Are you updating your resume in
preparation of a career change?
Not exact matches
While the vast majority
of the 965 candidates seeking certification through the so - called «alternative route» are nonteachers «looking for a
career change,» an estimated 25 percent are people «currently teaching in a setting other than the public schools,» said Leo F. Klagholz, director
of teacher
preparation and certification for the state department
of education.
The flexibility provided by ESSA presented an opportunity for states to invest in pipeline - spanning
changes that address several components
of the teaching profession.48 While most states focused primarily on one or two aspects
of the pipeline to improve in their ESSA plans or addressed challenges and solutions in broad terms, other states presented a more holistic theory
of change with targeted strategies that address the entire pipeline — from the intentional recruitment
of diverse teachers and more clinical teacher
preparation experiences, to data - driven professional development and
career advancement frameworks.
Last year, the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University surveyed a representative sample
of approximately 1,500 teachers across five states (Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico) to learn about the instructional
changes they had made in
preparation for the new assessments from the Partnership for Assessment
of Readiness for College and
Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
This campaign seeks to promote
changes that span a teacher's
career, starting with recruitment and
preparation and continuing on through compensation and
career pathways, paying particular attention to the importance
of the professional context in which teachers work.
If you are thinking
of changing focus within a field,
of changing career fields, or are leaving the military or federal government, recognize this transition will take lots
of preparation and time.
And if you are contemplating a complete
change of career field, the self - assessment aspect
of the résumé
preparation process prepares the way for identifying and acquiring the additional skill sets that qualify you for employment in your new
career.
Decision
of career change is taken after thoughtful consideration, thus
preparation and all the steps
of employment process should be taken with the same serious attitude.