Student-Teacher Relationship

At the British American School of Charlotte, students are partners in learning with teachers and with other students. Clear boundaries and expectations are established and agreed by group as a whole. Teachers help students to make judgements about their own learning and set learning targets for themselves. Students are also involved in assessment of peers and help each other to assess their learning.

Pastoral Care

The British Schools pride themselves on their achievements in terms of excellence in learning and academic success. This success is sustained by our pastoral care system which reflects our mission to create an open learning community in which the academic, social and personal needs of children are recognized, nurtured and supported.

Each child at the school has a class or form tutor who is the main hub for the student, their families and the rest of the school community. The class teacher or form tutor looks after the welfare of a group of students, taking particular interest in the day to day matters that affect those students, registering attendance, and listening to any problems the students have.

Each Key Stage has a Leader for Learning who is also a teacher in the school and they support their team of form tutors as well as leading and managing the Key Stage. They will help with issues of overall academic performance as well as issues of behaviour and they liaise with parents on a regular basis.

Each of our schools organizes their pastoral care system slightly differently, but all aim to create a supportive learning community in the school.