101 Grade a Resumes for Teachers

This new edition of a valuable educator's helper has been updated to reflect advances in world-processing programs that can be utilized by the resume writer. In addition to 101 sample resumes that teachers in all fields can adapt to their individual career-advancement needs, the guide offers extensive advice on using clear, effective phraseology, and knowing which biographical information to emphasize and which items to leave out.

Preface

vii

PART ONE: YOUR RESUME

1

(56)

1 What Is a Resume?

3

(2)

Who Knows You Best?

Fitting into Prescriptive Models

2 Educators Need Resumes

5

(2)

Know Your Culture

Self-promotion Is Good Practice

3 What Goes into a Resume?

7

(9)

Three Essentials

Compiling Resume Facts

But I Haven't Done Anything Special

What, Not When

More Facts...

Do I Need a Job Objective?

Evaluating and Selecting

Arranging Your Information

Suggested Headings for Your Resume

Breaking the One-Page Rule

4 What Gets Left Out?

16

(6)

Be Consistent

What About References?

Cutting Out the Deadwood

Don't Write Your Autobiography

Don't Believe Everything You See...or Hear

Don't Clutter Your Resume with Nonessentials

No Apologies, No Excuses

5 Activate Your Resume

22

(5)

Be Selective

Use Action Words

Short Phrases = Easy Reading

Create Your Own Action Phrases

Consider Priorities

6 Production Guidelines

27

(8)

Resume Layout

Visual Features

Accents and Emphasis

White Space

7 The Final Product

35

(3)

Proofreading

Production

Multiple Pages

Paper Selection

The Final Review

8 Electronic and Multimedia Resumes

38

(6)

Screen Image

Electronic Headings

Your Resume and the World Wide Web

Surviving the Scanner

Employer Expectations About Resumes

9 Tailoring Your Resume

44

(2)

A Resume Is Not an All-purpose Document

Resumes for Other Purposes

10 Resumes for Administrators

46

(4)

New Administrators

Experienced Administrators

11 Resumes for International Teaching

50

(2)

Genuine Resume Assets

Citizenship and Other Data

12 Resumes for Noncertified Teachers Relevant Highlights

52

(2)

13 Effective Cover Letters

54

(3)

Beyond the Mechanics-Or, What Do I Write?

Communication Is the Goal

Sample Cover Letter

PART TWO: SAMPLE RESUMES

57

14 Making the Best Use of These Samples

59

(1)

15 Beginning Teachers

60

(42)

16 Experienced Teachers

102

(23)

17 Special Services

125

(14)

18 Administrators and Supervisors

139

(18)

19 Noncertified Teachers

157

(11)

20 International Settings

168

(9)

21 A Final Word About Resumes

177

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