Teacher Resources
The following books and directories are available for your use in the Career Services Resource Center in the Comstock Memorial Union (CMU), Room 114.
The Comparative Guide to American Elementary & Secondary Schools 2006
c4th Edition – Covers all public school districts serving 1,500 or
more students.
Detailed profiles of 5,874 school districts:
- Expanded State Profiles: More Test Scores
- More State and National Rankings
- Two Indexes: School District and City
Educators Resource Directory – Educators Resource Directory is designed to provide educators, administrators, and other education professionals with immediate access to a unique combination of over 6,200 educational information resources, and 100 charts of education statistics and rankings. (Arrived 1/14/05)
Job Hunter's Guide 2004,
Services and Career Fairs for Educators, by American Association for Employment
in Education (AAEE). (arrived 2/02/04) Pages 4 to 34 have a chronological and
geographic cross reference of job fairs throughout the USA.
2007-2008 Teacher Certification Requirements in all Fifty States – 25th Edition, by Joel K. Boydston (arrived 01/08) How and where to get a teaching certificate in all 50 states.
Alternative Teacher Certification – A State-by-State Analysis 2004 by C. Emily Feistritzer and David T. Chester. (Arrived 11/04).
Directory of Public School Systems in the United States, 28th Edition/2004–2005 by American Association for Employment in Education.
How to Get the Teaching Job You Want – The Complete Guide for College Graduates, Returning Teachers and Career Changers by Robert Feirsen and Seth Weitzman © 2000. (Arrived 3/9/2005) Learn how to:
- Avoid the most common mistakes of job candidates
- Match your unique talents to the needs of a particular school
- Craft effective cover letters and resumes, using models that address the specific needs of college graduated, returning teachers, and career changes
- Read between the lines of newspaper advertisements
- Leverage student teaching, substitute teaching, or volunteer work into a job offer
- Surf the Internet to locate jobs and discover valuable information about schools, including test results, educational philosophy and the names of key administrators
- Design a portfolio in book or electronic format to showcase your abilities
- Practice interview skills using 100 questions taken from real job interviews
- Apply proven strategies for a variety of interview formats, including high stress interviews and performance interviews
- Address controversial questions during interviews
101 Career Alternatives for Teachers – Exciting Opportunities for Teachers Outside the Teaching Profession by Margaret Gisler © 2002.
Inside Secrets of Finding A Teaching Job – A must reference for both
new and seasoned educators by Jack Warner and Clyde with Diane Warner © 1997.
Chapter Titles are:
– Increasing Your Marketability
– Making the Paper Cut
– Discovering Job Vacancies
– Finding the Inside Track
– Preparing for the Interview
– Sharpening Your Personal Appeal
–Your Conduct During the Interview
– After the Interview