss Salem;
Barbara L. Chase, Head of School, Phillips Academy; Salim Bhatia, Director, Aga Khan
Education Services; Nimet Rener, Education Programme Officer, Aga
Khan Education Services; and Christopher L. Shaw, Director, IAP.
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