WE CULTIVATE GREATNESS THROUGH AN INTEGRATED APPROACH: IQ+EQ+SQ

The greatness we pride ourselves with, as educators, depends on our capacity to see the greatness in those that we teach. Those that we teach end up exactly the way we see them. The prodigy student will be able to tackle our assigned challenges and will have faith he can solve them. The troubled student will respond to our frustration and fear. The puzzle student will respond to our genuine faith in God. We believe in a personalized education that develops the cognitive dimension (IQ), as well as the emotional (EQ) one that always has at the core the spiritual dimension (SQ). All three are essential to the fulfillment of our lives.

WE DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP-BASED LEARNING COMMUNITY

Behind every subject that I’m deeply fond of, there’s a person that, at some point, loved me. The learning process is interconnected and directly linked to others. The quality and quantity of the learning depend on the quality of the relationships we have with the people we learn with. Building a community based on school-student, student-student parent-student, parent-parent, school-parent, school-church, parent-church, etc., relationship is essential to us because it inspires learning. Education is the backbone that ensures our existence and the future of the community. Varlaam School is the meeting space of a community that wants to teach and strive to be better for a 21st-century Romania, in a lively Orthodox spirit.

WE DEVELOP CHARACTER AND LIVE COMPETENCIES

Learning shouldn’t be taken for granted. It matters because it takes place amid hearts and minds. The best moments are those that make us feel the desire to discover and learn in the presence of those we teach. Our talents and needs inspire us, and our learning inspires theirs. For us, uncovering talents and cultivating the seven key competencies needed for success in the 21st-century paves the way for ongoing development and transformation of our entire educational team at Varlaam School.

The seven key competencies that we follow in Secondary School are: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Collaboration and Personal Leadership, Curiosity and Creativity, Agility and Adaptibility, Initiative and Perseverence, Written, Verbal and Multimedia Communication, Information Access and Analysis.