To assist in the selection of new private school heads, this manual provides advice to both boards of trustees and candidates. Advice directed to the board covers timing of the search and selection, announcement of the current head's resignation, search committee formation, the committee chairperson, staff assistance, search budget, job definitions and descriptions, sources of candidates, selection consultants, advertising, affirmative action, applicant screening, references, interviews (including with finalists), terms of appointment, final selection and job offer, and such final considerations as the search committee report and the transition to a new head. Advice to the candidate touches on preparation and training, use of networks, portfolio and resume, references, job openings, consultants, interviews, briefings on schools, preparations for moving, published information sources, the family's role, and terms of appointment. A short annotated bibliography precedes seven appendixes that provide samples of a resignation announcement, qualifications checklist, and school and job descriptions; suggestions for search committee interview procedures and for candidate job searching methods; and discussions of candidates' questions about a school and the decision to accept a headship. (RW)