Headmaster Candidate Pack You Can Achieve More with Nord Anglia Education
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2017 Windermere Windermere Headmaster Candidate Pack You can achieve more with Nord Anglia Education We offer more opportunities for you to progress, learn and collaborate. 2 Windermere Candidate Pack — Headmaster 3 Dear Candidate, Nord Anglia Education is the world’s leading premium organization. With over twenty years of experience operating international schools around the world, we educate more than 37,000 students from early years to year 13 (K-12) and employ over 8,000 people globally. We are looking for an experienced, dynamic and inspirational school headmaster to join and drive the development and ongoing success of our schools. We are ambitious for our students, our people and our family of schools. We are a fast paced and growing organization which offers exciting challenges for those that are committed to providing our students with the best possible education. The role of headmaster is key to the future success of our schools and organization. The focus of the role will be on the development of a distinctive educational offer, and subsequently on achieving the very best standards of education possible, on building strong and purposeful relationships within the community and growing student numbers to reach capacity. In addition to gaining exceptional experience within our school, we will support your personal development and career aspirations within our family, including mobility between our schools and locations, and continued professional Message from development through courses such as our Executive Leadership Program. As a Nord Anglia Education headmaster you also become a member of our Senior Leadership Team with the opportunity to drive innovation, share best practice, and provide peer support across our family of schools. We welcome applications from those that are passionate about education Andrew and have the skills and experience to make a significant impact on our schools. Yours faithfully, Andrew Fitzmaurice CEO, Nord Anglia Education 4 Windermere Candidate Pack — Headmaster 5 Headmaster’s letter to the candidate Dear Candidate, ■ There is an exceptionally strong emphasis on appropriate, caring professional relationships with our students, their parents, and amongst one another in our In response to being invited to provide a letter for the WPS school. We regard relationships as being the transactional currency through which Headmaster Search Package, I asked myself the question: everything of significance is accomplished in a highly successful school “What would I need to know as a candidate for the headmaster ■ We highly prize shared, collaborative decision making, and we place great importance role in this school?” Thus, I have decided to share with you some on teamwork of the philosophic operational framework that is foundational and which has significantly contributed to the meteoric success ■ We strive to honor the tenants of our school crest… Veritas, Virtus, and Unitas in all of Windermere Preparatory School over the past five years. that we do These are some of the key elements that speak to who we are ■ We operate in the fashion of a Golden Rule School and of how we have done business that I believe our staff and community will want to ensure are preserved. ■ We put a premium on the exercise of Common Sense ■ We highly value, and respect our parents as active partners with us in the formal education of their children, and we provide multiple means for the expression of the ■ True to the Credo of Nord Anglia Education, we are ambitious in the delivery of an academic offering of the highest caliber Parent Voice in our school that will enable our students to grow as young people and, ■ We understand that parents process everything we say to and do with their child upon graduation, to matriculate to their first choice college or through the Lens of Unconditional Love for their child university of best fit ■ We highly value and insist upon timely, regular, candid, and helpful communication ■ We seek to be a contributing, positive member within the Nord between teachers and parents Anglia Family of Schools ■ In our work with our students, we believe that reasonable expectations should yield ■ We like to win, and we always seek to exceed high performance willing compliance. We are not interested in playing the game of “Gotcha!” targets ■ We laugh often, and we love and respect one another ■ We are champions and advocates for our school, our staff, and our school families Windermere Preparatory School is a wonderful, warm, and embracing community. The school has achieved much in its relatively short history. There is no doubt, ■ We subscribe to the notion of Academics First… Immeasurably Enriched by the Fine Arts… and Complemented by Athletics and whatsoever, that its best days are still to be experienced. Whoever is fortunate enough Activities to be selected to fill this role will be surrounded by a team of seasoned, highly capable, dedicated, ethical and highly motivated professionals. I extend to you my best wishes ■ We are thoughtful, reflective and strategic in planning and as you move through the candidate selection process. strong in tactical execution ■ We are disciples of Jim Collins (Good to Great) in our shared Sincerely, belief that the right people in the right seats on the bus are our most important resource ■ We hold high performance expectations for both our students and all members of our professional team. We celebrate success enthusiastically and regularly Thomas L. Marcy, Ed.D. Headmaster 6 Windermere Candidate Pack — Headmaster 7 About Windermere Our global family in a snapshot Preparatory School Located in Windermere, Florida, our renowned international private school lays the foundation for a life of achievement. With elite courses such as 37,000 Students the International Baccalaureate program and a supportive community, 8,000 Windermere Preparatory School helps students reach new heights. Employees How do you nurture an inspiring global citizen? At Windermere, we believe 43 it goes beyond grades. Our students grow intellectually, emotionally and Schools socially, and learn to excel inside and outside the classroom. Our cutting- 15 edge curriculum and wide range of activities build more rounded and Countries confident students. Not far from Lake Cypress in beautiful southwest Orange County, Windermere Preparatory School is the ideal spot for young minds to grow. Our campus features state-of-the-art athletic facilities and well-appointed classrooms, and our innovative and rigorous curriculum provides students with a strong and enduring love of learning. 8 Windermere Candidate Pack — Headmaster 9 The world’s leading premium schools Globally respected curricula organization Our schools offer a variety of curricula for students ages 2-18 including the English National Curriculum, International Baccalaureate, Swiss Maturité, as well as We are a family of 43 private, international and British American and French curricula. Most schools teach in international schools located in 15 countries around the English, although we have a number of bilingual schools in Europe, Southeast Asia and China. world. Each of our schools is individual in character but we are united by our philosophy and commitment to offer the best education possible through unique opportunities, World leading collaborations unmatched by any other school. Together we can achieve We also collaborate with world-leading organizations to more than we can individually. Using the power of our We know the difference that ensure that our curricula and professional development global organization, we are able to create an outstanding great teaching makes to for teachers are second to none. For our new approach a student’s success at school. to teaching the interdisciplinary subjects of STEAM education for every student. (science, technology, engineering, arts and math), We have developed a we have collaborated with the world leading university, unique approach to teacher the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Our embedded performing arts curriculum, in collaboration recruitment, training and with The Juilliard School, not only fosters a love support that ensures our for learning, but also develops transferrable skills that Our philosophy students learn from the best. can be used in school, university and later on in life. — Be Ambitious In addition, we have teamed up with King’s College London to offer an Executive Master’s in International Education Small class sizes mean that Our philosophy has been created by our headmasters and exclusive only to those working for Nord Anglia Education. our teachers know every child is based on the thinking of key educators, in particular, individually and can respond Carol Dweck’s growth mind-set and Guy Claxton’s work on Our Global Campus to their strengths, adapting our learning power and multiple intelligences. learning model to help them We offer students the Global Campus, enabling them We are ambitious for our students, our people and overcome challenges. In addition to explore the world, learn new skills and set their sights our family of schools. to developing subject higher by developing a truly international perspective through outstanding online, in-school and worldwide We believe that: knowledge, our teachers experiences. From online debates and challenges to nurture essential skills to equip expeditions in the savannah of Tanzania or competing in our ■ There is no limit to what every student can achieve Global Games, we inspire our students to be ambitious in each student to succeed in their learning, both inside and outside the classroom. ■ Creativity and challenge help us get better every day every aspect of their education. ■ Learning should be personalised to each child ■ Unique global opportunities enhance every student’s learning experience 10 Windermere Candidate Pack — Headmaster 11 Outstanding Our schools nurture success in every aspect of education, from sports, to arts, languages or technology, so that every student is academically, socially and personally successful. Our academic results are testament to this approach, with one student in three students going onto the world’s top 100 universities.