The most professional way to begin the new "hunt."
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:32 am
Calling on all of you seasoned vets and administrators:
My contract will be finished at the end of the next school year and I'll be moving on from my current employer. I am slated to attend UNI (awaiting packet, hotel reservation at Ramada already secured) and want to begin the reference gathering, paperwork, school "hunt" early in the year so as to not be so stressed out in Dec. and Jan.
What is the most professional way to approach this with my current HOD, Director, etc... Would asking too early (let's say around mid-October) be a foot shot? I have a pretty good relationship with my Director, excellent with my HOD and other figures. I want to do this the right way; I don't want to seem ungrateful or like I am not focused on the task at hand, teaching. It has been an enlightnening time, some ups, some downs, but I learned a lot.
Any advice on how to do this well?
This my first experience finding int'l work while int'l. Scary stuff.
Thanks,
SW
My contract will be finished at the end of the next school year and I'll be moving on from my current employer. I am slated to attend UNI (awaiting packet, hotel reservation at Ramada already secured) and want to begin the reference gathering, paperwork, school "hunt" early in the year so as to not be so stressed out in Dec. and Jan.
What is the most professional way to approach this with my current HOD, Director, etc... Would asking too early (let's say around mid-October) be a foot shot? I have a pretty good relationship with my Director, excellent with my HOD and other figures. I want to do this the right way; I don't want to seem ungrateful or like I am not focused on the task at hand, teaching. It has been an enlightnening time, some ups, some downs, but I learned a lot.
Any advice on how to do this well?
This my first experience finding int'l work while int'l. Scary stuff.
Thanks,
SW