1. Getting your First teaching job

2. Session content
Personal branding
How to apply
Interview tips

3. What kind of school do you want to work in?
Five minutes to think about your perfect job!

4. Think about… Location (moving or commuting?) Size and type of school
Year group and key stages
Ethos, teaching methods and styles
School performance and reputation
Support available for NQT year
Career aspirations
Question: when would you visit a school?
What would you compromise on? What is a deal-breaker?
Where would you find this information?
How long do you want to stay in your first job?

5. Take-off: Personal Branding 2

6. Plan:
Do you know who you are and what you have to offer?
Can you communicate that to a potential employer?

7. Application pack
Your Application
Your
Interview

8. What would you expect in an application pack?

9. Information about the school or local authority
Job description
Person specification
Application form (or link)
Equal opportunities declaration
Reference requests

10. What’s the difference between a job specification and a personal statement?

11. Job description and person specification
JD:
what you’ll be doing in the job (forms part of your contract)
PS:
what they are looking for (forms the basis of your application)

12. Job description and person specificationJD
Teaching pupils according to their educational needs including the setting and marking of their work.
Assessing, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of pupils. PS
Evidence of a successful teaching practice with more than one year group.
Knowledge of effective teaching and learning strategies.
Which brings us onto how you write your application…

13. What’s the Employer thinking?
Who are you?
Why do you want this job?
Why should we give you this job?
Four bullet points
Stand up, shake hands and introduce yourself!

14. Documents: Personal Statement Introduces you briefly
Identifies each item on a formal PS and shows how you meet that requirement. CV
Career statement / Profile introduces you
Bullet points – should be scannable
Gives full details of when & where.
Cover letter
Introduces you in prose
Tells a story.
Human CV?

15. Interviews!

16. If you are successful, you will probably be offered the job on the day
If you are successful, you will probably be offered the job on the day. Therefore, you need to decide as much as possible in advance whether you will accept .

17. PGCE interviews
What do you remember?

18. What to expect
Informal talks with key personnel (Headteacher, deputies, head of subject)
A tour of the school and possibly lunch
Teaching a lesson
Marking
A written task (eg. analysing data)
An interview with the School Council or student reps
A presentation

19. What are interviewers looking for?
Competent to teach
Fit in with existing staff
Be able to make a valuable contribution
Be sympathetic with how the school is managed
Able to develop in ways which will benefit the school

20. Types of questions
Competency-based questions
Values-based questions
Skills and knowledge questions
Self-management, reflection and improvement

21. Situation Task Action Result Circumstances Action Result Evaluation
STAR and CARE
Situation
Task
Action
Result
Circumstances
Action
Result
Evaluation

22. Where does your evidence come from?
problem solving / creative thinking
teamwork
working with a particular client group
communicating in a difficult situation
identifying a weakness and taking steps to resolve it

23. How would you prepare a sample lesson?

24. Portfolio–
What would you include?

25. Tips! Do your research! Smart and comfortable dress
Be polite and friendly to everyone!
Have back-up plans if you’re planning to use ICT
Offer portfolio (they may not want to see it)
Find out what you need to know!
Make sure you know where you’re going
Phone charged, school reception number saved

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27. Kickstart your future
Engage with experience
Prepare for Take-off

28. Any questions? You can find me at careers@yorksj.ac.uk
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