Membership
Membership requires schools to comply with the AGIS standards, a set of guided principles that relate, for example, to the conditions of employment of international staff, admissions policies and the provision of specialised programmes for second language learners.
Academic expectations are high and all AGIS schools are committed to small class sizes and meeting the individual needs of students who can be both expatriate and members of the local German community.
AGIS schools are committed to high professional standards, the promotion of good quality teaching and career development of all employees.
Member schools are those committed to:
- high quality international education
- continuous improvement through evaluation, accreditation and professional development
- not-for-profit operation, where no outside individual or group benefits financially
- free and open sharing of ideas, curriculum and benchmark data between member schools
- ethical practice and cultural inclusiveness
- the precept that the best interest of children should guide all school policy and practice
Members are exclusively non-profit International Schools located in the Federal Republic of Germany. Members are proposed by the Board and accepted by resolution of the General Assembly. The condition of full membership is full membership in the European Council of International Schools (ECIS) or a similar accrediting organization. Schools holding a provisional membership of accrediting organizations may become prospective members of the Association.
Schools applying for prospective membership will be subject to a visit from a representative from a regular member school in another city. Decisions regarding regular membership are taken by voting members at an AGM.