How to Land the Best Jobs in School Administration

The Self-Help Workbook for Practicing and Aspiring School Administrators
Second Edition
Georgia J. Kosmoski - Governors State University, University Park, IL, USA
How to Land the Best Jobs in School Administration
December 1998 | 144 pages | Corwin
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Follow the strategies outlined in this book and prepare for success!

Whether you're ready to move up, change jobs laterally, or go after your first job in school administration, this book is for you! This valuable resource covers all the aspects of finding, interviewing for, getting, and keeping your new job in school administration.

This comprehensive, self-help workbook will help you:

  • Find the right mentor to assist you in your job search
  • - Write a professional letter of intent and a riveting rTsumT
  • - Capitalize on your strengths and defuse perceived weaknesses
  • - Prepare quality answers to the most often asked questions
  • - Negotiate your new contract successfully
  • - Succeed at your new job
  • You'll learn to communicate effectively with interviewers and selection committee members of the opposite sex, and how to recognize and deal with different types of harassment. Tips on how to dress effectively and appropriately apply to both men and women. Research to support all information was compiled from current accepted literature and actual field surveys: more than 600 individuals from all socioeconomic strata and ethnic populations were interviewed extensively.
  • An excellent resource for students and faculty in schools of educational administration, and for principals and administrators seeking to move up in their profession. A valuable asset for university, college, school district, and school libraries.

Contents

Acquiring Your Mentor

Acquiring Your Mentor

The Quality Cover Letter and Riveting Résumé

The Quality Cover Letter and Riveting Résumé

Identifying Personal Qualities and Emphasizing Strengths

Identifying Personal Qualities and Emphasizing Strengths

Recognizing Personal Weaknesses and Defusing Fears

Recognizing Personal Weaknesses and Defusing Fears

Selection Committees

Selection Committees

Women and Men Talking

Women and Men Talking

Recognizing and Dealing with Harassment

Recognizing and Dealing with Harassment

Doing Your Homework Before the Interview

Doing Your Homework Before the Interview

Clothing Makes the Administrator

Clothing Makes the Administrator

Most Often Asked Interview Questions

Most Often Asked Interview Questions

Negotiating Your Contract Successfully

Negotiating Your Contract Successfully

Securing the Position

Securing the Position

Description

Follow the strategies outlined in this book and prepare for success!

Whether you're ready to move up, change jobs laterally, or go after your first job in school administration, this book is for you! This valuable resource covers all the aspects of finding, interviewing for, getting, and keeping your new job in school administration.

This comprehensive, self-help workbook will help you:

  • Find the right mentor to assist you in your job search
  • - Write a professional letter of intent and a riveting rTsumT
  • - Capitalize on your strengths and defuse perceived weaknesses
  • - Prepare quality answers to the most often asked questions
  • - Negotiate your new contract successfully
  • - Succeed at your new job
  • You'll learn to communicate effectively with interviewers and selection committee members of the opposite sex, and how to recognize and deal with different types of harassment. Tips on how to dress effectively and appropriately apply to both men and women. Research to support all information was compiled from current accepted literature and actual field surveys: more than 600 individuals from all socioeconomic strata and ethnic populations were interviewed extensively.
  • An excellent resource for students and faculty in schools of educational administration, and for principals and administrators seeking to move up in their profession. A valuable asset for university, college, school district, and school libraries.

Contents

Acquiring Your Mentor

Acquiring Your Mentor

The Quality Cover Letter and Riveting Résumé

The Quality Cover Letter and Riveting Résumé

Identifying Personal Qualities and Emphasizing Strengths

Identifying Personal Qualities and Emphasizing Strengths

Recognizing Personal Weaknesses and Defusing Fears

Recognizing Personal Weaknesses and Defusing Fears

Selection Committees

Selection Committees

Women and Men Talking

Women and Men Talking

Recognizing and Dealing with Harassment

Recognizing and Dealing with Harassment

Doing Your Homework Before the Interview

Doing Your Homework Before the Interview

Clothing Makes the Administrator

Clothing Makes the Administrator

Most Often Asked Interview Questions

Most Often Asked Interview Questions

Negotiating Your Contract Successfully

Negotiating Your Contract Successfully

Securing the Position

Securing the Position

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How to Land the Best Jobs in School Administration

The Self-Help Workbook for Practicing and Aspiring School Administrators


December 1998 | 144 pages | Corwin

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Hardcover 27/02/2023 9780803967984 $68.95
Paperback 01/02/2026 9780803967991 $37.95

Follow the strategies outlined in this book and prepare for success!

Whether you're ready to move up, change jobs laterally, or go after your first job in school administration, this book is for you! This valuable resource covers all the aspects of finding, interviewing for, getting, and keeping your new job in school administration.

This comprehensive, self-help workbook will help you:

  • Find the right mentor to assist you in your job search
  • - Write a professional letter of intent and a riveting rTsumT
  • - Capitalize on your strengths and defuse perceived weaknesses
  • - Prepare quality answers to the most often asked questions
  • - Negotiate your new contract successfully
  • - Succeed at your new job
  • You'll learn to communicate effectively with interviewers and selection committee members of the opposite sex, and how to recognize and deal with different types of harassment. Tips on how to dress effectively and appropriately apply to both men and women. Research to support all information was compiled from current accepted literature and actual field surveys: more than 600 individuals from all socioeconomic strata and ethnic populations were interviewed extensively.
  • An excellent resource for students and faculty in schools of educational administration, and for principals and administrators seeking to move up in their profession. A valuable asset for university, college, school district, and school libraries.

Table Of Contents:

  • Acquiring Your Mentor
  • The Quality Cover Letter and Riveting Résumé
  • Identifying Personal Qualities and Emphasizing Strengths
  • Recognizing Personal Weaknesses and Defusing Fears
  • Selection Committees
  • Women and Men Talking
  • Recognizing and Dealing with Harassment
  • Doing Your Homework Before the Interview
  • Clothing Makes the Administrator
  • Most Often Asked Interview Questions
  • Negotiating Your Contract Successfully
  • Securing the Position

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