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Module 1027

Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Apply this toward your professional development requirements
(1 credit, 30 hours or certificate of completion)

Tuition: $225 complete

Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org

What You'll Learn

Successful women educators consistently boost their credibility and earning potential by recognizing and applying their strengths and improving or eliminating their weaknesses. Whether you are already top of the class or are just starting out, there are steps you can take right now to improve your professional image, garner respect and advance your career. This module will focus on ways you can:

  • Build your credibility with a clear professional & financial vision
  • Boost your career by developing strong & lasting partnerships
  • Define yourself as a "brand" and market yourself successfully
  • Use a variety of communication styles to convince and inspire

Highlights

How To Triumph Over Forces That Try to Hold You Back

  • How to create your own definition of who you are & where you're headed
  • The best ways to stop people who try to sabotage your growth
  • Overcoming the damaging messages sent by the media and society

How To Have "The Corner Office" Handed To You

  • Proven ways to ensure you react professionally , not emotionally
  • Simple steps to spotting and stopping your self-defeating behaviors
  • Techniques for effectively (& visually) positioning your contributions

Gaining Skills to Build Your Credibility & Boost Your Image

  • How can you maximize the "space" that you occupy in your school?
  • What are the 10 most common career suicide mistakes a woman makes?
  • What 3 career decisions do more to ensure your success than any other?

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

  • Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
  • Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
  • Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
  • Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
  • Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance – whenever you need it.
  • You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7

All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!

Connect with, hear from and get help from you peers.


Materials & Assessment

Lectures Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment To receive your Certificate of Completion or Certificate of Attendance and earn Professional Development/Continuing Education units/credits/hours, you will need to complete all assessments and submit all final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

Tuition: $225
Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org