Beyond the Resume: Evidence-Based Educator Selection & Development for International Schools

What to expect?

What becomes possible when international schools pair the deep relational knowledge they already have with tools that reveal what resumes never could?

Most schools invest enormous care in getting hiring right — the hours reading applications, the deliberate search committee conversations, the genuine desire to find someone who will thrive in the community. But the tools we still rely on — resumes, cover letters, unstructured interviews — were never designed to show us what we most need to see. Research tells us they are poor predictors of on-the-job success and quietly reinforce bias.

And the challenge doesn’t end at the hire. Once an educator is in the role, meaningful development feedback is rare and often disconnected from the real moments that define the job.

This full-day workshop is designed for school leaders who are ready to raise that ceiling. The morning focuses on selection: participants will surface what they already value in their hiring process, confront where evidence gaps live, and design an enhanced approach using artifacts of impact, style-fit alignment, and simulation-based assessment. The afternoon shifts to development: participants will step into AI-powered leadership simulations, experience what targeted, evidence-based feedback actually feels like, and explore how the same tools that improve hiring can transform how schools grow leaders.

Participants will walk away with:

• Firsthand experience of AI-powered leadership simulations and evidence-based feedback
• A framework for layering evidence-based tools into their current hiring process
• A model for using simulations as an ongoing development tool, not just a hiring filter
• Language and protocols for giving feedback that develops rather than evaluates

This workshop is hands-on and practice-oriented. Participants will try new tools, wrestle with real trade-offs, and leave with a plan shaped by their own school’s needs.

Keynote Speaker: Richard Boerner

CEO & Founder, TruFit Talent

Richard Boerner spent twenty years leading international schools across Asia, South Asia, and Latin America before founding TruFit Talent — a platform that helps schools select, develop, and retain educators using evidence instead of guesswork.

His path to this work was unconventional. He started as a public school teacher and principal in the U.S., then moved into international school leadership, eventually serving as Superintendent of Graded – The American School of São Paulo. There, he launched the Graded Learning Lab and began asking the question that would become TruFit: why do schools still rely on resumes and unstructured interviews to make their most consequential decisions, when every other high-performing profession has moved to evidence-based assessment?

TruFit Talent is his answer. The platform uses AI-powered behavioral simulations, blind-reviewed artifacts of impact, and style-fit working style assessments to give schools better evidence at every stage — from initial screening to ongoing leadership development. Partner schools across the EARCOS region, international schools worldwide, and U.S. public districts are using the model to reduce bias, compress hiring timelines, and build stronger leadership pipelines.

Richard has presented at AAIE, NAIS Thrive, , NEASC, AMISA, the Council of the Great City Schools, and NCERT. His leadership has been recognized with the AAIE Dr. Keith Miller International Innovation Leadership Award.

Any additional information

This workshop is offered complimentary by TruFit Talent as part of our commitment to supporting the professional growth of school leaders across the EARCOS region. TruFit is currently partnering with NIST International School on a Senior Leadership Team Talent Analysis engagement.

Participants are requested to bring a laptop or tablet. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided.

For questions, contact Rich Boerner at rich@trufittalent.com or visit trufittalent.com.
 

 

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