Inside Track: Getting Hired to Teach in A Canadian School
Second Edition
Barlow S. Patten, Ferris Glen Public School
(1997) ISBN 1-55077-114-0, 248pp., Paperback, $29.95 CDN / US
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Nowadays, those hiring teachers are much more selective than in the past. But, what sets you apart? Why are you a better “match” than any other candidate? You can prepare yourself to get the teaching job you want! This book provides you with the “inside track” on teaching jobs across Canada and how you can get one. The Inside Track will help make it easier for them to give the job to you.
An important section, unique to this book, deals with the kinds of interview questions you are likely to encounter and gives suggestions on how to answer them effectively. It also explains how to prepare your résumé so you can present yourself in a most impressive and professional way. With this book, you can potentially save yourself a consultant’s fee of several hundred dollars, while still getting the excellent quality of personalized résumé that you would expect from a professional with extensive experience.
“Prospective teachers in today’s market are facing challenging and competitive hiring conditions. The successful candidates are those who are not only the most qualified for the position to which they applied, but also they are the candidates who are the most prepared to enter a hiring competition.”—Robert Sampson, Northern Centre for Instructional Leadership.
In this one book, directed specifically at the education field, you will find:
a step-by-step guide to rŽsumŽ writing—how to make every word the right onehow to modify your rŽsumŽ for specific postingsover 125 detailed examples of rŽsumŽ entrieshow to develop the most effective cover letter—grabbing the employer's interesthow to select appropriate references—and what will they be asked?interview tips and survival techniques during the interviewover 195 sample interview questions in 22 categories, with suggestions on how to answer themhow to use information technology proficiently in the whole processa plethora of information on contracts, their technicalities and other legalitiesand much, much more
"[The Inside Track} is more than a rich resource of the basic nitty-gritty of applying successfully for a teaching job and entry into the teaching profession. Patton appropriately raises the status of the profession of teaching to one requiring the most-skilled and best-suited people. "The Inside Track" should be read by administrators and teacher candidates alike. Our schools and our students deserve the best people as their staff." — Margaret Dempsey, Principal, and College Council Member, Ontario College of Teachers {in Professionally Speaking, magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers).
