Head of School

Purpose of Role

The ISP Principal / Head of School leads with vision and integrity, fostering a safe, inclusive and supportive school culture where learning thrives. By working collaboratively with their team, parents, and the wider ISP network, they position the school as a “School of Choice” that delivers exceptional learning experiences and outcomes, translating into increased enrolment growth and higher student retention.

People Development and Wellbeing (25%)

• Be responsible for the safety and wellbeing of all students and adults in your school, including all activities, functions and policies to ensure students and adults are kept safe both physically and mentally, enabling them to learn without barriers.
• Leverage ISP’s leadership programs and Learning Hub platform to grow talent at all levels.
• Lead and be accountable for the impact of the school’s annual performance and development cycle, ensuring that all leaders are directly supported through rigorous goal-setting, progress reviews and professional growth planning.
• Oversee the broader teacher development process to ensure every teacher receives meaningful feedback and tailored development.
• Champion employee engagement by modelling and fostering an open culture and an inclusive and collaborative atmosphere.

Student Learning outcomes (25%)

• Prioritize students and their safety and learning first, always.
• Be accountable for the quality of learning, progress and achievement by the relentless improvement of student outcomes and ISP Learning KPIs, using data to inform strategy and interventions.
• Drive improvement through evidence-based data, evaluation and teacher development systems.
• Work in partnership with the Regional Learning Director to drive the improvement of learning and teaching across the school.

Grow Community and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service and Experience (25%)

• Focus fully on delivering ISP’s School of Choice strategy, adapting it to your local context.
• Promote and model the ISP Purpose and Principles ensuring these are visible through your daily actions and the actions of your leadership team and colleagues.
• Promote and advocate for ISP Learning.First, the 5 Key Learning Pillars and ISP’s Strategic Initiatives to drive strategic school development and create value and trust in the community.
• Use parent feedback and sentiment to drive action planning and parent engagement.
• Foster a culture of partnership based on effective, regular direct communication and two-way feedback between teachers and parents.
• Be accessible to parents and carers, ensure their individual needs are understood and involved as valued members of the school’s learning community.

Commercial Success (25%)

• Own and take responsibility for delivering on the schools’ commercial targets and KPIs (financial, learning, people, marketing, health & safety and safeguarding).
• Organize and manage all school resources efficiently to drive profitability, ensuring efficient staffing allocation.
• Drive progress towards enrolment growth and income generation KPIs, to achieve financial goals.
• Drive improvement of parent and employee NPS, satisfaction and engagement surveys.
• Drive and support the school team to ensure school commercial and EBITDA targets are met.

Benefits

ISP offers a benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

E-Verify Participation

ISP U.S. participates in E-Verify and will provide the Federal Government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.