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I am a district content leader for my area, which is the equivalent
to a building level assistant principal position. I did not have
any administrative experience before getting the position, but I
did have tons of leadership experience as a teacher. On
12/08/13, Wondering in Florida wrote:
> Thank you for your thorough response. This was very helpful. :)
>
> On 12/06/13, ILadmin wrote:
>> A few different camps on this one.
>>
>> One thought is leadership is leadership regardless of the
>> situation. Leading a curriculum team, assessment team, coach,
>> activity sponsor and etc. All these demonstrate leadership and
>> should be noted as such on a resume, application and interview
>> process.
>>
>> Another is leadership is situational and specific skill sets
>> are developed based upon the particulars of the job.
>>
>> A blend of these two is striking that right balance for the
>> expectations of the employer and needs of the organization.
>>
>> There are skill sets that umbrella any situation. Life
>> experiences and soft skills interact with the job role to lead
>> you to decisions. The more decisions/solutions one makes in a
>> particular situation builds the tool kit for future actions.
>>
>> You need to know the expectations for the job, which specific
>> skill sets would need to be developed and those to draw upon.
>> Things like reports or actions targeted to that particular job
>> would be a learning curve versus someone who had done them
>> before. You maybe ready for a particular leadership position;
>> however, you may not have done certain aspects of the position.
>> Employers will determine what components are must have
>> experiences versus to be learned.
>>
>> As for the question of what positions held, I followed
>> sequential leadership positions to central office. Each person
>> and situation is difference based upon the circumstances.

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