Rules of the Game: How to Win a Job in Educational Leadership

WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD ACE A JOB INTERVIEW BY DEVELOPING YOUR OWN SET OF SCRIMMAGE NOTES IN ADVANCE?

RULES OF THE GAME: How to Win a Job in Educational Leadership (Second Edition) offers Insider Tips and Trade Secrets to help you navigate the job-seeking process. At last--a professional educator, having served in all leadership roles-- principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent reveals her strategies to help you create a self-promotion plan, excel at the interview process, and win job offers. Few books are written explicitly for the educator aspiring to move into school administration or current administrators desiring to move on to the next level.

This book explains the promotion process from beginning to end within the context of five major arenas:

• PLANNING: Developing the Game Plan
• PACKAGING: The Art of Self Promotion
• PREPARING: Practice Makes Perfect
• PROFESSIONAL BRANDING: Protecting Your Winning Image
• PERSEVERING: Crossing the Finish Line


• WHAT'S YOUR SCORECARD?
  • Do you continue to apply for jobs and not receive interviews?
  • Does your resume stand out in a crowd?
  • Are you tired of being complimented for coming in “second”?
  • Are you prepared to answer the wide range of questions asked in an interview?
  • Do you have the resiliency to withstand rejection and keep applying for the jobs you want?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  • SCORING THE GOAL This professional mentor includes expert advice on the most effective ways to win a new job in educational administration. READERS WILL LEARN:
    • How to strategically plan for your next career move.
    • How to package your letters of interest and resumes.
    • How to secure stunning letters of recommendation.
    • How to prepare for the high-stakes interview by developing Interview SCRIMMAGE NOTE.”
    • How to persevere when the going gets tough as you approach the finish line.

A professor and women's leadership expert, Dr. Marilou Ryder offers readers and audiences compelling research and tools to lead a more confident and empowered life.  An educator with over a decade of superintendent experience leading large school districts, Dr. Ryder has been on the front line of the changing nature of women in the workplace. Co-author for Don't Forget Your Sweater, Girl:Sister to Sister Secrets for Aging with Purpose and Humor, Ryder used personal stories from women 60 years and older to provide insight into aging and how women stay motivated and relevant in their senior years.  Her new book, co-authored with her sister, Don't Forget Your Lipstick Girl,Sister to Sister Secrets for Gaining Confidence, Courage, and Power uses interviews and research from over two decades of study to provide insight on how women can attain confidence to become empowered both at work and in their personal environments.
 
Marilou Ryder a current professor for Brandman University, Part of the Chapman University System galvanizes others to summon their best selves to approach life's challenges by accessing their personal power.

Ryder's research has become a frequently cited theory in women's gender studies. In short, her research revealed that (1) women's attitudes, behavior sand strategies can inhibit, encumber and impeded them in their personal, and professional lives; and (2) prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination permeate every fabric of society for women.  Her highly cited research was published in the SeXX Factor: Breaking the Codes that Sabotage Personal and Professional Lives and in many esteemed journal articles throughout the country.

A sought-after speaker, Ryder has been named a Top Ten Business Women of the Year, California Administrator of the Year, Johns Hopkins Administrator of the Year and most recently, Brandman University Faculty of the Year.