BAIS is one of fifteen schools that is a part of the NICS network. You may be wondering to yourself, however, what is NICS? NICS stands for the Network of International Christian Schools. It was founded in 1992 and seeks to impact the world through high level academics rooted in a biblical worldview. Today, as mentioned above, there are fifteen schools in thirteen countries with over 900 employees and 5000 students. 

This past year the Network Board of Directors chose to hire Blake Weaver as the organization’s new president. Earlier this week, Mr. Weaver and Dr. Duane Jobe (Vice President of Global Operations) shared with a few parents the vision, role, and direction that the organization will be headed. Here were a few of the highlights: 

• The Network Board governs the fifteen schools around the world through a system known as policy governance. This basically means that the Network Board creates, reviews, and revises policies that all fifteen schools must abide by. These policies are typically quite general and are left to the interpretation of the schools for how they want to fulfill them (e.g. Every school must have a Parent/Student Handbook). The Network Board also hires the President who then assembles a staff to help him to support the schools around the world. 
• The organization is divided into three offices: 
  • Corporate Finance – This office is mainly responsible for making sure that the finances at the organization level are in order (they do not oversee school finances)
  • Global Operations – This office is responsible for networking with schools, appointing directors, and supporting schools through partnerships, professional learning, and by providing standards of best practice.
  • US Operations – This office focuses on US based support for schools including the recruiting and vetting of new teachers to ensure quality and mission mindedness, shipping coordination, and network wide marketing and social media. 
• Finally, one of the main focuses of Mr. Weaver and Dr. Jobe for the coming years is to support and strengthen the current schools that are in the network. 

At BAIS, we are proud to be a part of the work being done around the world in NICS schools. We are thankful and grateful for the visit from Mr. Weaver and Dr. Jobe. And we look forward to the amazing things that God is going to continue to do and the role BAIS gets to play as we seek to transform hearts and minds in community.

BAIS Team