The Teaching Coach is a platform to help teachers, leaders and support staff by providing a range of quality pastoral, teaching and career resources.
You will find a host of resources here from form times and assemblies through to interview prep, application letters, professional development and guidance. Not to mention, lessons, schemes of work and learning resources.
If you can't see what you need, you can email me at: theteachingcoach@hotmail.com.
The Teaching Coach is a platform to help teachers, leaders and support staff by providing a range of quality pastoral, teaching and career resources.
You will find a host of resources here from form times and assemblies through to interview prep, application letters, professional development and guidance. Not to mention, lessons, schemes of work and learning resources.
If you can't see what you need, you can email me at: theteachingcoach@hotmail.com.
In this resource, you will find a 4 page example teacher coach/teaching mentor/CPD lead application letter or supporting statement.
These are usually roles which lead on coaching teachers and offering teaching and learning support for staff within school and are often internal positions. These may also be staff who lead on CPD, who audit CPD needs within school and work as a team with the SLT link for learning and teaching. This letter is useful if you are applying for any of these roles and should give you a great starting point.
This resource is full of ideas for your own letter and is a great base for writing your own application. I always recommend making sure your own letter fits descriptions for roles and never send a blanket letter to schools or for internal positions.
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In this resource you will find an application supporting statement/covering letter example for an newly qualified teacher applying for the first job. This framework is designed to give you a good base to start your own letter.
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In this resource you will find all three sets of potential interview questions for newly qualified teachers - staff who have just qualified and finished their PGCE or have done 1 year teaching and will be applying and interviewing for their first or second posts as teachers.
This totals over 60 potential questions.
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This resource is my first set of practice data task for Heads of Year/Pastoral Leaders preparing for interview. The resource provides a fictionalised set of data from a fictionalised year group, space to analyse the data yourself and to come up with your three priorities. In addition, I provide the three priorities I would identify in timed conditions as well as the ‘answers’ I would provide in an interview circumstance.
This is the great way to practice your data analysis skills for interview from a pastoral perspective. This resource goes well with my other resources on raising attainment and analysing data as a pastoral leader.
You can find a 2nd example of this in tray here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12732369. This is another set of data to provide a 2nd chance to practice prior to interview.
How to analyse data as Head of Year: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-analyse-data-pastoral-leader-interview-cpd-data-analysis-and-progress-achievement-12436735
How to raise attainment as Head of Year: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-raise-attainment-secure-progress-head-of-year-house-pastoral-role-interview-cpd-12425572
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Head of Sixth Form | Head of Post 16 | Example Supporting Application Covering Letter
This resource is a 2 page application letter for the role of Head of Sixth Form.
The letter uses the STAR technique to help demonstrate the impact of work undertaken.
The letter covers lots of ideas which you may want to use in your own letter including:
Enthusiasum about Head of Sixth Form role
Improving academic outcomes and student well-being
Creating support programmes and guiding university applications
Leadership expertise in pastoral care and team development
Commitment to holistic student success and strategic school improvement
Please remember the letter is NOT exhaustive and is just an example of what you might include.
NOTE: This letter assumes some experience of the role of Head of Sixth form (perhaps having been in the role already/being a deputy or supporting the role). If you are looking for a letter which better supports an application without direct experience of the role - there is an example 2 letter in my shop which can be used instead.
Head of Sixth Form | Head of Post 16 | Supporting Application Covering Letter - Example 2
This resource is a 2 page application letter for the role of Head of Sixth Form. It is example 2.
The letter uses the STAR technique to help demonstrate the impact of work undertaken.
The letter covers lots of ideas which you may want to use in your own letter.
Please remember the letter is NOT exhaustive and is just an example of what you might include.
NOTE: This letter assumes no experience of the role of Head of Sixth form - this letter assumes you are looking to progress from a Head of Year role or similar. If you are looking for a letter which better supports an application with direct experience of the role - there is an another letter in my shop which can be used instead - https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13162124.
In this 5 page document we cover an overview of 10 in-tray tasks you are likely to find on a Head of Year/Pastoral Role interview.
This document provides brief information about some of the tasks you might find on the interview day and some top tips for tackling tasks. However, this document does not provide detailed information on how to handle each task. This document is intended to provide an overview only.
Note: detailed documents on how to handle and prepare for some of the in-tray tasks can be found in my shop.
You can find a bundle of all of my in tray guides here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12472317
In this resource, we explore 10 questions you might be asked on a SENCo interview and 10 detailed possible answers. This resource is 7 pages long.
This is a complimentary resource to the set 1 and set 2 SENCo questions listed in my shop. It can be used in conjunction or on its own to help you prepare for interview.
We answer the questions:
Why are you interested in the role of SENCo?
What skills could you bring to our SENCO role?
Give us a summary of your understanding of the Code of Practice:
How would you use data to inform this role?
How would you demonstrate value for money in this role?
Tell us about your ability to work under pressure.
A parent arrives in reception angry about the support their child with SEN has received. What do you do?
How would you time manage as a SENCo?
A student with ADHD is struggling in their English lessons – they are not making expected progress and the teacher is challenged by their behaviour - how would you support the teacher to help the student?
Why have you chosen this school to apply to as SENCo?
