| There are hundreds of steps you can take to | | | | applicants think little about advancing in their |
| improve your chances of securing an assistant | | | | careers for months at a time. Unfortunately, |
| principalship or principalship. Here are five quick tips | | | | when they notice a job vacancy, they suddenly |
| to help you advance in your career: | | | | become a whirlwind of activity trying to pull |
| 1. Clarify your career goals. Many applicants apply | | | | together their application materials. This frequently |
| for every unrelated administrative job that | | | | leads to glaring errors in their written materials. To |
| becomes available in their districts. Unfortunately, | | | | avoid this problem, they should review and update |
| this comes across as a lack of focus and reflects | | | | their resumes on a regular basis, have official and |
| negatively on them. It is important to decide what | | | | unofficial copies of their transcripts readily |
| you really want to do with your career and then | | | | available, and have a draft of a general application |
| focus your energy on that specific goal. | | | | letter prepared and ready for modification. |
| 2. Compare your credentials with the specific | | | | 5. Make up your mind to succeed. Every applicant |
| requirements of the job you seek. It is usually | | | | will not get an interview. Every applicant that gets |
| fine to apply for an assistant principalship that | | | | an interview will not get hired. At some point in |
| requires a master's degree when you are in the | | | | your career, you will face rejection. Successful |
| final semester of your degree program. It is | | | | applicants understand that failure is sometimes a |
| another thing to apply before you have even | | | | part of the overall process. Unsuccessful |
| been accepted into a master's degree program. | | | | applicants get discouraged and give up. It may |
| Be honest with yourself about where you are in | | | | take you one application to get promoted. It may |
| terms of your career preparation. | | | | take you twenty. If becoming an assistant |
| 3. Excel in your current position. If you are a | | | | principal or principal is your passionate goal, the |
| teacher and want to become an assistant | | | | worst thing you can do is get discouraged and |
| principal, it is easier to advance if you are | | | | give up. |
| generally recognized to be an outstanding teacher. | | | | Following these five quick tips will bring you closer |
| If you are an assistant principal and want to | | | | to reaching your career goals. Keep in mind that |
| become a principal, it is easier to get promoted if | | | | there are hundreds of other strategies you can |
| you are viewed as a highly effective assistant | | | | use to advance quickly in your career as an |
| principal. | | | | assistant principal or principal. |
| 4. Pursue your goals on a consistent basis. Many | | | | |