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This is the perfect time to become a full-time teacher and yet too many college graduates who majored in education, or corporate workers looking to transition to teaching, cannot secure a teaching position. Where are the opportunities? How do you market yourself appropriately? In Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers, Dr. Peter Leibman explains in great detail how to avoid the resume pile, enhance your candidacy, and move to the head of the class. A step-by-step plan of action is presented giving you a comprehensive guide to achieve your goal of becoming a teacher. You will learn how to: • Build a positive reputation as an undergraduate student • Effectively transition from the corporate world • Develop a powerful network of supporters • Write a dynamic broadcast letter designed to get you more interviews • Avoid resume pitfalls and present yourself in a professional manner • Ace the interview by taking control • Learn where the job opportunities really are • Enhance your position and impress school administrators

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS Dedication Acknowledgments About the Author Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Why is this the best time to become a teacher? Unemployment and the economyPopulation trendsJob prospects: generalAdditional education positionsReciprocal certificationQuestions and Answers with the authorChapter 2: Characteristics of effective teachers Makes learning relevantThe ability to speak publiclyCreate a positive learning environmentCheck the prejudice at the doorCreate occasions for successSee everyoneThink outside the boxSee your students through – don’t see through themTechnological expertiseThe ability to anticipateBe able to make accommodationsUnderstand the impact of your presentationBe well organizedBe a motivatorBe an advocateBe a team playerBe adaptableBe patientWhy do you want to be a teacher?Questions and Answers with the authorChapter 3: Pre-graduation advice for future teachers The planCourseworkLeadershipVolunteerObservation HoursDual CertificationWork with childrenProfessionalismStudent TeachingQuestions and Answers with the authorChapter 4: Transitioning from corporate to teaching Why is a career changer an attractive candidate?The certification route for career changersWhy do people make the transition to teaching?How do you know if teaching is right for you?Assess your teaching potentialIncentive programs for career changersFive compelling stories of career changersQuestions and Answers with the authorChapter 5: The Teacher Certification Process Finding the right school Graduate schools Your GPA General requirements for certificationWhat is edTPA?What is Praxis?General test taking secretsState Departments of EducationQuestions and Answers with the author Chapter 6: Networking for a teaching job How are most jobs filled?We recommend people we like and will do a good jobWho are your potential network members?Get organizedLinkedInQuestions and Answers with the authorChapter 7: The Broadcast Letter Where should the focus really be?What can the letter achieve?Major pitfalls in letter submissionComponents of the broadcast letterSample lettersQuestions and Answers with the author Chapter 8: The Resume Negative resume factors Poor resume samplesGood resume samples Questions and Answers with the authorChapter 9: The Interview Process You have the interview. Now what?Research is the keyYour appearanceThe night before the interviewThe morning of the interviewObserve, observe, observeBe confidentWhat is the principal looking for?Your answersYour questionsThe closeThe demo lessonThe follow-up noteQuestions and Answers with the authorChapter 10: You Have the Job: Now What? Be proactiveThe parents – elementary levelThe parents – adolescent levelDiscipline problemsSupport staffTeaching potentially controversial topicsProfessionalismSchool lawGradingGraduate SchoolProfessional organizationsQuestions and Answers with the author Conclusion

About the Author :
Peter P. Leibman, EdD, is associate professor and Supervisor of Student Teachers at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, New York where St. Francis College graduates are securing full-time teaching positions in record numbers. Dr. Leibman has served as school principal (K–12), Director of Planning in central office, and President of the Principals’ Association on Long Island in an extensive career.

Review :
Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers is undoubtedly the very best book of its' kind. For current teacher candidates, it is the bible for launching your career. Dr. Leibman not only lists and explains all the very best ways to get your first teaching position, but he describes what new teachers can and must do in order to begin their careers in the most successful way. For undergraduate students, student teachers, and even new teachers, this book is an absolute most! Required reading for the college graduate looking for a new direction, the disenchanted individual searching for a challenging career transition, or the early retiree seeking a new adventure. Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers is an insightful blending of idealism and practical common sense. Dr. Leibman has made an important contribution to those interested in making teaching a career path. Dr. Leibman has a true love of teaching and, as a teacher of teachers, has found the formula for new teachers to get jobs and be successful and effective in those jobs. This book is a step-by-step guide for anyone seeking a teaching position. Read it all the way through and then refer to it often throughout your job search. This is an excellent guide providing all of the steps that you need to take to become a teacher. Dr. Leibman has covered all the bases in providing a dynamic, step-by-step analysis for entry and success in the field of pedagogy. Dr. Leibman is a dedicated educator with a wealth of experience as teacher, administrator and professor. His book reflects an accumulation of considerable knowledge and is a must-read for anyone pursuing a career in teaching. Early on in his new book Peter Leibman states: 'I wrote this book because I believe there is no more rewarding career than being a teacher.' This remark sums up my experience of Peter, and of the book: honest, direct, disarming in his passion for teaching as a profession and for his students as people who deserve full, rewarding careers. He brings to bear extensive research and data that support his contention that teaching, far from a fading career path, is actually on the cusp of a wonderful transformation. But, his contribution is rooted not in those numbers, but in his enthusiasm for his profession and his persistent drive to help people dream for themselves, and then to lay out practical paths to achieve those dreams. Passionate educator and mentor Peter Leibman provides a comprehensive road map for securing a teaching position for anyone interested in a career in education. Each chapter of Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers describes the considerations and actions necessary for becoming a teacher, from pre-service advice to networking and interviewing, to contemplating next steps once employed whether entering the job market through a traditional preparation program or earning certification as a career changer. At a time of shrinking school budgets and competitive hiring practices, Leibman's thorough and compassionate approach to securing a teaching job makes this book and invaluable resource.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781475817072
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Height: 227 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Spine Width: 17 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr
  • ISBN-10: 147581707X
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jun 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers
  • Width: 150 mm


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