Charles A. Bonnici

Becoming a School Leader (eBook, ePUB)

Applications, Interviews, Examinations and Portfolios

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781475803617
• Artikelnr.: 40145774

Autorenporträt

Charles A. Bonnici has been an educator for fifty years, serving the children of New York City as a teacher, assistant principal, principal and then as an instructor and mentor of aspiring school leaders. He has written three previous books on educational leadership; currently he is a consultant with the Executive Leadership Institute in New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dr. Eloise Messineo
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Historical Context
Chapter 2 Why Should You Become a School Leader?
Chapter 3 What Are the Steps to Becoming a School Leader?
Chapter 4 The Application Process
Chapter 5 The Interview Process: Preliminaries
Chapter 6 The Interview Process: Questions and Answers
Chapter 7 The Interview Process: Who Will Get the Job?
Chapter 8 Certification Exams: Introduction and Multiple Choice Questions
Chapter 9 Certification Exams: Strategies for Responding to the On-Demand
Question
Chapter 10 Certification Exams: Sample On-Demand Questions and Responses
Chapter 11 Simulated School Based Question: The Situation
Chapter 12 Simulated School Based Question: Responses
Chapter 13 Professional Portfolios and On-Line Profiles
Appendix
Acknowledgments