Becoming a School Leader
Applications, Interviews, Examinations and Portfolios- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2013
Summary
There are many master teachers who have excellent organizational and interpersonal relation skills who think about becoming assistant principals and principals. Becoming a School Leader is designed primarily for these master teachers as they contemplate the next step in their professional careers. It will help them decide if school leadership is their correct career pathway. Then it will provide them with the knowledge and skills they will need to navigate the process of finding a certification program and then applying for and obtaining school leadership positions.
Becoming a School Leader is also addressed to those already in certification programs, providing a wealth of detailed information on the types of questions they might face on state examinations and in the arduous interview process. Professors of Educational Leadership could make use of this book as a supplementary text in both entry and exit courses.
Finally, neophyte principals will find this book helpful as they develop their criteria and questions for the selection of assistant principals or department chairs in their schools.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2013
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4758-0359-4
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4758-0361-7
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 198
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Foreword No access
- Preface No access
- Introduction No access
- Chapter 1. Historical Context No access Pages 1 - 4
- Chapter 2. Why Should You Become a School Leader? No access Pages 5 - 14
- Chapter 3. What Are the Steps to Becoming a School Leader? No access Pages 15 - 26
- Chapter 4. The Application Process No access Pages 27 - 34
- Chapter 5. The Interview Process: Preliminaries No access Pages 35 - 44
- Chapter 6. The Interview Process: Questions and Answers No access Pages 45 - 66
- Chapter 7. The Interview Process: Who Will Get the Job? No access Pages 67 - 72
- Chapter 8. Certification Examinations: Introduction and Multiple Choice Questions No access Pages 73 - 84
- Chapter 9. Certification Examinations: Strategies for Responding to the On-Demand Question No access Pages 85 - 96
- Chapter 10. Certification Examinations: Sample On-Demand Questions and Responses No access Pages 97 - 118
- Chapter 11. The Simulated School-Based Question: The Situation No access Pages 119 - 138
- Chapter 12. The Simulated School-Based Question: Responses No access Pages 139 - 172
- Chapter 13. Professional Portfolios and Online Profiles No access Pages 173 - 182
- Appendix: Instructions for the Professional Portfolio No access Pages 183 - 194
- Acknowledgments No access Pages 195 - 198





