Head of Senior School
St. Dominic's International School, Portugal
Portugal
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Apply by:
- 23 March 2018
Job overview
St. Dominic’s International School, in Lisbon Portugal, is a long established school and, currently, the only one in Portugal that delivers the three academic programmes of the International Baccalaureate – the PYP, MYP and DP. We are accredited by CIS and NEASC.
The Mission of St. Dominic’s is to nurture people and cultivate international mindedness and a sense of global citizenship by offering a quality international education, which develops the unique intellectual, social, physical, emotional, moral and spiritual characteristics inherent in each person.
We are a truly international school, with 47 nationalities represented amongst our student body, and 17 nationalities amongst the teaching staff. The school currently has 800 students of which 350 are in the Junior School (Nursery/G5) and 450 in the Senior School (G6/12).
The position
We are seeking a Head of the Senior School, with extensive middle or senior leadership experience within an IB environment.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate his/her abilities in:
- Leading and managing diverse teams
- Strong interpersonal skills,
- Their knowledge of the IB programmes
- Promoting a vision for the future that realizes the potential of all students
- Modelling the values and ethos inherent in an inclusive IB school.
General information and application procedures.
If you are interested in joining us, please submit the following items:
- your c.v. with contact details of three professional referees
- a letter of application, addressed to me, of maximum two sides.
These documents should all be attached to one e-mail with a subject line stating the position applied for and your name to recruitment@dominics-int.org to be received no later than noon, GMT, on Friday March 23rd.
Long listed candidates will be interviewed by Skype, with short listed candidates invited to Lisbon. All applications will be acknowledged.
About St. Dominic's International School, Portugal
- St. Dominic's International School, Portugal
- Rua Maria Brown, Outeiro de Polima, Sao Domingos de Rana, Lisbon
- 2785-518
- Portugal
St. Dominic’s International School is a mixed, non-denominational, all-through, independent international school with sixth form, situated in Outeiro de Polima in Portugal.
The educational programme and learning at the school is influenced by the International Baccalaureate Organisation and its IB Learner Profile, and the Dominican motto of ‘Veritas’ held by the founders of the school, which both value the commitment to learning through inquiry and an on-going search for truth.
In 1954, the Irish Dominican Sisters established the Bom Sucesso Girls’ Day School, which became St Dominic’s College, a co-educational school, in 1963. In 1988, St Dominic’s College was re-named St Dominic’s International School.
Principal
Mr Stephen Blackburn
Values and vision
St. Dominic’s International School’s mission is to nurture people and cultivate international mindedness and a sense of global citizenship by offering a quality international education which develops the unique intellectual, social, physical, emotional, moral and spiritual characteristics inherent in each person.
The school believes that each student: is a unique person with rights and responsibilities; is able to learn and develop the positive qualities of respect for self, others and the environment; is able to achieve to the limits of his or her own capacities.
St. Dominic’s International School values and promotes the role of parents as the first educators of their children and the school’s role as co-educators, and the contribution of parents to the development of school community. It believes in the commitment and shared contribution of all staff to the mission and philosophy of learning of the school.
The school also values the acquisition of the skills of cooperative learning and open, honest communication by all members of the school community, and the exercise of thinking and reasoning powers of all learners enabling them to make positive and wise decisions.
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