Foundations to Flight is built for middle-level leaders in international schools who are doing the work, carrying the pressure, and figuring too much of it out alone.
You'll build practical knowledge through on-demand modules, deepen your leadership growth through 1:1 and group coaching where real challenges get real attention, and maintain momentum through regular check-ins. You have everything you need to lead with clarity, all year long.
Your growth doesn't go undocumented. A living leadership portfolio tracks your decisions, wins, and challenges navigated, building a record that shows what you've actually done, not just what you say you're capable of. You will have concrete evidence of how you lead, built over ten months. You'll finish with a certificate of completion and evidence of real leadership growth you can take into your next conversation, review, or role.
Monthly check-ins - frequent touchpoints to maintain momentum and follow-through, and support with whatever you need (e.g. planning meetings, preparing for hard conversations)
1:1 coaching (4 hours) - confidential support separate from evaluation
Group coaching (8 sessions) - shared problem-solving and accountability with other middle leaders
Asynchronous, on-demand modules - practical frameworks for leading peers, managing up, collaboration, and conflict
Leadership Portfolio (built across 10 months) - structured documentation of growth and impact
€1,899 per participant |✨Early Bird: €1,699 (by 30th April 2026)
Program runs July 2026 – May 2027
Monthly check-ins - frequent touchpoints to maintain momentum and follow-through, and support with whatever you need (e.g. planning meetings, preparing for hard conversations)
1:1 coaching (10 hours) - confidential support separate from evaluation
Group coaching (8 sessions) - shared problem-solving and accountability with other middle leaders
Asynchronous, on-demand modules - practical frameworks for leading peers, managing up, collaboration, and conflict
Leadership Portfolio (built across 10 months) - structured documentation of growth and impact
€2,399 per participant | ✨Early Bird: €2,199 (by 30th April 2026)
Program runs July 2026 – May 2027
Brought to you by Jo Brown
20+ years in international education, including middle leadership, instructional coaching, and team leadership roles
ICF-credentialed individual and team coach with a Master’s in Educational Leadership
First-hand experience of the pressure points middle leaders face across the school year
Deep understanding of leading peers without formal authority, managing dual teaching-leadership roles, and navigating international school complexity
A coaching approach grounded in what middle leaders actually need to perform well - practically, emotionally, and strategically.
You've attended workshops.
You've received frameworks and inspiration.
Maybe you've even had some coaching.
Coaching during November, when your credibility shifts from potential to performance
Support through February, when leadership strain peaks and you're most likely to burn out
A confidential space for honest reflection - separate from the people evaluating you
Accountability to build new leadership habits over time, not just learn about them
This isn't a conference you attend in August and forget by October.
It's sustained, integrated support that follows the rhythm of your school year - intensifying during the months you need it most.
This program is designed around the realities of middle-level leadership in international schools: dual roles, competing demands, and never enough time. Whether you are teaching or not.
Monthly check-ins to keep you supported, focused, and moving forward. Used to sense-check a decision before you act on it, prepare for an upcoming difficult conversation, or get quick support when something escalates. They exist because small challenges don't wait for your next scheduled session, and catching them early stops them from becoming bigger problems.
Confidential coaching session focused on your leadership growth, not just problem-solving. This is where you clarify priorities, reflect on real decisions, build confidence, and work through difficult conversations. There's no reporting back to your principal, which means you can actually say what's true, even when you don't have it together.
Group coaching sessions that bring your cohort of international middle leaders together to work through real, live challenges. Through peer consultation, shared problem-solving, and honest conversation, you realise you're not alone in what you're experiencing. This builds a network of leaders who understand your context and continue to support each other beyond the program.
Practical, structured learning aligned to the challenges you actually face at each point in the school year, not generic leadership theory. The modules cover leading peers without formal authority, navigating conflict, building psychological safety, managing emotional load, and running effective meetings. Delivered through short videos, frameworks, and reflection activities, you can apply them immediately.
A curated body of evidence you build across the year documenting your leadership thinking, decisions, and growth in practice. Includes your leadership identity statement, meeting systems, case studies of challenging situations, and reflections on your development. It's what moves you from "they have potential" to "here's the evidence they can lead" critical for promotion, succession planning, and career advancement.
A formal record of your professional learning, documenting 40+ hours of leadership development. Recognised by most international schools as qualifying professional development, with full documentation for HR and PD coordinators. Practically useful for your learning budget approval and professionally meaningful as a marker of sustained, structured development.
This program is designed for middle-level leaders in international schools.
⭐️ PLC leaders, Grade Level Coordinators, Heads of Department, Curriculum Leaders.
⭐️ You want to build credibility and influence, not just manage tasks.
⭐️ You're ready for sustained development, not one-off events.
⭐️ You lead a team without formal authority and possibly balance teaching with leadership.
"Joanne was invaluable in helping me to understand and reflect on my feelings and responses to difficult leadership situations. She was patient, empathetic, and perceptive in her questions, as well as offering honest and valuable perspectives each time we talked."
"Jo's coaching was the difference between barely keeping my head above water and leading with confidence and purpose. I can now run productive meetings, address resistance directly, and build credibility with my team. The practical tools were immediately useful, not just theory."
Option A - 4 Hours of 1-1 coaching | €1,899 per participant | ✨Early Bird: €1,699 (by 30th April 2026)
Option B - 10 Hours of 1-1 coaching | €2,399 per participant | ✨Early Bird: €2,199 (by 30th April 2026)
Program runs July 2026 – May 2027
I can provide all documentation your HR or PD coordinator will need to approve the expense, including: learning objectives aligned to leadership competencies, 40+ documented professional learning hours, and a certificate of completion
