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Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
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ISU provides school counseling to support students' academic and social-emotional needs. The counselor conducts individual, group, or family counseling and oversees the pastoral care program; they also run workshops for parents and faculty and act as liaison between school and home. When social-emotional needs are supported, academic achievement rises. Counseling strengthens teacher-student relationships, fosters a positive self-image, helps with problem solving and decision making, and builds resilience, self-awareness, and effective study strategies.
ISU uses a multi-tiered framework to support learners, providing early, systematic, and intentional assistance to meet individual needs. A program of learning support is provided by trained professionals through an Individualized Learning Plan (ILP). The approach includes co-planning, co-teaching, and co-assessing and uses a mix of push-in and pull-out services. A Student Success Team helps ensure every student is appropriately challenged, supported and successful. Inclusion is an ongoing commitment to value, respect, empower, and support all students in pursuing excellence.
ISU's EAL program reflects an inclusive culture that ensures accessibility to learning for all students, with all teachers serving as language teachers to deliver a rigorous curriculum. EAL students from Grades 1-12 are supported; Grades 1-5 embed EAL in the regular classroom with shared responsibility, while secondary students are supported in EAL class with differentiated instruction. Placement is informed by assessments and recommendations from EAL and grade-level teachers, and admissions data includes EAL considerations.
ISU supports mental wellbeing through the School Counseling program and pastoral care. The counselor provides individual, group, or family counseling and leads wellbeing workshops for students, parents and staff, serving as a liaison between school and home. Services aim to strengthen relationships, foster resilience and positive self-image, and develop coping strategies to manage stress and academic demands.
ISU uses safe recruitment practices for child protection and verifies the identity, credentials, and work and criminal histories of all prospective employees. The school is committed to the well-being and safety of its students.
The International School of Ulaanbaatar is Mongolia's only IB Continuum school, offering the International Baccalaureate across Pre‑School to Grade 12: PYP for ages 3–12, MYP for Grades 6–10 and the DP for ages 16–19. It is an independent, non‑profit, co‑educational day school situated on a purpose‑built campus on the south side of Ulaanbaatar, near the Tuul River and the Bogd Khan mountains. The two‑storey campus houses primary and secondary sections with shared facilities (cafeteria, nurse's clinic, theatre, swimming pool) and dedicated spaces: the primary includes a makers' space, library, gym and art/music spaces; the secondary includes Design Technology labs, science laboratories, a library, and performing arts venues. Sport facilities include two air‑conditioned gymnasiums, a 25‑m pool, three grass fields, a 400‑m track and a fitness centre. The program emphasizes inquiry‑based, experiential learning, service learning with local communities, and a broad co‑curricular offering in arts, sport and leadership. ISU is an English-language international school with multilingual library resources and participates in UBAC and ACAMIS, including Week Without Walls.
