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 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 worksheet is designed to be used with students to help them reflect on their anxiety and to manage feelings of anxiety also.
The tasks are not designed to be completed in any specific order. Students may complete in whatever order they like.
This works well with my other ‘check in’ boards on emotional wellbeing and self esteem. These can be found in my TES shop.
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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
AND
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 two page lesson plan template and evaluation template.
The lesson plan is detailed and thorough and includes space for lesson context, class context, a starter activity, 4 main activities and 2 plenaries - both mid and end point.
This also includes space for you to consider differentiation, stretch and challenge, resourcing and how the lesson will ‘stick’ in student minds.
In the evaluation section, there is space for comments on 7 questions to help you assess the lesson and plan for next time.
This resource includes both the PDF file which cannot be edited and the original PPT file, in case you’d like to edit for your own use.
This lesson plan is not subject specific and can be used by any teacher. However, it is ideal for NQTs and RQTs to become familar with assessing and planning lessons in detail. It is also great for use in interview!
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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 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 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 2 page example letter of application careers lead role.
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 example application letter example provides a framework for writing your own letter. This is not intended to be a complete letter and will need editing and changing to make fit for your own role.
I always recommend tailoring letters to specific job descriptions and ensure you tailor your letter to the school you’re applying to.
You should always provide examples of the initiatives and programmes you have run as well as data to prove impact and your own learning.
In this resource you will find, a 29 slide form time reward presentation.
It contains a selection of reward and celebrations for students including:
best memories
photos of the year
most positive points and fewest behaviour logs
attendance competition
student award nominations including: best overall, most improved, most supportive peer and best attitude
special metion nominations including: best hair, most laid back, best chef and future artist and the template for students in your form to vote for these if you’d like them to
The perfect way to celebrate the end of the year/term with your form!
Please note: this presentation requires some pre-planning and you may want to consider purchasing/sourcing rewards for your form to use alongside as well as allowing time for your form to vote in the ‘special mentions’ or ‘best bits’ sections.
This quiz comprises of 69 slides and various general knowledge rounds to test your students! It is designed to be use at the end of the academic year or to finish off a half term and should take approximately 1 lesson to complete.
This resource includes a PDF answer sheet for the 65 point quiz.
Every question also has an answer provided and each round has a bonus question which is more challenging than the other questions.
There is rounds on:
general knowledge
music
food and drink
science
geography
This resource is Set 2 of potential Head of Year or Head of House interview questions. This includes another 17 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.
Please leave a review if you find them useful or would like more questions.
You can also find set 1 and set 2 of these questions on my shop - separately or as a bundle.
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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 a planning grid for preparation to complete a piece of creative writing/descriptive writing from an image.
This includes 4 images of abandoned places and a checklist to encourage students to ensure they cover basic and advanced writing skills. The sheet also includes sentence starters and a planning section to allow students to think about what they will include in their writing.
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This resource is Set 2 of potential SENDCo interview questions. This includes another 20 key questions you are likely to be asked on a SENDCo interview.
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This check-in board is designed to be used with students to help them check in with themselves emotionally as well useful for adults to help students reflect on behaviours and mood.
The tasks are not designed to be completed in any specific order. Students may complete in whatever order they like.
This may be particularly useful to help students self regulate. This works well with my other ‘check in’ board on self-esteem. This can be found in my TES shop.
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In this bundle, you will find four reflection worksheets.
These are focused on four different areas:
emotional check in
self esteem improvement
anxiety improvement
behaviour reflection
All of these boards were created to help students self regulate their emotions and to become aware of their thoughts and feelings.
All of them seek to challenge negative thoughts and to help adults supporting students gain a better understanding of student feelings as well as students gaining a better understanding of themselves.
All of these have been designed using research in the specific area and pull on research to ensure tasks are appropriate and effective.
At £4 - these sheets work out at just £1 each.
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This resource contains 3 pages of advice for new heads of year or heads of house.
This includes top tips for the role and answers to key questions which are frequently asked by new pastoral staff.
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This resource is a blank character profile sheet - perfect for use when creating character or trying to understanding character better.
I have had great success using this on multiple different occasions with a wide variety of different texts and characters and it has worked every time.
Best used when students are really pushed to complete in detail.
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In this resource, you will find 20 questions you might be asked on a teaching interview.
These are based on experience of several teaching interviews as well as additional research.
You can find more of these questions in a bargain bundle here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-teacher-post-interview-questions-12393341
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This resources include another 20 questions you may be asked on a teaching interview.
You can find this in a bundle with 40 other questions here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/teaching-teacher-post-interview-questions-12393341
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