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International Commerce Secondary Schools, Inc.

International Commerce High School - Phoenix

Humanities and Sciences High School – Phoenix (closed June 2020)

The mission of the International Commerce Secondary Schools, Inc. is to prepare adult high school students (16 years of age to 21 years of age) academically for occupational education, postsecondary education, social responsibility, employability, and lifelong learning.

The International Commerce High School – Phoenix also provides Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, Literacy, and English Language Acquisition for Adults.

Humanities and Sciences Academy of the United States, Inc.

International Commerce High School - Tempe

Humanities and Sciences Academy Arizona (online only)

Humanities and Sciences High School – Tempe (closed June 2020)

The mission of the Humanities and Sciences Academy of the United States, Inc. is to prepare adult high school students (16 years of age to 21 years of age) academically for occupational education, postsecondary education, social responsibility, employability, and lifelong learning.

The International Commerce High School – Tempe also provides Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, Literacy, and English Language Acquisition for Adults.

The Humanities and Sciences Academy Arizona provides a rigorous, accelerated academic program in world languages, language arts, literature, social studies, mathematics, and natural sciences. These disciplines integrate Arizona’s Academic Standards for students. All courses are taught by highly qualified, certified instructors using inquiry based learning, cooperative learning, and technology. Instruction takes places over the phone, one to one.

Instructor resume information about the educational and teaching background and experience in a particular academic content subject area is available for inspection upon request of parents and guardians of students enrolled in the High School.

Faculty members have earned degrees from the following private colleges and universities:

Albright College	Luther Rice Seminary and University	Story Brook University
Brown University	Lynchburg College	Transylvania University
Colby College	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	University of Advancing Technology
Columbia University	Monterey Institute of International Studies	University of Chicago
Concord Law School	Nazareth College of Rochester	University of Lynchburg
Dartmouth College	Northwestern University	University of Phoenix
Drake University	Ohio Wesleyan University	Wake Forest University
Grand Canyon University	Old Dominion University	Whitman College
Harrison Middleton University	The School of the Art Institute of Chicago	Widener University
Lawrence University	State University of New York at Geneseo	Yale University
Luther College

Faculty members have earned degrees from the following public colleges and universities:

Arizona State University	Navajo Community College	Texas A & M University
Arkansas State University	Naval Postgraduate School	University of Arizona
California State University, Dominguez Hills	New York University	University of Arkansas
Colorado State University	Northern Arizona University	University of Arizona
Diné College	Old Dominion University	University of Arkansas
Finger Lakes Community College	Phoenix College	University of New Mexico
Illinois State University	Rutgers, State University of New Jersey	University of New Mexico
Long Island University	State University of New York, Buffalo	University of Nottingham
Mesa Community College	Binghamton State University	Wayne State University

Faculty members have majors in the following disciplines:

Accounting	Elementary Education	Philosophy
Agricultural Economics	Engineering Science	Physical Education
Anthropology	English	Physics
Architecture	Environmental Science	Political Science
Biology	Fine Arts	Psychology
Business Administration	Geographic Information System	Public Administration
Chemistry	History	Public Policy
Child Development/Family Relations	Humanities	Geography Reginal Development
Computer/Software Engineering	Landscape Architecture	Resource Conservation
Construction	Languages Literatures: French, Spanish	Secondary Education
Culinary Arts	Law	Special Education
Curriculum and Instruction	Mathematics	Speech
Dietetics	Mechanical Engineering	Studio Art
Educational Administration Supervision	Oceanography	Theatre

Faculty members have travel experiences in the following countries:

American Samoa	Colombia	Germany	Italy	Malawi	Portugal	Tanzania
Andorra	Costa Rica	Greece	Jamaica	Malaysia	Rhodes	Thailand
Argentina	Croatia	Greenland	Japan	Malta	Russia	Turkey
Australia	Czechoslovakia	Guam	Jordan	Martinique	Saudi Arabia	U.S. Virgin Islands
Austria	Dominican Republic	Guatemala	Kenya	Mexico	Scotland	Uganda
Aruba	Denmark	Haiti	Korea	Morocco	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
Bahamas	Ecuador	Honduras	Kuwait	Nepal	Somalia	United Kingdom
Barbados	Egypt	Holland	Laos	New Hebrides	South Africa	Venezuela
Belgium	El Salvador	Hong Kong	Lebanon	New Zealand	Spain	Vietnam
Brazil	England	Hungary	Lesotho	Norway	Sweden	Zambia
Cambodia	Ethiopia	India	Liechtenstein	Panama	Syria	Zimbabwe
Canada	Fiji	Indonesia	Luxembourg	Peru	Switzerland
Chile	Finland	Iraq	Macan	Philippines	Tahiti
China	France	Ireland	Macedonia	Poland	Taiwan

Professional development:

All faculty have earned minimum double major and have course work in a language other than English. All faculty complete 45 days of in- service prior to working with students including completing all core content, primary source documents, textbook and computer assignments. Primary sources in imaginative literature, natural science, philosophy and religion, and social science are drawn from classics and modern classics through leading academic publishers, including Britannica, Oxford University Press, Penguin Modern Library Classics, Penguin Nonfiction Classics, and W.W. Norton & Company. Professional development related to methodology is achieved through extensive staff training and in-service; all faculty complete:

ACT WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate Workplace Documents, Applied Mathematics, Graphic Literacy

American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider certificate

American Heart Association Basic Life Support Provider Instructor certificate

Arizona English Language Learner Assessment test administration and security certificate

AZM2 test administration and security certificate

Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Science test administration and security certificate

College Level Examination Program certified test administrator

Inquiry based Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Leader training

Pearson Vue certified test administrator

Reading and completing all student textbook and computer assignments

Structured English Immersion Rosetta Stone English Levels I, II, III, IV, and V course

Kentucky Education Network Teaching an Adult How to Read

The Institutions have affiliations and memberships with the following organizations:

Arizona Alternative Education Consortium	National College Testing Association
Arizona Association for Life Long Learning	National Parks Conservation Association
Arizona Sister Cities	Nature Conservancy, Corporate Council for the Environment
Coalition On Adult Basic Education	Phoenix Art Museum
Desert Botanical Gardens	Phoenix Sister Cities
Diné College	Sister Cities International
Distance Education Accrediting Commission	Tempe Leadership
Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans	Tempe Sister Cities