Describes one teacher educator's experiences during his 10-month search for employment, presenting four general guidelines for dealing with search committees: thinking should precede leaping; if you need to know something, you have to ask; great expectations produce much frustration; and the brightest and most helpful search committee members may…

Presents the job applicant's perspective of the job search process in teacher education, offering four general guidelines: thinking should precede leaping; if one needs to know something, one must ask; great expectations regarding the search committee can produce much frustration; and bright stars on the search committee are sometimes obscured…