What is CHIPS all about?

CHIPS is about growth. CHIPS aims to foster social,

emotional, physical and cognitive growth of

children.

Overview

CHIPS is about experience

CHIPS is about exchange

CHIPS is about exploring

CHIPS is about connecting

Why CHIPS?

CHIPS is committed to inquiry-based learning and

international mindedness. Through a thoughtful and stimulating

environment, structured play, song, art, and movement, children

develop language, social, emotional, and cognitive skills that lay the foundation for their long-term

personal and academic success.

Positioning.CHIPS is an internationally-minded preschool that fosters social, emotional, physical and cognitive growth of children.

Audience.Families that know and appreciate the value of quality education. Intellectuals, entrepreneurs, top managers, diplomats, politicians.

Uniqueness. CHIPS is the only private preschool in Chisinau that offers an international standard for teaching and learning at the preschool level.

CHIPS offers Teaching Teams made up of foreign and Moldovan teachers who have international teaching experience with modern and progressive educational systems. The school’s education program is based on the International Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years Program (PYP) and is taught in English. CHIPS’ teachers and administrators receive IB certified professional training and are, in fact, school’s greatest asset.

Staff Profiles

The Director Education Founder

State University of Moldova

Harvard Graduate School of Education, M. Ed.William Smith College (USA)

14 years of cumulative experience in Education and Administration;US Peace Corps, UNDP, Quality Schools International.

16 Years of Experience in Education in USA, Africa, and Moldova.

Speaks English, Romanian, Russian, German and French.

Staff Profiles

Mandarin Class (3-4 y.o.)

Lead Teacher

Lime Class (4-5 y.o.)Lead Teacher

Raspberry Class (5-6 y.o.)

Lead TeacherEducation Degree from Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Romania;Training in Early Childhood from BKC International House in Moscow.

Master's in Early Childhood Education from Kaplan University, USA;Undergraduate studies at University of New Hampshire, USA.

Post Graduate Certificate in Primary Education from Canterbury Christ Church, University College in England.

5 Years of International Teaching Experience in China and Russia.

Cumulative experience teaching internationally.

10 Years of Teaching Experience.

Certified by University of Cambridge to teach English (Level 5)

Certified by Boston Academy to teach English as a Foreign Language

Qualified Teacher, General Teaching Council for England (2004)

The Message

CHIPS is competent and professional.It is – first and foremost – a school. Education is the product. Growth is the experience.The educators, the methods, the philosophy, and the students are the communication.The dialogue about CHIPS is exclusively informational. Never commercial.

Child’s success is the message.

At CHIPS, children have the freedom to be children, because we know that this is the prerequisite for their growth.Their natural curiosity is shaped into love of learning. Their creativity is guided toward discoveries. Their active mind generates insights naturally.Their love for movement is transformed into educational play.

The child grows and develops, just as…

Guiding Principles

Slogan

Where is it growing?

Situated in a quiet area of Chisinau city center, CHIPS offers both privacy and convenience.

The environment

Sensory Rich: Mirror Triangle.A magical inhabitable kaleidoscope where objects (and children) are multiplied infinitely. The three mirrors create an illusion of infinite repetition and a highly stimulating sensory experience. A shelter open on all sides

Play-based Learning Model

Developing Gross Motor Skills: Weave Sphere.Sphere composed of flat elements interlinked to form a soft “hollow” solid which can be disassembled and varied (sphere and cube elements can be interchanged to create hybrid forms).

Interchangeable burrows and shelters. Children can go in and out move around recline peek out.

Play-based Learning Model

Team Work: Lagoon.Lagoon is an extension of the Atoll form creating a small area defined by soft boundaries that can support and enclose the youngest child. The mat fits snugly within the space made by the perimeter. Supportive backrest, seating and microspace element.

Play-based Learning Model

Stimulating Environment: Flower and Stalk.A complement to other soft spaces or an independent cushion and play element. The elements can be stacked on a floor stand called 'stalk'

Play-based Learning Model

Ask us more!Office: (+373) 022 919 000 Fax: (+373) 022 919 001www.chips.md info@chips.md