6 Ways to Prepare for Interviews for Administrative Positions

Two seasoned administrators share their tips for acing the application process for school leadership positions.

By Robert Feirsen, Seth Weitzman

After successful years in the classroom, you’ve become ever more sure that you’re ready to assume the challenges and rewards of school leadership. You enrolled in graduate-level educational leadership classes, pored over a bevy of academic literature and research reports, drafted papers late at night, practiced leadership skills while volunteering for school and district committees, served as an administrative intern (devoting considerable time supervising school lunch!), and submitted certification paperwork to the department of education bureaucracy, and now the moment has come to apply for your first administrative position.