Securing the right leadership position at a good international school can be a daunting and challenging task. Whether you are new to leadership, the international school sector, or seeking your next position, our Leadership Ladder service has been built to support you.
Leadership Ladder is Teacher Horizons’ range of personalised services for current and aspiring school leaders. The Ladder services include career guidance, CV design, interview practice, coaching and mentoring.
Our Leadership Ladder service at Teacher Horizons gives you access to first-rate advice from a team with extensive experience in both school leadership and recruitment.
We offer a ‘one-stop shop’ service for current and aspiring senior leaders who want individually tailored advice and professional support in the following areas:
CV / Resume review & design
If you are an experienced senior leader, your CV may not meet current expectations of how this vital document should look and what it should contain. Every year, we review thousands of CVs. We know what schools are looking for, and we can design a fresh, succinct CV for you that delivers the impact you deserve.
Our Leadership Ladder CV/resume review and design service costs £225 / $300. This includes:
Interview practice, leadership coaching, career guidance and mentoring
While everyone’s career journey is unique, Leadership Ladder clients are often confronted by one of these challenges, which are supported by the following services:
Interview practice
You may have been in your current leadership role for many years and be out of practice with interviewing. Alternatively, perhaps you are a teacher or middle leader who has not yet experienced the pressure and demands of a senior leadership selection process, and would like a helping hand to guide you.
Our interview practice service will support you with interview preparation and coaching, including public speaking skills and designing effective presentations for panel interviews (both in-person and online), and other typical steps in leadership selection processes.
Seeking a new challenge
If you are trying to secure a senior leadership role for the first time, aiming for a promotion, or seeking a new leadership challenge, you may be unsure of the best way to take this step. Our experience of school leadership recruitment can help, as we are not only recruitment advisers, but experienced school leaders ourselves.
Our leadership career strategy service is an individualized careers guidance and strategy service for current and aspiring leaders. If you would like support in identifying your career goals and advice on how best to achieve those goals, contact us.
New leader mentoring or coaching
If you are a newly appointed leader, you may benefit from mentoring: for example, seeking guidance in key decisions. Experienced leaders will value the opportunity to speak with a coach: for example, when faced with a dilemma at school, or a turning point in their career.
Our new leader mentoring and coaching service provides leaders with guidance and support, on an ‘as-needed’ basis or as regular sessions.
Coaching and career guidance packages can be tailored to suit your needs, whether you need a one-off session or a series of consultations. The fee for an online consultation is £150/$200 per hour, pro-rated based on the actual length of the call.
Our expert team member
Tom Wilde, Senior Leadership Adviser
After graduating from Oxford University in Modern History and English, Tom went into teaching. He now has more than twenty years’ experience in education, spanning the UK, Tanzania, Qatar, Kazakhstan, and Denmark. His experience ranges from teaching in UN refugee camps in the Gaza Strip to headships at two international schools.
Testimonials
Here is a sample of feedback from candidates who have used our Leadership Ladder Service:
I am extremely happy with the first-class professional Leadership CV and cover letter service… Tom’s ability to take my experience, reframe and rewrite it in such a way that it sounds refreshing, succinct and wanting employers to know more – is superb! This service is well worth the investment and reduces what can be for some a time-consuming and stressful process.
Tom is an outstanding career coach. I worked with him recently and was highly impressed with how he helped me clarify my thoughts and choices and improve my communication skills. Working with Tom was an excellent investment in my future, and I am sure I will return for more coaching in the future.
With years of experience, it’s tricky to select just the right amount of information and share it in a way that makes you interesting enough to be invited for the interview. Tom took my old CV and made it come to life on paper!! … I will now be considering other services on offer as I prepare to make my jump from middle to senior leadership.
For other coaching services, contact our Senior International Adviser, Tom.