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Does Your Job Match Your Job Description?
It’s spring, and that means recruitment season for most independent schools in the US. Of course for every position for which we recruit, we attach a job description outlining the various tasks and expectations. However, as I’ve meandered through various positions in a school from teacher to administrator, I find that nailing down a job description for an administrator to be laughably difficult....
How Three Questions Can Change the Way You Lead — And our First Freebie
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Leaping into the Abyss
You’ve polished your resume, attended a recruitment fair, interviewed with some great schools, but you still don’t have a job offer for next year. Now what? Join the club. The recruitment process in international education must be one of the oddest of any industry. You must first decide whether you want to stay or go at your current position, often before you know if there is a suitable opening at a different school,...
Learning from the Worst
Even though It seems like the school year just started, somehow it’s already November, which also means it’s recruitment season. As someone who is officially looking to move on and find a new admin position, it can sometimes feel a little overwhelming. For some it can be even more difficult to make the decision to leave since when you say goodbye to your current position there is no guarantee you’ll even find a...
My Amazing Teachers
Clearly there is a big difference between a bad teacher and an amazing teacher and most of us don’t fall into either camp. I believe Dr. Jurgensen’s article is a good reminder for both teachers and administrators. For teachers, it’s a reminder of the multi-layered and comprehensive style that great teaching requires today. For administrators, it’s a reminder to not only search for teachers like this when...
