Lower School Deputy Principal

**LOWER SCHOOL DEPUTY PRINCIPAL**
**INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF LUXEMBOURG (LUXEMBOURG)**:
**Position Posted**

**Feb 14, 2025**

**Deadline**

**Mar 17, 2025**

**Lower School Deputy Principal**

At the International School of Luxembourg (“ISL”) we are committed to excellence beyond academics, innovation, continuous learning, and global responsibility. We are looking for a passionate and caring "Lower School Deputy Principal" who believes in and advocates for lower school students, their learning and their wellbeing.

Our next Lower School Deputy Principal will play a pivotal role in supporting the work of the Lower School Principal in leading the Lower School, ensuring the highest standards of education and wellbeing for all our students, staff, and families. With a deep commitment to holistic education, the Deputy Principal champions the transformative power of the International Baccalaureate, embracing its philosophy and principles with enthusiasm.

In this role, our next Lower School Deputy Principal will be a visible and engaged leader within the school community. Our students’ personal, social and emotional wellbeing are the prime concern of this role and the Deputy Principal is expected to provide leadership and guidance to colleagues, students and parents on all matters in this regard. This includes active involvement in extracurricular activities, community events, school trips, and collaborations with the broader international community.

We are a highly reputable and diverse school, in the heart of Europe, with over 300 outstanding staff and 1350 students, coming from all over the world. We are accredited by CIS, MSA and the IB. We are committed to safeguarding and prioritising the wellbeing of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. We believe that our role as educators is to inspire students to develop their fullest intellectual, social, emotional and physical potential.

**What we offer educators**
- talented, caring students, who have a history of outstanding results;
- high quality educational programme, educating students for life beyond results;
- care for our staff through a caring, inclusive community;
- demonstrated commitment to DEIJ and Sustainable practices;
- extensive wellbeing programme including employee assistance programmes, healthy nutritional choices, mental health awareness programmes and staff sports activities;
- Luxembourg is a great place to live: multilingual, multicultural, inclusive, strong health care system, free public transportation, AND the only Grand Duchy in the World.

**Recruitment Timeline**:
**Application deadline**: 17 March 2025

**Video interviews**: As soon as possible starting early March 2025

**Zoom interviews**: 17-24 March 2025

**ISL site visit**: 31 March - 1 April 2025

**To begin work**:**1 August 2025

**To apply**:

- Experience leading in an inclusive school environment where diversity is seen as a strength;
- Experienced leadership supporting behavior and student wellbeing;
- Teaching certificate and classroom teaching experience required;
- Demonstrated understanding of primary education; with preferred experience in the Primary Years Program (PYP);
- Demonstrated leadership with professional development and student assessment models;
- Familiarity with and understanding of recent developments in primary education curricula;
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English;
- Experienced in working in a collaborative teaching environment;
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in an appropriate field of study (preferred);
- Significant and successful experience in a similar position in an international school required;
- Be student-focused in all aspects of the job;
- Be an upstander who models ISL’s values, the IB Learner Profile and the IB Leadership Capabilities;
- Be kind, reflective, empathetic and honest, demonstrate integrity, understanding that schools are complex and that each individual brings their own identity, experiences and unique context;
- Be humble yet forthcoming, open-minded but knowledgeable with the ability to engage effectively and professionally with a breadth of internal stakeholders;
- Be an ally for diversity in all of its forms, sensitive to and invested in developing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging;
- Be an effective collaborator, eager to listen deeply;
- Be able to inspire trust and confidence amongst students, parents and staff through relationship building;
- Be committed to the health, safety & security of children, including safeguarding.
- Be restorative in approach to behavior;
- Be passionate about excellence in education and the people involved in it;
- Be responsible for own learning and well-being: value continuous learning, collaborative work, self-reflection, and resiliency;
- Be proactive, well-organised and discrete;

**Some of the responsibilities will include**:
**Student Wellbeing**
- Be a visible support for students, promoting positive behavior