Simon Taylor
Associate Director of School Support and Evaluation
Experience
Associate Director of School Support and Evaluation
Council of International Schools
- Specialized in establishing the fundamentals for a sound educational institution and particularly interested in defining and achieving excellence in collaboration with school boards and leadership teams.
- Guided schools towards achieving accreditation and supporting continuous development.
- Offered strategic guidance to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and ethical operation of school leadership and governance.
- Optimized organizational structures including optimal use of IT, furthered productive and cordial working relationships, clarified direction, beliefs, and values, planned strategic initiatives and their operationalization, and appraised progress.
- Assisted in succession planning, including the search for a new head of school to ensure a smooth leadership transition.
- Specialties: Quality development and assurance; Accreditation preparation; International school leadership and governance evolution; Organizational optimization; Head of School recruitment.
Summary
I am a professional educator with extensive experience in international education. More recently, I have focused on providing accreditation services to support school development in my capacity as an Associate Director of School Support and Evaluation at the Council of International Schools (CIS).
I specialize in establishing the fundamentals for a sound educational institution and am particularly interested in defining and achieving excellence in collaboration with school boards and leadership teams. My expertise lies in guiding schools towards achieving accreditation and supporting continuous development. I offer strategic guidance to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and ethical operation of school leadership and governance. My services include optimizing organizational structures including optimal use of IT; furthering productive and cordial working relationships; clarifying direction, beliefs and values; planning strategic initiatives and their operationalisation; and appraising progress. Additionally, I can assist in succession planning, including the search for a new head of school, to ensure a smooth leadership transition.
Skills
- Quality Development And Assurance
- Accreditation Preparation
- International School Leadership And Governance Evolution
- Organisational Optimisation
- Head Of School Recruitment
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