answer:Find out what computer skills and programs you need to be conversant with, for starters. There must be a job description available somewhere? Secretaries can be organizers, office managers, resident therapists, paper pushers, gate keepers, and wizards. You certainly need to be trustworthy, tactful, sensitive to the nuances and rumors that float around any large community (particularly a close-knit one such as a school) and an all-round diplomat. My ex was the headmaster of a large K-12 school for decades. His secretary was all of the above.