Ø    Courses offered

American Curriculum

Ministry of Education Curriculum

Continuous Education Improvement in our school

 Ø   DMES Curriculum Profile:  

 The curriculum at our school went through several major and minor changes following schools policy in reviewing its curriculum. The three keys of knowledge; Reading, Writing and Arithmetic, are the three angles shaping the triangle within which the curriculum at our school have been selected. On the other hand, Practical and hands-on activities, skills, and modern technology are the three lines framing the process. 

 The school’s curriculum covers all courses offered from KG to Grade 12 and keeps pace with students’ mental and physical development. Right from the very beginning and  particularly, from KG 1, our child starts learning How to hold a pencil, a skill that at later stages develops into forming words and sentences. At a more developed stage our student learns how to express own opinions, compare and contrast, and research information. While, at the advanced stage of their schooling life, our students learn how to analyze, criticize and take a stand.

 As for Reading, at the early childhood stage, the child at DMES starts by distinguishing

between prints and pictures, letters and words. Then, recognizes the different sounds that

make up a word and identifies rhyming words. He is then taught how to Monitor own

reading by applying strategies (e.g., sounding out letters; using context, grammar, and

picture clues; and rereading) to determine meaning before he could lately Read aloud

with expression and fluency, and silently for comprehension and understanding.

Afterward, our student reads, comprehends, analyzes, and shows response towards

unlimited variety of texts ranging from scientific articles, literary pieces and poetry to

newspapers’ and online articles.  

 Empowered with creative thinking and problems solving skills, our student travels along with digits and numbers and their basic operations upward towards advanced and complicated ones. Our curriculum satisfies the natural mental development of each student, challenges the above average mental abilities to excel, and provides remedies for below average ones. It demonstrates a scope and sequence of skills that meet both national and international standards.    

Ø  Courses offered:

 At DMES, we offer the following courses as per grade level:

Islamic Education:

Compulsory for Muslim students only. A course of 12-plus-basic levels, taught for all students in grades from KG to grade 12. The course is a production of the Ministry of Education and taught in Arabic language in regular classrooms and in English Language for Muslim Students with a mother tongue other than Arabic.

Arabic Language:

Produced and distributed by the Ministry of Education,  Arabic Language is a course of twelve-plus-basic levels, compulsory, for Arab students only, in grades from KG to Grade twelve. The course is taught in Arabic Language in regular classrooms, with special classes in English Language for Arabs but nonnative speakers. 

English Language:

A compulsory course for all students from KG to grade twelve. The course includes; Reading and Language Arts sub-courses that are presented at different levels and grades.

English Literature:

A five levels course that is given for all students in all grades from seven to eleven. The course includes a variety of literary works and pieces from modern, medieval and old ages.

Science:

A compulsory twelve levels course, with English Language as a medium of instructions in labs and regular classrooms. The science course at DMES includes sub-courses that are introduced at intermediate and advanced levels such as Physics, Biology, and Chemistry.

Mathematics:

A compulsory twelve levels course with English Language as a medium of instruction. Mathematics is given to all grades from One to Twelve with Geometry and Calculus introduced at the high school level.

I.T:

A compulsory twelve-plus-basic levels course, given to all grades from one to twelve. The course goes through interval review processes and is a subject for change every year to keep pace with the nonstop development of digital technology.        

Social studies:

A compulsory three levels course, taught to all students in grades 4 to 6. Arabic Language is the medium of instructions in this course, as for those whose mother tongue is other than Arabic, the school has assigned special classes and translated text books.

History and National Education:

A compulsory three levels course given to all students in grades 7 to 9. Arabic Language is the medium of instructions in this course, as for those whose mother tongue is other than Arabic, the school has assigned special classes and translated text books.

Geography:

A compulsory three levels course given to all students in grades 7 to 9. Arabic Language is the medium of instructions in this course, as for those whose mother tongue is other than Arabic, the school has assigned special classes and translated text books.

Business: A one year course, given to grade 10 students.

Accounting: A one year course, given to grade 11 students.

Economics: A one year course, given to grade 12 students.

Physical Education: Twelve plus basic course to all students in all grades

Fine Arts: Twelve plus basic course to all students in all grades.

American Curriculum Subjects For The Academic Year 2006-2007

Continuous Education Improvement in our school:

It deals with two main cores , which are :

The Continuous professional development , that deals directly with the teachers’ needs

The students’ product directed programs ,which are to focus on the students’ products. as a real evaluation for the learning process output .

Continuous professional development.

To fulfil this, some programs were designed for teachers’ professional development:

1.   Career Development program : which are offered through micro-teaching inside classrooms and workshops  and is submitted in a worksheet( Professional Development Workshops ) .

2.   Teaching and Learning Strategies program ( visual Documentation)

3.   School performance Follow Up Program ( Open surveillance Eye)

4.   Results’ analysis Program

The Students’ Product Improvement Directed Programs:

    The educational improvement plan success is defined by grade-level student learning outcomes for ( Languages,  Mathematics, Science, Social studies, Physical Education, Economy, Technology, Art,….etc.

 The students’ outcomes are to be classified as the following :

• Cognitive Development

• Social and cultural Development

• Aesthetic Development

• Vocational Development

• Moral and Religious Development

• Creative Development

Each of them has been served by Educational Programs as following:

Cognitive Development:

1. Diagnosis Program ( Educational Clinic)

2. Remedial Classes Program( My school , Help ME )

3. Academic Qualification Programs ( TOEFL , SAT, ICDL)

Social and cultural Development:

1. The Social and Cultural Awareness Program ( Read)

2. National Awareness Program ( Labaik Emarat)

3. The School Activity Program

4. The socio- psychology Program

Aesthetic Development:

 The Environmental Education Program ( My beautiful School )

Vocational Development:

1. The Administer Student Program

2. The Teacher student Program

Moral and Religious Development:

1. Quraan Reciting Program  

2. Moral Education Program ( Morals)

3. Scholar Discipline program

Creative Development:

1. Be ready Program

2. Thinking and Creating Program

Parent’s involvement Development:

        Parents' programs:

1. My Mother, My Teacher Program

2. A Day in KG  program

3. The Effective Participation Program

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