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.
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 assembly focuses on the concept of Random Acts of Kindness.
It focuses on the benefits of kindness and being kind to others, as well as how you can kind to one another.
It also includes a youtube link about the infectious nature of kindness - which really helps to illustrate the point about helping one another.
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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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This bundle includes two improvement planning documents.
Each is focused on various areas of improving and planning for a year group - from ideas about assemblies and year group cohesion to plans for improving behaviour and attendance.
They include details about suggestions to improve on specific areas as well as ways to monitor improvements and evaluate impact.
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This resource aims to develop teacher understanding on how to support best learning and revision. It is not specific to exams, but covers ‘learning effectively’ which applies to both exam preparation as well as learning in general in lessons time.
The resource covers:
how the brain works and how the brain learns, including the science behind learning a new skill
how to build new knowledge pathways in the brain
interleaved learning
spaced learning
concept mapping/retrieval practice
failure as a learning tool
collaborative retrieval as a learning tool
This session also includes:
3 videos (not owned by me - included to develop knowledge)
a ‘starter’ and a ‘plenary’ for use in the CPD
a midpoint learning check
an activity for department to spend time thinking about their practice
You can also find a PDF of ‘revision strategies’ attached as a follow up for staff.
This is a great activity for teachers of all experience but would be especially good for RQTs or NQTs who may just be starting to think about how students learn. This could also be good for form tutors of Y11 and Y10 to think about in preparation for exams.
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This resource is Set 1 of potential Head of Year or Head of House interview questions and includes 15 key questions you are likely to be asked on a Head of Year or pastoral middle leader interview.
The list is, of course, not definitive, but the questions are based on experiences in 3 successful interviews for Head of Year posts.
You can find the bundle of more interview questions here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/head-of-year-pastoral-role-interview-questions-12297802
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This resource includes over 3 pages of interview questions I have collated from various sources for pastoral assistant principal interviews.
It covers every aspect of being a pastoral senior leader and includes spaces for you to print and write your answers to support preparation for interview.
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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 resource includes an hour long session (at least!) on how to stretch and challenge students as well as how to support them. This includes loads of ideas on how to differentiate for a variety of different learners and has plenty of quick strategies for staff to implement.
Including:
staff discussion about what diffentiation is
staff reflecting on their current use of differentiation
addressing misconceptions
a video focused on supporting more able students
20 quick ways to support low ability
20 ways to stretch high ability
suggestions for further reading
ideas of for long term support and stretch
This CPD also includes an editable booklet for staff to use during the CPD and I have included many of the templates referenced in the CPD which can be shared directly with staff to edit and use themselves.
A complete CPD ready to use!
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Almost 80 potential senior leadership interview questions - including main questions and likely follow up questions!
Includes questions on:
stress management
curriculum and evaluation
creativity
communication
partnerships
personal and leadership
technical skills
human relations
adaptability
decision making
securing results
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This resource includes a PDF of a coffee shop style reward card for positive behaviour, progress and effort.
This stamper has space for 10 members of staff to sign off positive behaviour and includes rewards at random steps along the card to encourage focus.
You can find other examples of stampers in my shop.
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In this resource, you will find:
all three sets of my pastoral interview questions (no answers)
2 sets of my ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions and Their Answers’ (10 questions and answers total)
1 set of 15 pastoral questions and their answers
The question sets include over 50 questions you may be asked on interview and the Big Pastoral Questions and their Answers provided detailed response for 10 of these questions whilst the question and answer document provides more still!
This is a great resource to help you prepare for interview.
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REFRESHED FOR 2024
In this bundle you will find the following resources:
a covering letter/supporting statement example for the role of deputy HOY
a 6 page PDF with guidance and advice for assistant heads of year including how you can make the most from the role, top tips and lots of FAQs
5 Big Pastoral Questions and Their Answers - Set 1, 2 and 3 - detailed answers to 15 pastoral questions like ‘how do I build relationships with parents?’
Pastoral role interview questions Set 1, 2 and 3 - over 40 questions you might get asked on a HOY interview
pastoral interview questions and their answers - 15 questions and answers for supporting your prep
a list of common pastoral abbreviations - great to start to wrap your head around the common acronyms used!
40 Ideas for year group attendance, behaviour and rewards
40 Ideas fror Leading a Team and Working Across School
New to HOY role advice and tips resource - full of ideas to help you consider how you’ll make the most out of the role
This document contains a 3 page improvement plan for a year group.
This includes generic ideas for focus points of the year group: attendance, year group cohesion etc. as well as for planning assemblies and an interform competition.
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This resource is a detailed individual behaviour plan for students.
This is intended to be completed with students and parents/carers if possible also.
Its contents can then be shared with staff to help improve behaviour around school.
This particular plan includes sections on:
influence and motivations
triggers and warning signs
what good will look like and how we we’ll know we’ve been successfully
a review section
parent/student/staff signature section
key stats log
This can be paired with a behaviour contract - which can be found in my TES shop.
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This resource is an attendance interview/action plan template.
It includes space for student/parent and staff to discuss attendance issues and space to write up agreed short and long term strategies.
It also includes space for three final targets and a space to review targets.
It also contains space to write current attendance, previously used interventions and a space for parent/staff/student signatures.
Great as a part of an intervention for poor attendance.
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In this bundle you will find 6 literacy resources which contain the following:
a 20 lesson literacy intervention/booster scheme powerpoint, covering all major literacy skills - reading and writing
20 SPaG starter tasks - perfect for using to start catch up or literacy sessions
a 30 page literacy booklet for Y7
a 20 page literacy booklet Y8-9
5 reading skill lessons focusing on reading tasks which can be used with reading/library books
12 library lesson/reading lesson starters focused on reading skills and linked with with plot, character etc.
18 spelling tests based on KS2 key spellings
A baseline reading and writing assessment using GCSE reading and writing skills
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This resource includes a 13 slide powerpoint on the effective use of routines in your lessons.
It includes lots of advice and suggestions for using routines in your lessons as well as top tips about what routines to implement.
Perfect for NQTs or RQTs.
This can be used as a CPD, part of a CPD or simply as professional development.
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In this resource you will find a 2 page example letter of application for an 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. This is intended to be a starting structure only and should be developed using your own ideas.
This resource includes 2 assemblies: a transition assembly for use when students arrive and a transition reward assembly for at the end of transition.
The first transition assembly designed to be used as the first assembly which students will see as they arrive at your school. This is designed to be delivered by pastoral leaders/HOY.
This includes:
a link to entrance music which is uplifting and designed to motivate and make students feel upbeat alongside a positive quote to start the assembly
a welcome slide with spaces for staff names
slides to introduce staff from the tutor team with space for photos and info
a link to a clip from the Red Arrows to promote thinking about team work and a following slide to round off the skills shown in the video
an exploration of team work and the importance of it
expectations of Year 6-7
expectations of the tutor team; what students can expect
space for you to share your transition plan in brief with students
a slide of space for listing what students should bring with them - this include a comprehensive list of suggested school supplies
5 slides of common questions from Y6 students about problems on transition
ends on the positive quote/music from the starter; ‘we’re so glad you’re here!’
This resource also includes a transition rewards assembly. This is intended to be used to reward students for excellence at the end of transition. It includes:
a reflection entrance task
a reminder of traits you may have asked students to demonstrate
space for form tutor awards
space for department awards
space for HOY awards
ending on a positive quote
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