The ADNOC School of Abu Dhabi curriculum consists primarily of high-level national American standards for each subject. We use the national Common Core Standards for Math and English, the national Next Generation Science Standards for Science, and the national SHAPE standards for PE. The Social Studies Department is using the Maryland State Standards to drive the content of their courses while borrowing from Common Core English Standards to drive skills. As of December 2014, our Fine Arts and IT departments are in the process of selecting a set of standards through which to build an impressive standards-based curriculum.
Our course offerings encourage students to work towards our wide range of AP level courses in their senior year. However, we have comprehensive course alternatives and electives that allow each student to create the most beneficial and relevant high school schedules for himself or herself as an individual.

At ADNOC, we instill current teaching best practices in our teachers by highlighting the benefits of dynamic lessons for students, by maintaining a common planning and instructional vision, and by providing ongoing support to teachers. Our teachers construct meaningful high-quality lessons by ensuring that each student contact period contains student-friendly objectives, an opening, a student-centered core, and a closing. Teachers also reflect on the lesson’s effectiveness afterwards to look for areas of re-planning or re-teaching.