moving to the next chair twitter: @tmac602
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Moving to the Next Chair
https://todaysmeet.com/Nextchair
Twitter: @tmac602
McRoberts’ Mission
oTo EncourageoTo InstructoTo Build Relationships
Notice a Difference?
Sure you want to move up?
Positive??????????
Potential Paths…
Promote from within
Apply from the outside
Good/Bad
Define Your Constraints Geographic Financial School size School type (Urban, Suburban,
Rural) Roots v. Wings??????? Others?
TMac’s Ten Tips
1. State Your IntentLet those in positions of influence
know your short/long term aspirations.
Get your name into the market…networking, interviewing, committees outside your school.
2. Become a StudentInterviewing is a skill. You need
to gain experience in this activity.Do not hesitate to contact people
and “cash in your chips”—Getting the interview can be the hardest part of the process.
Understand what the “next chair” will feel like!
Learn all you can about prospective job.
3. Succeed Where You’re At!“If you demonize your current job
and rail against it, it becomes a prison you’ll try to escape from. Prison breaks rarely go well for anyone” (Jon Acuff,Quitter).
The best predictor of future success is current success…Be AWESOME in what you’re doing, ALL THE TIME!
4. Lead Where You’re AtTalk with superior about
expanded roleLarge school/Small SchoolSeize opportunities to take
control and lead activities, committees, programs, etc.
5. Brand YourselfSocial Networks: Twitter, Linked
In, Google+…Start a BlogGet “Connected”…twitter chats,
etc.
6. Read, Read, Read“The difference in you now and 5
years down the road will be the people you listen to and the books you read.”—Lou Holtz
Magazines, journals, twitter, books
Subject specific (curriculum, etc)…also LEADERSHIP.
7. Develop a “Leadership Practice.”Curriculum, Assessment,
Instruction, Indiana standards, teacher evaluations, CCR, A-F Accountability, data analysis, Grad rate…yada, yada, yada!
You’d better know HOW TO LEAD!Practice, not a Philosophy…living,
breathing, ever changing.Process, Relationships,
Excellence, Perseverance, Integrity.
8. Persevere “When I quit listening to the
world’s myths about success and happiness, and quit worrying about getting a head coaching job, I got one…”—Joe Gibbs, Fourth and One
“Every dream takes longer than you want it to.—Jon Acuff, Quitter
9. Enjoy Trench Warfare
1. Never demean the time you spend in the trenches.
2. Use any time when you aren’t on center stage to strengthen your practices and prepare.
3. Keep reminding yourself that attitude is the mother of luck.
10. “We Get to Play Baseball!”
Questions?
317.244.7238 (Speedway HS)
Twitter: @tmac602