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Azerbaijan, Baku
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Baku International School Counseling Services provide academic, career, and personal/social supports to students and families. The counselor offers personal, social, and emotional supports in a safe, confidential space and provides individual support when needed, as well as mediation of conflicts between students and between students and teachers. Family and community supports help build strong BIS relationships and assist with arrivals and departures, including check-ins and transitional activities. The counseling program also includes academic supports and career/university counseling to support student well-being and success.
BIS has a special needs policy to provide accommodations for students with identified learning differences and, when necessary, modifications to the curriculum. The policy aims to enable all students to be successful in the QSI environment; for details on specific learning support services, contact BIS.
The Intensive English program serves students aged 6 and up whose English proficiency limits access to mainstream instruction. The program aims to develop basic interpersonal communication and academic English across speaking, listening, reading, and writing, in a four-skill framework. It features small class sizes, an individualized program, pull-out language support, and collaboration with the classroom teacher to support subject-area courses.
Mental wellbeing is supported through BIS Counseling Services. A full-time counselor provides personal, social, and emotional supports and offers a safe space for students. The counselor also provides family and community supports, academic supports, and career/university counseling as part of the BIS student-services program.
BIS is committed to safeguarding and to providing a safe and nurturing environment. All employees must report suspected incidences of abuse or neglect, and safeguarding is a CEESA priority with school policies and ongoing training. BIS uses the CEESA Safeguarding and Child Protection Statement and Keeping Safe Child Protection Curriculum to teach students about safety, relationships, recognizing and reporting abuse, and protective strategies.
Baku International School offers an American college-prep program for students aged 2 to 18. As a member of Quality Schools International, BIS follows the QSI mastery-learning model, with English as the language of instruction and Advanced Placement courses as a core pathway to college readiness. Graduates earn an American High School diploma with three options—General Diploma, Academic Diploma, and Academic Diploma with Honors—with the AP Capstone Diploma as an additional pathway. BIS is affiliated with the U.S. Department of State Office of Overseas Schools and is fully accredited by the Middle States Association for Schools and Colleges. The campus in the Ganjlik district features renovated facilities, a 500-seat auditorium, a two-level library, science labs, a makerspace, and art and music rooms, plus computer labs. Outdoor fields, a track, a gym, and a cafeteria support activities including NHS, Student Council, Week Without Walls, and CEESA participation. Within a diverse international community.
