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Full-Time: 40 working hours
Start date: 1st. August 2025
Limited initially until 31st July 2027
BBIS is recruiting for a dynamic Primary School Principal who has deep pedagogical knowledge and understanding, developed leadership skills, emotional intelligence and empathy who can lead students, parents and teachers in fulfilling the BBIS Mission and values. The Principal is primarily responsible for the leadership of teaching and learning, taking responsibility for IB PYP educational approaches in our Early Education groups (age 3 to 5 years), and in our grades 1 to 5 groups (age 6 to 11 years).
BBIS Mission
Our mission is to inspire everyone in our learning community to be responsible, compassionate global citizens who make a difference through inclusion, innovation and action.
Our Values
BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School’s enduring values are Pioneering, Reflective, Excellent and Caring.
Pioneering students are courageous, determined and resilient. They explore the unfamiliar. They question assumptions. They seek creative solutions to the challenges they discover. They collaborate with others to achieve personal and shared goals. They put ideas into action.
Reflective students are thoughtful, open-minded and considerate. They evaluate feedback and evidence of learning, recognising their successes and setting goals for further development. They inquire into their approaches to learning, identifying conditions and strategies that help them learn well. They learn from mistakes by analysing and attributing causes for failure. They develop growth mindsets. They take responsibility for their own learning.
Excellent students have high expectations of themselves. They are passionate about learning, embrace opportunities, and take steps to improve themselves. They are driven to be their best selves. They take learning seriously through high levels of engagement, and commitment to self-development. Excellent students welcome and respond to feedback.
Caring students are empathic, and principled. They take responsibility for self, others and the environment around them. They are committed to service. They learn strategies to overcome impulsiveness and manage their emotions. They build and develop relationships. They manage and resolve conflict. They act as responsible digital citizens. They consider how they can share their skills to help their peers. Caring students take a stand for diversity, equity, inclusion and justice.
History
BBIS Berlin Brandenburg International School was founded in 1990, and is an international, inclusive day and boarding school registered as a non-profit organisation. English is the language of instruction. From ten students in 1990 to over 900 students in 2024, BBIS has continued to grow and become a leading international school in Germany. BBIS is authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Primary Years (2001), Middle Years (2005), and Diploma (1995) Programmes. The school has been accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA) since 2005. BBIS is currently a member of the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS), Association of German International Schools (AGIS) and Central & Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA).
Community
BBIS promotes and celebrates its diverse community, with students from more than sixty countries. Approximately one quarter of the students on roll hold German nationality. A rich variety of first languages are spoken by our students as their mother tongue, and English is a second or third language for many.
Faculty
The Early Elementary to Grade 12 faculty consists of over 150 educators including teachers, school assistants, librarians, counsellors, psychologists, English as an additional language, and special education specialists. Each of the school’s two divisions – Primary (PYP) and Secondary (MYP and DP) - has a Principal. There is also a Director (CEO), Managing Director (CFO), Head of Student Support Services, and Head of Boarding. Pedagogical leadership is also provided by a Primary Deputy Principal, PYP, MYP, and DP Coordinators. In the Primary School our approaches to learning are supported by a pair of instructional coaches who work alongside a full-time PYP coordinator to support inquiry based, student centred educational practices.
Academic Programmes
BBIS provides a university preparatory program with English as the language of instruction. The school has chosen the International Baccalaureate to provide the framework for the school’s educational programmes as the educational philosophy and objectives of the IB closely align with BBIS’s mission and values. Graduates earn a North American style High School Diploma, and most students elect to pursue the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
Inclusion
BBIS is committed to supporting students with diverse learning needs, including students who would benefit from a higher level of challenge as well as those who require more scaffolding, support or different approaches to teaching and learning. We are seeking educators who value inclusion in a community school context and are knowledgeable in a variety of approaches to teaching and learning that meet the needs of all learners.
Child Protection and Safeguarding
Child protection and safeguarding are priorities for us at BBIS. Policies, procedures and leadership has been established to ensure that children’s safety and well-being is paramount and our most important consideration. Training is provided for all employees so that we are able to protect children from any form of abuse or neglect by being alert to indicators. An environment has been established where children feel secure, are encouraged to talk and are listened to. Our children know that there are adults in the school whom they can approach, and we respond appropriately and sensitively with every suspicion or disclosure of abuse or neglect.