Ace Your Teacher Resume (and Cover Letter)

by Anthony D. Fredericks

Overview

In this captivating and highly practical book, award-winning author and teacher, Anthony D. Fredericks offers real-world guidelines on how to build the perfect teacher resume (and cover letter).

Fredericks has compiled fresh advice and insightful tips from numerous principals and superintendents around the country. He provides insider knowledge about what types of vocabulary and key words/phrases administrators look for on resumes and cover letters and explains how teacher resumes differ from other business resumes.

Ace Your Teacher Resume (& Cover Letter) gives you proven strategies, winning guidelines, along with scores of sample resumes and cover letters. Also included are step-by-step writing instructions that help you rise to the top of the applicant pool. With this guide, you can create a dynamic resume, with a catching objective, and an incredible cover letter, all rooted in your own unique experiences and philosophy sure to impress any potential interviewer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681570204
Publisher:	Blue River Press
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Pages:	254
Sales rank:	1,107,442
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Anthony D. Fredericks, Ed.D. is a nationally recognized educator well known for his practical teacher materials and stimulating and engaging conference presentations. A professor of education at York College of Pennsylvania, he is an award-winning and best-selling author of more than 150 books, including teacher resource materials Guided Reading in Grades 3-6, children's books Mountain Night, Mountain Day; The Tsunami Quilt, and adult non-fiction titles The Secret Life of Clams. Ace Your Teacher Resume is the second in a series, it follows Ace Your Teachers Interview. His extensive background includes experience as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, professional storyteller, curriculum coordinator, educational consultant, and staff developer.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction ix

Creating an A+ Resume 1

What They Never Told You in College 3

You Only Have Six Seconds 17

Sell, Don't Tell! 22

Homework Assignment: Self-Inventory 31

Shaping a Blockbuster Resume 43

Framing Your Contact Data 53

Write a Better Objective 62

Are You Qualified? 68

Shine the Light on Your Experiences 75

Other Related Essentials 87

The Visual Impression 97

Titanic Mistakes That Will Sink You 116

Your Resume Checklist 131

Sample Resumes 135

Writing an A+ Cover Letter 141

What Nobody Told You About Cover Letters 143

Insider Secret: How to Stand Out Over the Competition 150

More Strategies for Success 156

Anatomy of a Sensational Cover Letter 167

Writing a Winner! 176

High Caliber Blunders That Will Shoot You Down 189

Your Cover Letter Checklist 200

Sample Cover Letters 203

Your Other "Resume" 209

Online Applications 215

Web Resources 219

Index 223

Bonus Chapter: What You Need to Know About Interviews 233