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 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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This resource is Set 3 of potential Head of Year interview questions. This includes 12 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.
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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 there is 2 example head of year or head of house application letters/supporting statements.
These are different styles of letter but are both made using my experience of head of year interviews.
They are great for reading in preparation for writing your own letter.
Please remember - these letters are frameworks for your own. I do not recommend sending blanket letters to schools and I would always tailor letters to fit the specific role you’re applying for.
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This resource consists of 15 questions you may expect to be asked on an interview for head of department/faculty/curriculum area etc.
Set 2 and Set 3 can also be purchased from my shop.
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This resource consists of an additional 15 questions you may expect to be asked on an interview for head of department/faculty/curriculum area etc.
Set 1 and Set 2 can also be purchased from my shop.
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This resource includes a 14 slide powerpoint on the effective use of seating plans.
It includes research on seating plans, a workable class example for staff to have a go at planning for, top tips on using seating plans and further reading.
Perfect for NQTs or RQTs.
It can be used as part of a CPD, a CPD by itself or can be used by RQTs and NQTs as part of their own professional development.
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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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This resource is designed to support pre-application and interview visits to schools, specifically the questions you may ask of a school during your visit.
For this, I have compiled a list of 20 questions which you can ask on during and after your tour to get the most from your visit and to stand out from the crowd of other candidates! I also explain what you might find out about a school from some of these questions and what benefit of asking them might be for you. As part of this resource, I also make suggestions for ‘top tips’ to get a feel for the school during your visit and how to make sure you school is a good fit for you.
This is a great resource for new and experienced staff considering applications to new schools or those who have secured interviews and want to find out more about their prospective new employer.
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In this 4 page resource, I cover guidance for making your first application to a school as an NQT or training teacher.
This includes lots of great tips on what your personal statement should include as well as answers to questions about how it should look and what makes an effective statement.
The resource also includes an example letter template for writing your statement.
This resource is designed to give training teachers the confidence to make their application and complete their personal statement comfortably!
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In this resource you will find:
a full 5000 word write up of an NPQSL project including references to assessment criteria which scored 24/26
a business case example from the same project
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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!
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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!
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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
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a 6 page PDF packed full of guidance for meeting a new group of students
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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.
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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, 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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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