So You Want to be a School Administrator?

About the Book

This book offers step by step tips to win a school administrator job. The process to get a job in school administration is completely different than acquiring a position in other occupations. The author provides valuable, detailed, and comprehensive advice to play the job hunting game by the rules:

•Suggestions for preparation prior to applying for the job. •Tips to write a cover letter that “grabs” the reader. •Sure-fire suggestions for an “action” r sum . •Clear and concise instructions for preparing, dressing for, and participating in various job interviews. •Closing the deal—negotiating the best contract.

What The Experts are Saying:

The author has put together a simple to follow, step-by-step method to get a job in public school administration. A must read for everyone in the public school business. —Dr. David A.Steele, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Seattle Pacific University.

One of the few books on the market that helps educators get a job as an administrator. The author does a masterful job of outlining prodedures for vice principals, principals, superintendents and central office administrators. —Dr. Charles R. (Bob) Marshall, Search Consultant and President, Execu-Excel, Olympia, WA.

About the Author

Charles A. Hall served as a building principal and superintendent of schools for almost two decades. Using his extensive background, he taught scores of colleagues the art of gaining employment as a school administrator. He eventually took the advice of several of his former students and put his lessons into the form of a book, one that can be used again and again. He lives in Yelm, Washington with his wife, Katherine.