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Things that get you hired faster

• Special education knowledge

  Individual education plans, accommodations and the law around them. Principals are legally responsible for getting this right.

• School finance

  Reading and defending a budget. The single most common gap in new administrators.

• Bilingual certification

  In districts with large multilingual populations it is close to a requirement for leadership.

• Dean, department head or athletic director

  The in-between roles that prove you can manage adults, not just students.

• Discipline and restorative practice training

  Because a huge share of the job is what happens after something goes wrong.