Virtual School Educational Consulting Solutions

School Management and Operations Solutions

Whether you have just launched a school, or you are looking to improve and enhance your school’s operations, VS offers consultancy solutions to meet your demands. The range and interrelation among services is vast so you can find a solution that best supports your school management and operational needs.

The VS School Operations Team offers a collection of support services to assist school leaders, educators, and school operations professionals to provide a safe and compliant learning environment for students and staff that meets quality assurance and accreditation standards by improving organizational processes, quality of service, efficiency, and ensuring the ongoing learning and development is part of the school’s workforce experience.

In some cases, bespoke or tailored services are available, but the benefit of a school management contract allows you to create a cohesive, fully integrated plan to support accreditation and school operations, with dedicated support from VS experts.

Consultancy Options

To get started, we can offer a complete school operation audit and report as well as a curriculum and professional development audit.

These services are typically completed onsite but can be done virtually depending on your campus situation and current safety protocols. In addition, we offer a spectrum of tailored services depending on the areas that need to be enhanced or refined:

Additionally, we offer comprehensive start up, launch and management service packages for new international schools. Senior Leadership Executives work with clients and coach school heads and leadership teams to achieve agreed results. You can count on a delivery of effective strategies and plans for school improvement to help you improve instruction and enhance your reputation and differentiation of your school in your local market and within the region.

Turnaround Services

To get started, we can offer a complete school operation audit and report as well as a curriculum and professional development audit.

While we regularly help well-operating schools optimize their performance, we can also provide turnaround services to help underperforming schools reach desired performance levels. VS experts can offer an analysis of the challenges and support in areas such as:

  • Development of foundational guidance ( vision, values, and strategic planning)
  •  Board and leadership training to ensure alignment to the vision
  • Management coaching and leadership development
  • Innovative program development (curricular, co-curricular, guidance, operational, technological)
  • Professional development for local operational staff
  •  Human resources management and recruitment of high-quality educational professionals
  • Benchmarking of educational and operational results Now more than ever, school leaders and their senior support staff must quickly acquire specialized expertise in a range of topics from facilities management to human resources. VS provides a spectrum of solutions to support international schools. ​

Solutions

School Start Up, Management and Operations

Creating a world-class international school to benefit students, families, and your community requires the right expertise. Whether you need the expertise to start a school or to help improve your school management, VS’s proven approach for best-in-class international schools can help.Beyond full school start up services, VS offers customised consultancy solutions for any school, at any point in development, including:

  • Strategic and organizational planning for schools
  • Accreditation process support and deliverables
  • Operational management (policy, finance, admissions, marketing, human resources)
  • Architectural plan and design for new schools or improvement projects
  • Leadership coaching and development
  • Professional development for faculty and operational staff
  • Access to pre-designed seminars, workshops, webinars, and toolkits
Supplying a School

Now you can access a faster, easier, and worry-free way to procure top-quality K-12 school supplies cost-efficiently from around the globe. The new VS Supply Marketplace is here!Our comprehensive international supply and delivery program gives you incredible buying power, often saving 25%-50% off retail while avoiding common shipping and handling overcharges that can occur with individual ordering for school supplies and equipment. Plus, we make the global transportation, customs, and delivery process hassle-free for you. Best of all: you can now harness the full power of the VS School Supply Team through a brand-new, convenient online shopping experience!

Introducing the VS Supply Marketplace

The new VS Supply Marketplace makes ordering supplies for your international school faster and easier than ever, allowing you to:

  • Build, save, and submit shopping carts
  • Automate school approvals and enjoy post-purchase consolidated invoicing – no upfront payment required!
Get Meaningful Assistance from Supply Experts

Harness an entire global purchasing team to work behind the scenes and secure world-class supplies on your school’s behalf. The support of VS Supply experts not only helps your staff dramatically reduce their purchasing and accounting workload, but also works to make the most of your purchasing budget. Through the whole process, you can count on hassle-free ordering, communication, and a safe delivery from around the globe, with confidence that your shipment will arrive safely, just as expected.

While the all-new online shopping experience is designed to make coordination at your school easier than ever, VS remains committed to ongoing, personalized service. Your dedicated VS account manager will be your school’s personal advocate, so you always have a personal connection for added support!

Procure School Supplies at a Savings

Discover a wide range of popular and preferred products in the VS Supply Marketplace, all negotiated with premier educational suppliers.

You’ll find everything you need to equip your teachers and students for success every day in their classrooms and other learning spaces, with supply categories like:

  • Arts & Crafts
  • Audio & Video Equipment
  • Books/Classroom Library
  • Classroom Magazines
  • Classroom Supplies
  • Curriculum Resources
  • Early Childhood
  • Educational Technology
  • Furniture & Equipment
  • IB Classroom Textbooks & Resources
  • Math
  • eBooks
  • Language Arts
  • Library Books/Collections
  • Library Furniture & Supplies
  • Music & Performing Arts
  • Office Supplies
  • Physical Education & Athletics
  • School Nurse Supplies
  • Science
  • Textbooks
  • Plus Special Requests

Introducing
VS iRecruit

NEW! The revolutionary, smart recruiting experience for international education where you see and share what really matters.

Built on the latest technologies to deliver high-impact, easy-to-access results for international school recruiters and job-seeking candidates, VS iRecruit is here to meet today’s needs — and to keep listening and growing for the future.

Hire an International Educator

With outstanding service and one of the largest quality databases in international education, we embrace powerful technology to connect us while holding firmly to the human values intrinsic to this community.

Explore thousands of jobs posted throughout the year from schools around the world — all waiting for you! Plus showcase your own experiences in a multifaceted candidate profile.

Get an International Educator Job

Enjoy unlimited access to an expansive database of high-quality candidates, plus powerful tools to help you find great matches for your school team.

Streamline Accounting & Finance Functions

Reduce the complexity of your international school’s accounting and finance operations. Your school’s business office works incredibly hard backstage to keep the school’s finances running smoothly.

As a school already balancing overseas staff and vendors, find support coordinating your international finances with the help of our trained accounting staff.

Train Your Leadership

The school leaders and Board of Directors play a critical role in a school’s success and relationship with the entire school community. ISS’s certified trainers offer governance seminars as well as services to support leadership transition and policy development through customized, interactive workshops.

 

We help you:

  • Create efficient governance structures, including clear roles and responsibilities for fiduciary, strategic and generative roles
  • Make a smooth transition into new administrations
  • Understand best practices and develop action plans to adopt
  • Develop institutional policy
  • Enhance school development in areas such as long-term planning, fiscal policy, endowments, strategic planning, and more.