Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in northwest Georgia. Her writing and presentations help students find k-12 teaching jobs, and guide administrators to hire the best faculty.

Get a Teaching Job NOW is the most thorough book I have read on seeking employment in education. This book covers it all! Job seekers who read and follow the advice in this book will put themselves ahead of others in the “line for jobs."

• PrefaceIntroductionDo I Want to be a Teacher, and How Much Will I Make?Chapter 1: Becoming an Employable TeacherLicensure/ CertificationIdentifying Teacher Job Market Trends EarlyReviewing Your Qualifications and the Job Market NeedsChapter 2: Starting the Job Search – A TimetableAt Least a Year Before You Want a Teaching JobNine Months Before You Want a JobThe Last Three Months Before You Want to Start a JobChapter 3: Creating the Teacher ResumeActivity – Your Teaching ResumeProfessional ProfilesSample Resumes – New Graduates, Career Changers, Those Returning to TeachingChapter 4: The Cover LetterActivity for Writing a Cover LetterSample Cover LettersOnline Letters and EtiquetteChapter 5: The Interview PortfolioSample Portfolio ItemsFAQs about PortfoliosOnline and Electronic PortfoliosChapter 6: Applying for JobsNational, State, and District Job SitesInformation Needed on an ApplicationLetters of ReferenceFAQs about Delivering a Job Application PacketChapter 7: Behavior-Based Interviewing, Illegal, and Crazy QuestionsWhat Employers WantWhat BBI-style Questions Look LikeOld-fashioned, non-BBI-style QuestionsAnswering Crazy Questions ActivityIllegal QuestionsChapter 8: Preliminary InterviewsCommonly-asked Preliminary Interview QuestionsTelephone InterviewsInternet and Job Fair InterviewsCareer Clothes for a Job FairChapter 9: On-site Interview Questions and AnswersHow do Interviews Start?Grade and Subject-level Specific QuestionsSubstitute Teaching QuestionsFAQs about InterviewsChapter 10: After the InterviewThank you NotesHow to Follow up about OffersFAQs about Teaching Job OffersTracking your InterviewsChapter 11: Your First Year of TeachingWhen HiredNew Teacher OrientationMentor ProgramsChecklist for the First Day of SchoolYour EvaluationsFAQs about the First Year of TeachingThe Stages of a Teaching Career

Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in northwest Georgia. Her writing and presentations help students find k-12 teaching jobs, and guide administrators to hire the best faculty.

Get a Teaching Job NOW is the most thorough book I have read on seeking employment in education. This book covers it all! Job seekers who read and follow the advice in this book will put themselves ahead of others in the “line for jobs."

• PrefaceIntroductionDo I Want to be a Teacher, and How Much Will I Make?Chapter 1: Becoming an Employable TeacherLicensure/ CertificationIdentifying Teacher Job Market Trends EarlyReviewing Your Qualifications and the Job Market NeedsChapter 2: Starting the Job Search – A TimetableAt Least a Year Before You Want a Teaching JobNine Months Before You Want a JobThe Last Three Months Before You Want to Start a JobChapter 3: Creating the Teacher ResumeActivity – Your Teaching ResumeProfessional ProfilesSample Resumes – New Graduates, Career Changers, Those Returning to TeachingChapter 4: The Cover LetterActivity for Writing a Cover LetterSample Cover LettersOnline Letters and EtiquetteChapter 5: The Interview PortfolioSample Portfolio ItemsFAQs about PortfoliosOnline and Electronic PortfoliosChapter 6: Applying for JobsNational, State, and District Job SitesInformation Needed on an ApplicationLetters of ReferenceFAQs about Delivering a Job Application PacketChapter 7: Behavior-Based Interviewing, Illegal, and Crazy QuestionsWhat Employers WantWhat BBI-style Questions Look LikeOld-fashioned, non-BBI-style QuestionsAnswering Crazy Questions ActivityIllegal QuestionsChapter 8: Preliminary InterviewsCommonly-asked Preliminary Interview QuestionsTelephone InterviewsInternet and Job Fair InterviewsCareer Clothes for a Job FairChapter 9: On-site Interview Questions and AnswersHow do Interviews Start?Grade and Subject-level Specific QuestionsSubstitute Teaching QuestionsFAQs about InterviewsChapter 10: After the InterviewThank you NotesHow to Follow up about OffersFAQs about Teaching Job OffersTracking your InterviewsChapter 11: Your First Year of TeachingWhen HiredNew Teacher OrientationMentor ProgramsChecklist for the First Day of SchoolYour EvaluationsFAQs about the First Year of TeachingThe Stages of a Teaching Career

Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in northwest Georgia. Her writing and presentations help students find k-12 teaching jobs, and guide administrators to hire the best faculty.

Get a Teaching Job NOW is the most thorough book I have read on seeking employment in education. This book covers it all! Job seekers who read and follow the advice in this book will put themselves ahead of others in the “line for jobs."

• PrefaceIntroductionDo I Want to be a Teacher, and How Much Will I Make?Chapter 1: Becoming an Employable TeacherLicensure/ CertificationIdentifying Teacher Job Market Trends EarlyReviewing Your Qualifications and the Job Market NeedsChapter 2: Starting the Job Search – A TimetableAt Least a Year Before You Want a Teaching JobNine Months Before You Want a JobThe Last Three Months Before You Want to Start a JobChapter 3: Creating the Teacher ResumeActivity – Your Teaching ResumeProfessional ProfilesSample Resumes – New Graduates, Career Changers, Those Returning to TeachingChapter 4: The Cover LetterActivity for Writing a Cover LetterSample Cover LettersOnline Letters and EtiquetteChapter 5: The Interview PortfolioSample Portfolio ItemsFAQs about PortfoliosOnline and Electronic PortfoliosChapter 6: Applying for JobsNational, State, and District Job SitesInformation Needed on an ApplicationLetters of ReferenceFAQs about Delivering a Job Application PacketChapter 7: Behavior-Based Interviewing, Illegal, and Crazy QuestionsWhat Employers WantWhat BBI-style Questions Look LikeOld-fashioned, non-BBI-style QuestionsAnswering Crazy Questions ActivityIllegal QuestionsChapter 8: Preliminary InterviewsCommonly-asked Preliminary Interview QuestionsTelephone InterviewsInternet and Job Fair InterviewsCareer Clothes for a Job FairChapter 9: On-site Interview Questions and AnswersHow do Interviews Start?Grade and Subject-level Specific QuestionsSubstitute Teaching QuestionsFAQs about InterviewsChapter 10: After the InterviewThank you NotesHow to Follow up about OffersFAQs about Teaching Job OffersTracking your InterviewsChapter 11: Your First Year of TeachingWhen HiredNew Teacher OrientationMentor ProgramsChecklist for the First Day of SchoolYour EvaluationsFAQs about the First Year of TeachingThe Stages of a Teaching Career