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Ecuador, Guayaquil
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The school provides comprehensive student support in psychological, pedagogical, emotional, and social areas through the Department of Student Counseling (DECE). The Learn to Be program, developed with DECE and tutors, promotes socioemotional development and mental health through weekly tutor sessions and the Veo Positivo program. It aims to strengthen emotional intelligence by helping students identify, understand, and regulate their emotions for well-being. It promotes intrinsic motivation by fostering autonomy, responsibility, and discovering aptitudes and interests for personal and vocational development. It develops coping strategies to face difficult situations such as academic failure or external pressures. It fosters a positive, inclusive, and collaborative school climate through assertive communication.
English language instruction is delivered through a bilingual immersion approach. In Preschool, English immersion stimulates creativity and lays foundations for mastering a second language. The school's bilingual immersion underpins its international, culturally diverse educational approach and is complemented by an integrated methodology that also emphasizes artistic and physical development to prepare students as globally engaged citizens.
Learn to Be is based on psychological training to promote emotional, social, and academic well-being through developing soft skills that help students face the challenges of their schooling. Specific objectives include strengthening emotional intelligence by helping students identify, understand, and regulate their emotions; promoting intrinsic motivation by fostering autonomy and responsibility and helping students discover aptitudes and interests for future development; developing coping skills to handle difficult situations; and fostering a positive, inclusive school climate through assertive communication.
The American School of Guayaquil is a private, nonprofit bilingual international school with ties to the United States, promoting cultural relations between Ecuador and the United States. The school teaches in English and Spanish and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for students aged 16–19. The DP spans six subject groups and three components: Extended Essay (Monografía), Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS). Students choose six subjects from six groups as a full Diploma, with three at Higher Level and three at Standard Level, and complete assessments recognized for direct university entry, credit, and scholarships. Since 1985, school has delivered IB Diploma Programme. Primary Years Programme serves 3–12 with a transdisciplinary, inquiry-based framework and bilingual immersion, culminating in PYP Exhibition. Founded in 1942 by Harry and Mollie Jacobson, ASOCAG governs the school today; facilities include Robert Allan Reed stadium and modern laboratories on Avenida Juan Tanca Marengo.
