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.
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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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This resource is a compiled list of FREE courses and CPD opportunites which can be found from Free Online Courses, funded by the Funding and Skills Agency.
These are not my courses - I have simply compiled a list of the websites for development.
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This bundle contains resources for new Heads of Year/House/KS. It has lots of great resources for new pastoral staff to hit the ground running.
This contains a massive 20 resources including:
2 form time activities focused on developing skills for being great learners, growth mindset and organisational skills
A compilation of literacy and numeracy form time activities including a numeracy challenge and 20 literacy tasks - great for tutor time
15 frequent pastoral scenarios and what to do in them - ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions’ x 3
attendance tracking spreadsheets to help you track attendance effectively
3 easy to use, ready to go assemblies on confidence self esteem, the effect of random acts of kindness and the importance of choices and responsibility
a ready to edit weekly assembly template
a 14 slide back to school September expectations assembly and student success contract for your year group
two sets of pastoral development courses for your own professional development
an example improvement planning document to help you effectively plan improvements for your students and the year group
3 attendance posters for form boards
a form time activities booklet - easy to use and focused for students
E-booklet ‘40 Ideas for Improving Behaviour and Attendance’ to help you smash your year group goals!
This assembly is ready to be used and consists of sections on:
why we should give to charity
the history of charities
how we can support charities
celebrity links with charities
It also includes 3 powerful videos which are designed to get students to reflect on their own views of charity and how they can move forward to support charities more or how they can be more giving themselves.
The assembly also contains a choice of slides for the opening - you can chose from a slide set up for ‘International Charity Day’ or you can chose a slide set up with ‘The Importance of Charity’. This means the assembly can be used for either occasion.
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In this bundle, you will find 12 resources.
You also find my Ultimate Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle: (20 resources) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-ultimate-head-of-year-pastoral-interview-bundle-12472346
In this bundle you will find:
3 sets of questions you may be asked on a pastoral interview - over 50 questions for practicing.
guidance on a prioritisation task - a task which frequently comes up at Head of Year interviews as an in tray excercise.
an overview of the general roles and responsibilites of a Head of Year/Head of House - with details about the jobs and tasks you’ll be expected to complete when in post.
the first part of my series ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions’. This is guidance on how to answer 5 questions which come up in interview in detail.
two PDF e-booklets which are VERY useful to read prior to interview to give you ideas for discussion.
ebooklet 1) leading a team and working across school
ebooklet 2) ideas for improving attendance and behaviour
an example assembly on raising aspirations which I have used successfully on a Head of Year interview.
a PDF which takes you through analysing a set of progress data from a head of year perspective. A detailed step by step guide to approaching data and suggested actions.
You will also find guidance on responding to a parental concern letter - another task which frequently comes up at Head of Year interviews as an in tray excercise.
a list of common abbreviations linked to the role of HOY.
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This PDF includes 5 key questions asked on pastoral interview and their answers in detail.
These are intended to support existing or new heads of year as well as being potential questions you may get asked on interview.
In this set I answer:
how do you deal with angry parent?
how do you support a student struggling to fit in?
how do you lead a team?
how do you deal with poor student behaviour?
do you monitor student progress?
These answers are suggestions – they are not necessarily definitive.
If preparing for interview, I always recommend you tailor your questions to the school you’re applying to and ensure you are giving specific examples of what you’re able to offer.
If in post, always remember the policies of your school.
You can also find Set 2 of this resource here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12527827
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This bundle is an inspiration bundle and is made up of 12 resources designed to promote motivation and inspire students.
The bundle includes five ready to use assemblies focused on raising aspirations, exploring confidence and self esteem, kindness to others, charity and positive thinking.
There is also two form time sessions - one on being a great learner and the other on developing a growth mindset.
This bundle also includes three sets of Little Inspiration cards. These are small cards designed with inspirations quotes on. Each set is focused on a different part of wellbeing.
positive thinking and happiness
overcoming challenges
setting goals
These can be handed to students to remind them to focus and be positive throughout the day or could be used as a part of a session.
Finally, this bundle includes a coffee shop style reward stamp to inspire positive behaviour and a ‘self esteem’ check in board to inspire positivity and wellbeing.
