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1. Innovative Schools
Program 2011
Ohanyan college
ARMENIA
The vision of Ohanyan college is to
provide an exciting learning
environment with an intensive
deployment of ICT and create a culture
of innovation preparing the students for
global citizenship in 21st century

2. Introduction to Ohanyan College
College was founded in 1997 by Suren Ohanyan.
Our educational complex is the first in Armenia that suggests the whole package
of educational degrees
Name Age of pupils Quantity
“Little Newton” 2.5-6 100
Kindergarten
“Ohanyan” 6-10 70
Elementary School
“Ohanyan” Middle 10-15 30
School
Ohanyan High 15-18 130
School
Our staff consists of 150 educators. They are well trained, proactive, innovative
active learners.

3. The effective communication among all of the
major stakeholders is the key to success of
our school

4. ENVIRONMENT
The school ensures a very much democratic environment, where every
student has an opportunity to express his/her opinion, suggest
solutions and initiate changes. Both the administrators and teachers
are open to collaborative projects, are team players, are proactive and
initiative. The administrators of the school promote and create
conditions for everybody to try and fail without shocking penalties.
ICT – which include computers, projectors, scanners, notebooks, net
services. For department of foreign languages other devices are
available, which give them opportunities to listen to native speakers.
In addition the department of foreign languages implement different
projects to improve the language skills of the students with the help of
international volunteers: Intercultural Bridge, Global Village etc.
.
Internet and program Live@edu make safe collaboration among
staff, pupils, administrators and parents.

5. EVALUATION
Evaluation of academic and social skills helps to
understand and analyse the real educational
process and enhance the level of education.
The evaluation of students are both summative and
formative (helps to evaluate student understanding
at a point when timely adjustments can be made).

6. If you have knowledge, let others light their candles with it.
If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.
George Patton

7. OPPORTUNITIES
The introduction of STEM curriculum and the introduction
of new courses including Science and Engineering
starting from an elementary school is new experience in
Armenia.
The school has also implemented a course of "Computer"
in the elementary school, where teachers working
collaboratively aim at developing child's creative thinking
with the use of very basic programs. They create, draw
cartoons, fairy tales, create their own heroes etc., and
later share with their parents with the help of the Internet .

17. We are convinced
That this program will give our educational complex
- to learn the worldwide best case practices
- get to know new innovative ideas of projects that
intensify the collaboration of different stakeholders and
intensive use of ICT,
- ensure a stimulating environment for the leaders to
develop international cooperation projects involving
students, teachers and administrators.

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