There’s a lot of great talent. It’s a matter of finding the right talent.
The leaders you need are within reach. We’ll help you level-up your talent and get the necessary edge over your competition in today’s rapidly changing private-independent school market. Powered by our team of experts and partnership with ISM, no one else in the industry can provide our level of connections, resources, and guidance to help you find the perfect leader for your school.
Are you positioned to recruit the perfect leader for your school?
In today’s private school market, the challenges faced by many schools are no longer limited to just finding new leaders and retaining their existing talent. Schools are facing fierce competition not just from other private schools, but public schools, charter schools, and virtual schools.
Schools are constantly evaluating their organizational performance in a dynamic environment in order to stay ahead of their competitors and provide the best environment for students and staff.
Do you want a better way to level-up your talent and get the necessary edge of your competitors? We’re sure you do.
Now consider this…what if your school could work with an expert team of consultants that have performed thousands of searches and over 100 years of combined private school experience? What if they could to guide you every step of the way to find that perfect leadership fit and avoid the common pitfalls and challenges schools face when performing a search?
With our Leadership Search services, you’ll not only perform a search to find a leader, but you’ll also receive the necessary consulting and professional development support that are proven to leave a long-term, enduring impact on your school, well beyond the search has been completed.
“Your team provided the framework for strategically managing our school—something we did not have. We had been involved in making tactical decisions that should have been handled by the administration, and had little knowledge of how to improve onr our strengths. We worked with ISM consultants on our strategic planning as well as on our Head search which helped us tremendously to get on the right path.”
Blake Scott, Trustee
Trinity School of Texas
Here’s how we can help
Retained Leadership Search
Retained Leadership Search
We'll support your organization’s talent recruiting and leadership development needs
Interim Support
Interim Support
Outsource mission-critical operations at your school
Consulting
Consulting
Get the tactical, foward-thinking strategies you need
Retained Leadership Search
We offer an array of solutions to support your organization’s talent recruiting and leadership development needs. Our firm has performed thousands of searches all over the world over the last 20 years.
“We worked with ISM consultants on our strategic planning as well as on our Head search which helped us tremendously to get on the right path.”
Blake Scott, Trustee
Trinity School of Texas
Interim Support
Schools and nonprofits run lean operations and can benefit from outsourcing the required tasks of Finance, Human Resources, Marketing and Facility management while avoiding recruiting, onboarding and processing payroll for their own team members. By outsourcing to our team, you can have your leadership focus on meeting the ever-changing demands of the marketplace and scaling for growth.
“I very much appreciate the frameworks and processes that can really improve our practices — helping to make us more professional and efficient in our work as a school.”
Jason Flam, Director
Cornerstone Learning Community
Consulting
The constantly evolving world of education and non-profits requires tactical, forward-thinking leaders who can manage this evolving environment. To navigate these fast-paced changes, we offer 7 critical consulting servies: Onboarding, transition planning, marketing & communications, leadership development, resources, process, diversity
“St. Francis has used ISM for our last few strategic financial plans. Terry Moore is marvelous!”
Susan Lair, Head of School
St. Francis Episcopal Day School
A proven process
with real results.
Our passion for Independent Private K-12 Education and Nonprofit sectors has made us experts with a difference. Our commitment is to bring long-term value to our clients through tangible results and creating enduring impact to your school.
Strategic Planning
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Strategic Planning
Lead your board through a mini strategic planning process, stakeholder interviews, analysis of survey data (if available) and creating a position description.
Experience
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Experience
Utilization of perspectives from all aspects of the ISM Circle theory and 45 years of research, as well as 20+ years of The Source Advisory/AUXS consulting experience in various areas within
private-independent schools.
ISM Partnership
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ISM Partnership
Adding ISM support during the interview phase and working with search committee. Through our affiliation with ISM, we engage current and former Head of School that are on staff at ISM to participate in the interview process with the designated finalists. This enables our firm to gain input from the people that are or have been in the role.
Executive Mentorship
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Executive Mentorship
Executive mentorship that incorporates all the historical knowledge from 1000s of consultations will not only assist in recruiting the talent but will help define the expectations for proper onboarding.
Key Responsibilities
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Key Responsibilities
Understanding of the responsibilities from Board, Business Office, Admissions, Development and Department Heads and their impact on working together as it relates to the Head of School position.
The Real Power of an ISM Partnership
When you partner with us, you also get the full power of ISM behind you. With over 45+ years of experience in the private school industry, serving over 8000 clients annually, no one else in the industry can provide our level of expertise, support, and personal connections.
The following resources are included in our offering:
PEER COHORT ($2,800 value)
The new Head will be invited to participate in an exclusive cohort of first time Heads and facilitated by ISM Consultant, Shannan Schuster.
ISM Gold membership ($5,400 value)
With full access to ISM Gold Membership, get the entire school admin team on the same page, with the same focus and speaking the same language with monthly I&P articles, free access to weekly live and recorded webinars, and membership into International Circle to help advance diversity and premium benefits with discount prices.
Hands-on workshops ($6,716 value)
Get access to 3 ISM Workshops:
- Effective Boards: For Board Presidents and School Heads
- Financial Aid Mastery: The New Approach That Could Change Everything For Your School
- Annual Heads Retreat
What To Expect
Find the right leader faster
Personal access to a network of current and future leaders
Market and location-specific strategies
Better employee engagement
$15,000+ worth of free ISM consulting, workshops, & research
Improved enrollment and case for giving
Leadership search resources
You might have questions you still want answered, but don’t want to speak with our team just yet. No worries! Here are some of our most helpful resources
Experience the power of a true partnership.