£26 of resources
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This PDF contains a set of 18 positive thinking cards. Each card contains a quote or message which relates goal setting.
These have been designed to be used to support students in thinking about setting goals. They can be printed or given to students as a set or used as part of a session. These could also be used during tutor time or PSHE lessons if appropriate.
There are lots of potential uses. :)
These are not a replacement for counselling or other mental health services and are not intended to be reductionist.
Instructions for use are included also.
You can find set 1 on positive thinking here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-cards-set-1-positive-thinking-happiness-12347514
You can also find set 2 on overcoming challenges here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-cards-set-2-overcoming-challenges-growth-mindset-12347774
Finally you can find a bundle of inspirational resources, including assemblies and form time resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-card-assembly-form-bundle-positive-thinking-goal-setting-and-overcoming-challenges-12348103
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This PDF contains a set of 18 positive thinking cards. Each card contains a quote or message which relates to positive thinking or happiness/attitude.
These have been designed to be used to support student positive thinking and wellbeing. They can be printed or given to students as a set, or used as part of a self-esteem, positivity or wellbeing session. These could also be used during tutor time or PSHE lessons if appropriate.
There are lots of potential uses. :)
These are not a replacement for counselling or other mental health services and are not intended to be reductionist.
Instructions for use are included also.
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This spreadsheet is designed to be used to track attendance for a year group.
It is set up into three sheets.
The first is for tracking attendance year to date and tracking weekly attendance as well.
The second is set up to track the multiple interventions which you may use to try and raise attendance.
The final is for tracking attendance rewards to ensure your rewards are well distributed.
The first sheet is conditionally formatted - this means that the sheet will change colour depending on the % of attendance inputted. This will give you a visual overview of any students who are concern.
All of the sheets have been set up to filter - so you can easily find a student name or see who has had rewards etc.
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This bundle includes 3 venn diagrams which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention.
They focus on the different vulnerabilities a student may face including: behaviour, PP, male, safeguarding and attendance.
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This resource is a venn diagram which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention. This venn looks at safeguarding, behaviour and PP.
This sheet pairs well with my venn diagram template and they can be used together.
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A bundle of my three venn diagrams can be found here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/understanding-your-year-group-class-vulnerability-venn-diagram-bundle-12344429
This resource is a venn diagram which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention.
This sheet pairs well with my venn diagram template and they can be used together.
You can find the bundle of my 3 venn diagrams here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/understanding-your-year-group-class-vulnerability-venn-diagram-bundle-12344429
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This resource is designed to help you identify which students you should be targetting and monitoring either in your year team, your class or your department.
This venn diagram focused on SEND, PP, and male students.
The venn diagram is a simple and yet effective method of identifying which students will need access to additional support.
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This resources contains 20 pages of literacy activities for KS3 - Year 8 and Year 9 students.
Perfect for form times, or catch up literaxhsessions as well as homework. Complete and ready to use.
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A complete 40 page booklet which includes a focus on ALL basic literacy skills.
This is perfect for form time activities, for intervention sessions as well as for catch up and booster sessions. It could be used for homework as well as summer work.
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This resource is designed to be used as method of reflecting on the support for students in school including any additional provision which may be need putting in place as a result of exclusion or isolation.
It allows for good opportunity to consider if all angles have been covered of behaviour concerns before planning further support.
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This resource is an 8 week selection of numeracy activities to be used in form time. This resource includes the numeracy task itself as well as possible solutions.
At the end of the 8 weeks, there is a final competition - this can be used to put forms head to head or could be used by form tutors individually.
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This reflection sheet is a fun, light hearted way for tutors to reflect on the year just gone. It is perfect for the end of the year and to get tutors reflecting on their form tutor role, their highlights and their low lights.
I have had great success with this in the past a tutors generally appreciate the opportunity to feedback as well as the opportunity to reflect in a informal way on their year.
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This resource is a light hearted survey aimed at gaining feedback from staff in your team.
The survey is designed to be informal enough to encourage feedback which is genuine whilst staff understand that the importance of reflection and planning for the future.
When using this, I would encourage staff to be honest but constructive.
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