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, I list 45 questions you could be asked on a teaching interview.
Some of these questions may feel similar or you may feel like you are repeating yourself answering them.
However, remember you are only likely to be asked 10-15 questions in an interview.
Therefore, you should use these to help practice rather than consider learning a response to each question.
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.
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 is a 2nd 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.
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.
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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In this resource, you will find an editable lesson plan template.
This template includes space for you to outline the plan of your lesson, how you will support the abilities in the lesson as well as space to plan your plenary, homework and review the lesson also.
This is a great tool for any teacher - new or experienced!
In this resource, you will find a set of approx. 15 questions which you might be asked on a Head of Year interview and, for each question, a set of bullet points which detail ideas for responses.
These are perfect for getting yourself ready for Head of Year/pastoral interviews!
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In this 2 page resource, I cover the goldfish bowl activity.
This is an activity you may come across in a leadership interview.
Specifically, the resource explores what a goldfish bowl activity is, why interviewers use this activity, what types of questions you might see come up and top tips on how to succeed at this activity in an interview situation.
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In this resource, I detail 18 teaching interview questions and their answers. This resource is intended to help teachers preparing for interviews and is perfect for new teachers.
Example questions include:
how would manage students with different abilities in class?
how do young people learn?
name three qualities valuable for teaching
I would always recommend answers are backed up with examples from your experience as well as the information which I have detailed in this resource.
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In this resource you will find a 1 page personal statement template for use when completing an application to NPQSL.
This resource details multiple reasons for the desire to want to complete NPQSL as well as current roles and responsibilities and how you want to develop these.
This resource does not contain advice about completing your statement - it is an example statement.
In this resource, you will find:
a christmas form time activity booklet - perfect for the end of the year, final form times, or the lead up to holidays - packed with literacy and numeracy tasks linked to Christmas
a giant christmas quiz - 36 questions of christmas general knowledge, music, anagram and dingbats!
In this resource you will find a 38 slide Christmas Quiz. This includes:
36 questions throughout the quiz + pictures to illustrate examples, including the record holding tallest Christmas tree!
6 different rounds
Christmas anagrams, dingbats, music and general knowledge
Christmas music links to set the scene
+… a Christmas leader board at the end!
Perfect for end of the year, form time and getting ready to finish for the holidays!
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In this bundle, you will find 11 resources centred around anti bullying, looking after each other, positivity and confidence.
This bundles includes:
**Assemblies/form time sessions:
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I recommend chosing the first as your whole year group assembly, then others can be used easily during form time or PSHE
Anti bullying assembly - ‘choose respect’
Charity awareness - ‘kindness to others’
Choice and Consequences
Confidence and self esteem
Random Acts of Kindness
**Form time resources:
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Emotional check in worksheet - reflection on worries/fears
Inspiration cards set 1-3
5 x positive thinking posters
Student Concern Log Cards - for staff to log concerns about students
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This resource is designed to provide detailed guidance on preparing for a pastoral leader (Head of Year/Head of KS3/Pastoral Assistant) interview.
The 6 page PDF includes guidance and advice on:
how the day will be organised
what tasks you can expect, including detailed advice on each type of task you might face
how to stand out at interview
what you can practice before the interview to best prefer
what skills the school will be looking for you to demonstrate and the best place to demonstrate those skills throughout the day
This is a great document to read as you get ready for your interview!
In this bundle you will find 5 resources:
an assistant SENDCo application letter/covering letter
2 sets of questions which may be asked at a SENCo interview
SENCo specific guidance on a prioritisation task in tray, including lots of top tips and an example for practice for a common task on interview
a general document on acing student panels (non-specific)
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In this bundle, you will find:
an application letter/supporting statement letter for Assistant/Deputy Head of Department to help you write your perfect letter
3 sets of interview questions for a department leadership role including 40+ questions you may be asked in the formal interview
Head of Department specific student panel guide
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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UPDATED 2024
In this first BACK TO SCHOOL bundle, you will find resources perfect for return to lessons and the new academic year.
This includes:
10 positive postcards; back and front and using motivational and rewarding quotes
2 x sets of ‘little inspiration cards’ to motivate and inspire both yourself and students
1 x colourful weekly desk organiser page
a CPD tracker for tracking your professional development and learning
a lesson plan and evaluation pro forma
4 assessment for learning plenaries
a class tracker including sheets for class data,
detentions, assessment, interventions and homework
10 colourful classroom labels for your storage and trays
a set of ice breaker activities for meeting new groups on your timetable
a 6 page PDF of guidance for meeting a new group
a bank of 60 easy use plenaries
a reward stamper for positive student behaviour
a success lesson for setting expectations
a guide to making your own reward scratch cards to use in your lessons
3 x PDFs of collated links to free CPD opportunities ready to help you develop professionally!
1 x loyalty stamper to use with student attending interventions/extra support
In this resource you will find 6 page PDF of advice for when you meet a new group - this is great for all teachers, but especially good for NQTs and RQTs.
The booklet covers:
preparing for your new group
how to learn names
building relationships
mistakes to avoid
how to behaviour manage
establishing rules and routines
This is great preparation for new staff as well as reminder of the basics of meeting a new group!
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In this resource you will find 10 positive postcard templates, this includes the back and front of the postcard.
Each postcard includes a different design using phrases like:
congratulations
well done
you are amazing
you are capable of more than you know
today is full of possible
great work
you’re brilliant
These are designed to be used to promote and reward excellent student behaviour and to share this with home.
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