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 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)
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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
a prioritisation in tray task for a department lead role - often a task for interview
a set of student panel questions - a frequent part of department lead interviews
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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.
Please consider following: www.facebook.com/teachcoach
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.
Please leave a review if this resource is useful to you.
Please consider following my page at: www.facebook.com/teachcoach
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 5 pages of guidance on writing supporting statements for teaching applications!
This includes:
Information on what the applications look like/why your supporting statement is important
10 detailed top tips on writing an amazing supporting statement
A 1.5 page template/example to help you write an amazing supporting statement
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
This resource contains a 1 page literacy audit designed to be used by literacy leads or literacy co-ordinator to ‘assess’ and gain understanding of staff confidence in developing literacy, including speaking and listening, in their own subject area.
This audit is designed to give leads of literacy a clearer understanding of what staff need and how they would like to develop professionally.
This audit should then be used to direct appropriate professional development and literacy skill support.
Please follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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
In this 6 page PDF, I cover the responsibilities that an assistant Head of Year might take on to support a Head of Year.
We also cover top tips and guidance for how to be most effective in this role and advice for using this role to gain the experience needed to step up the role of Head of Year full time.
It also contains answers to frequently asked questions which you may be thinking about and lists the things you should do to learn the most from your experience.
This is a great resource for new and existing Deputy/Assistant Heads of Year.
facebook.com/teachcoach
In this resource you will find guidance on a Senior Leadership 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.
This is a great way to prepare for a very popular in tray task on an assistant principal/SLT interview.
Please note: this resource DOES NOT include a worked example of the answers - this is because there is no correct answers for a priorisation task - you only need to make informed and educated decisions and justify your answers clearly.
In this resource, you will find a PDF of a CPD professional development tracker for staff. Within the PDF, there are three different styles to chose from!
Each of them provides space to:
list the title of the CPD
who delivered the CPD
the date it was completed
key learning takeaways
how the CPD links with the teaching standards
Perfect for new and experienced teachers alike!
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
This resource is intended to take your through a prioritisation task which you may find on a SENCo interview.
This resource includes information about what this kind of task looks like, why interviewers include this kind of task, the skills they are looking for you to demonstrate, common pitfalls and how to avoid them.
It also includes top tips on answering prioritisation questions on interview and an example prioritisation task for you to practice prior to interview day
On the PDF, there is a blank chart for you to practice 12 provided priorities and 5 of these have been put into a worked example also.
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
In this resource, I cover all the things a Pastoral Leader may need to know about how to support high achieving students. This is aimed specifically at pastoral staff and intends to describe how best these staff can help students.
The 6 page resource includes:
who are HA students?
the different types of HA students (6 types)
the characteristics or traits HA students are likely to demonstrate
mental health and high ability students
20 detailed strategies/suggestions for you to support a HA student as a pastoral leader
Please follow me on facebook - facebook.com/teachcoach
In this resource, you will find a 31 questions for a CPD/Teacher Coach role. These questions as designed to used by anyone who looking at a supportive teaching and learning role, for examples, mentoring teachers, leading on CPD in school or working closely with the lead on teaching and learning. A great range of questions to help you prepare for interview.
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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.
Make sure to follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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.
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
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 would you maintain positive parent relationships?
what would you do for high ability students?
how important is the role of FT?
how would you deal with a failing tutor?
how would you target bullying?
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 find set 1 here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12348129
Please follow on facebook at: facebook.com/teachcoach
In this bundle, you will find resources to help you organise meeting a group of students for the first time. This is perfect for any teacher but especially good for RQT and NQTs. This includes:
a set of ice breaker activities for meeting a new group and to get to know them
an expectations and success lesson to kick start your lessons
a positive behaviour reward stamper to help encourage great behaviour in your lessons
a class tracker to help you tracker data, assessments, detention, interventions and homework
AND
a 6 page PDF packed full of guidance for meeting a new group of students
Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach
This resource is a 15 sheet tracker designed to be used for up to three classes. It includes:
a sheet to track data for each group, including SEN information, PP and ability info, as well as having a space for your teaching notes about students, gender and student name
a sheet to track assessment data including baseline data and up to 6 assessments which (you can add more as needed)
a homework tracker for you to track the title of each piece, who has completed each piece and space for you to record sanctions
a detention tracker for you to accurately record detentions and who has turned up for them
an intervention tracker - for you to log interventions with students making tracking of actions you’ve taken easier, including for apprasials and line management discussions.
The spreadsheet is brightly coloured and visual pleasing as well as being pre-filtered and ready to use!
Please follow me on facebook - facebook.com/teachcoach
This resource contains 3 pages of guidance on planning and resourcing your teaching interview lesson.
This includes:
a pre-planning checklist to help guide you through everything you should think about before planning your lesson including what information to ask the school for before you begin!
5 detailed planning top tips including details about how to make sure your interview lesson goes to plan perfectly!
a frequently asked questions section including answers to: ‘will I have time to do a starter?’ ‘should I use name tags?’ and ‘What about a seating plan?’
Finally this resource includes an extended pre-interview checklist of things to help you make sure you have everything sorted for your interview!
Please make sure you follow me on facebook.com/teachcoach
