Why international schools love CENTURY
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We spoke to our international schools and compiled the top reasons why they love CENTURY:
Personalised Learning Pathways and Adaptive Learning
CENTURY’s AI-driven adaptive pathways offer tailored content based on individual student needs, promoting personalised learning journeys that engage students across different subjects. This adaptivity addresses knowledge gaps, ensuring each student receives the support they need.
- “CENTURY’s personalised learning pathways and rich content complement our inquiry-based approach, offering students the opportunity to learn at their own pace, receive targeted support, and develop a deeper understanding of key concepts, while freeing teachers to focus on facilitating engaging learning experiences.” – Cologne International School
High Quality Resources Support EAL Learners
CENTURY’s content has been created and quality assured by former teachers, grounded in strong pedagogy principles that are accessible to EAL learners. All our nuggets contain slideshows and videos followed by assessment questions. Videos can be sped up or slowed down according to the needs of the learner and the majority of our courses now have subtitles to aid the learning of learners for whom English isn’t their first language.
- “We spend a lot of time searching for resources that challenge students, especially problem solving questions that are presented in language that EAL students can cope with. CENTURY is more supportive than a worksheet and students can be supported in a better way.” – Invictus International School
Enhanced Student Engagement and Motivation
International schools find the platform keeps students motivated and excited about their learning journey, whether through badges and streaks, personalised feedback, or the use of competitions and challenges. Whilst the ability for teachers to set assignments means they can take control of learning when using the platform for specific homework tasks or whole class instruction.
- “CENTURY enables self-directed exploration alongside structured learning. It’s a balance between the teacher delivering the information students need and then giving the students the opportunity to direct their own learning.” – Hartland International, Dubai
Data-Driven Insights for Informed Teaching and Intervention
CENTURY’s easy-to-use dashboards allow teachers to gain insights into student performance, pinpoint areas for improvement, and adapt lessons accordingly. Using the platform’s diagnostics as baseline tests allows staff to quickly gain a snapshot of where newly-arriving pupils are at. This data-driven approach supports targeted interventions and informs curriculum planning, leading to better outcomes for students.
- “Self-marking homework saves us time and the results are not just a number. The depth of data that CENTURY provides allows us to have really meaningful conversations with students and parents related to the students strengths and weaknesses. I particularly like the way the AI element of CENTURY recommends extra work for students. This is especially great for our most able and motivated students who can really take ownership of their own learning with minimal teacher guidance.” – International School of Schaffhausen
Reduced Teacher Workload and Time Savings
By automating assessments, marking, and providing ready-made resources, CENTURY helps teachers save significant time, allowing them to focus on what they do best – teaching!
- “This year alone, we had nearly 2 million questions answered on CENTURY… Previously, I would have spent about an hour per class every week on homework assignments – about four or five hours in total. Now, I spend about 30 minutes on data analysis every week in total, so that’s nearly four or five hours saved. It has been amazing for reducing workloads.” – School of Research Science
Support for Flexible Learning Models and Remote Learning
CENTURY’s ability to seamlessly transition between in-class and remote learning makes it an invaluable tool for international schools navigating diverse learning environments. The platform’s flexibility ensures continuity and consistency in education delivery, even during disruptions.
- “I think the best evidence of that is when we had a distance learning day recently due to poor weather, we used CENTURY as our main learning platform for the day and saw a really good uptake compared to some other work that we set for students.” – Reach British School
Implementation Support
CENTURY’s comprehensive support during the initial implementation phase and beyond is seen as a massive benefit by international schools. This approach allows teachers to explore the platform’s capabilities and integrate it effectively into their teaching practices.
- “My colleagues and I found the onboarding process very easy and very straightforward. Our account manager is always quick to help if we have any questions.” – International British School of Bucharest
Revision and Consolidation
CENTURY suggests topics learners need to focus on to improve, ensuring valuable revision time is spent on the areas where students need the most support. The platform also recommends nuggets as a memory boost to students who need to review a specific area at the optimum time. To learn more about how CENTURY can support revision, read this article on retrieval practice.
- “CENTURY is fantastic for helping students consolidate class material and revisit forgotten topics. We especially love how simple it is to track their progress and retention.” – AIDI School, Beijing
Effective Pilot
Being able to undertake a managed pilot of the platform has enabled schools to trial how they plan to embed CENTURY into their teaching and start to see the positive impact in terms of teaching and learning.
- “With the pilot I was able to show [teachers what it can actually do] and they were straight on board…A trial allows exploration… as people gravitate towards different parts. I really like the nuggets and intervention, and in secondary we prefer to use CENTURY for homework or pre-learning. I showed it to primary colleagues and they were more interested in the individual data.” – Arcadia School
To learn more about how to implement CENTURY in your international school, click here. To register your interest in a pilot, click here.
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