Please note: whilst the questions are detailed and thorough, they are NOT a definitive list, and the answers are not exhaustive. You may want to select parts of the answers which apply best to your knowledge. You should also add to your answers using experiences of your own and include your learning from these experiences that you would take into the new role. You should never use generic answers in an interview setting. Always link your answers with what you know about the school and their priorities.
This bundle includes almost 40 potential questions for a Head of Year or Head of House interview.
These have been collated over the times I have been to interview as a Head of Year (or equivalent) and give a real range of the potential questions you could be asked.
These can be paired with with my other resources which focus on answering these questions - these can be found in my shop: ‘five big pastoral questions.’
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This bundle contains my three sets of interview questions for the role of Head of Year/Head of House.
This resource contains 40+ questions which you may face in a pastoral interview.
These resources include space for you to write notes on your own answer.
Note: this set is NOT designed to be exhaustive. Please bear in mind you may only be asked 6-12 questions at interview - so this set is designed to give you a broad range of questions for prep.
This resource does not include answers.
In this resource you will find guidance on prioritisation in tray task. This guidance goes through the purpose of an in tray like this, including why they’re used, how to ace them and things to avoid!
This document also provides an example prioritisation task for you to practice prior to the interview.
Please note: this resource does include a worked example of the answers but this order is without justification - this is because there is no set correct answers for a priorisation task - you only need to make informed and educated decisions and justify your answers clearly. Your answers may be different to the ones on the template - but this does not make them incorrect as long as you clearly and rationally justified your answers.
This resource includes a five page example application letter for the role of Assistant/Deputy Head of Year. This mentions a variety of ideas including attendance, behaviour, data and parental relationships and can be used to create your own letter.
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This resource is an assistant or deputy SENCo application covering letter or supporting statement.
This template is 4 pages long and full of ideas which you could use. Please note: covering letters should not exceed 2 pages in length. This once is designed to be used as an example and should be edited to suit your specific post and the job description sent to you for your application.
I never recommend sending blanket templates for prospective roles and always advise an application is tailored to you and the school.
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This resource is an example a Second in Department/Curriculum Area Lead application covering letter which can be used to create your own letter of application or supporting statement! It includes headings for guidance on topics to include also.
This template is 3 pages long as is full of ideas which you could use or remove!
Please note, covering letters should not exceed 2 pages in length. This once is designed to be used as an example and should be edited to suit your specific post and the job description sent to you for your application.
I never recommend sending blanket templates for prospective roles and always advise an application is tailored to you and the school.
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This resource is a Head of Year application covering letter. It has been created using knowledge of the role and experience of previous pastoral applications.
This includes sections on:
attendance
behaviour
progress
using experience of being a form tutor and teacher
parent-carer partnerships
high expectations and behaviour management
student development/extra curricular/pastoral development
working with a team of tutors
reading data
working with external agencies
celebrating student achievement
This template is over 4 pages long and packed full of ideas to use!
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In this resource you will find a 5 page example letter of application for a senior leadership role, for example, assistant principal.
This resource includes many ideas you could include your own letter as well as providing you a useful structure for organising your own application or supporting statement.
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This resource is a second example of a Head of Year or Head of House application covering letter which I have collated using my knowledge of the role and my experience of previous pastoral applications.
This template is 3 pages long as is full of ideas which you could use including:
attendance
behaviour
progress
parent-carer partnerships
building positive ethos
leading a team of tutors
reading data
working with external agencies
celebrating student achievement
being a strong teacher
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In this resource, you will find 2 behaviour contracts and a individual behaviour plan.
The first contract is a student led, informal behaviour contract. This is to get students reflecting on their behaviour as a step prior to having a parental meeting. Students can complete this with their teacher, head of year or form tutor and it doesn’t need parents to be present.
The second contract is parent-carer and student behaviour contract. This is a more formal contract which may be used when behaviour becomes more concerning and parent-carer is invited in for a formal meeting before further measures are put in place. This may form part of a behaviour panel and has space to be signed by parents to make the process more formal.
This is detailed behaviour plan which is useful to reflect on triggers and plans for dealing with behaviour. It’s great for sharing with staff who teach the student with poor behaviour.
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This resource is an example application letter for the position of SENCo in a secondary school.
This letter should be developed by including your own examples of where you have completed the points referenced and the impact of that work as well as your learning from the work you have completed – using the spaces to help you do this. This letter is for guidance only and should not be used exclusively to apply for a SENCo role but instead used to support the writing of your own letter. Letters should always be tailored to the school you are applying to and your own experiences. This example includes more ideas than you may wish to include in your own letter and is intended to highlight a variety of content you could use.
This template is over 5 pages long and full of ideas which you could use or remove.
This resource is aimed a secondary school SENCo role, but could provide ideas for other stages of education also.
Please note: covering letters should not exceed 2 pages in length.
I never recommend sending blanket templates for prospective roles and always advise an application is tailored to you and the school.
**Inclusion Leader Assistant Principal | Application Letter Template | Interview Support | Leadership
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For this letter, Inclusion Leader is assumed to be an AP in the role of looking after inclusion, with a specific SEN department focus.
This resource pack includes:
a one page outline of the role of an Inclusion Leader
a three page example application letter for the role of Inclusion Leader
one page of suggested sentences to help write/improve your own letter for the role
Please note: this is NOT an exhaustive letter or overview of the role of Inclusion Leader.
You should never copy a template, but should always write your own letter when applying to a position. Remember to research the policies of the school if necessary and include examples of your own experience.