A successful cover letter and supporting statement/application linked to the points on a Deputy Headteacher job specification and person specification
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A successful supporting statement used to apply for a Headteacher position. This resource would also be suitable and applicable for a Head of School position. This is also suitable to use for a position within a trust or federation, and demonstrates how to share your breadth of experience broken down into categories specific to those used in in job descriptions.
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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 do you deal with angry parent?
how do you support a student struggling to fit in?
how do you lead a team?
how do you deal with poor student behaviour?
do you monitor student progress?
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 also find Set 2 of this resource here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12527827
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Looking for an in-tray task to support the recruitment process for an assistant or deputy headteacher? This task requires the candidate to order and prioritise a set of communication tasks and provide a suggested response with any further actions needed. They would need to demonstrate their ability to delegate, manage time, work under pressure and meet deadlines.
This fully editable resource is useful for those recruiting for an assistant headteacher or deputy headteacher position, as well as those applying as a candidate for the role to help prepare for the interview. Included are 6 different tasks, with template information including space for candidates to add their response to each piece of communication and their intended next steps. You may also find this task useful to support coaching and mentoring conversations with staff members who need support in prioritisation.
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Cover Letter and Supporting Personal Statement for Deputy Head teacher Post for Primary / Middle and High School.
A full pack containing A Cover Letter Example AND Personal Supporting Statement Example
This is a quality cover letter and supporting statement that has led to being successfully called to interview. I hope it helps someone in the process. Please do add feedback
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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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In these three PDFs, I answer 15 big pastoral questions.
These are intended to support existing or new heads of year as well as being potential questions you may get asked on interview.
This set includes questions like:
how do you create year group cohesion?
why are assemblies important?
what is included in a successful form time?
why is monitoring attendance important?
how do you improve the resilience of your year group?
what should you do with your failing FT?
why are form tutors important?
how do you deal with an angry parent?
how do you lead a team?
The answers to these questions are suggestions only – 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.
In this resource you will find 5 resources to help you prepare for in tray tasks at a Head of Year interview.
a detailed guide on how to analyse data as a Head of Year
2 x example data analysis tasks
a detailed guide on how to respond to a parental complaint letter
a detailed guide on how to complete a prioritisation task
guidance on a gold fish bowl task
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This resource is an example application letter for the position of SENCo in a secondary school.
This letter should be developed by including your own examples of where you have completed the points referenced and the impact of that work as well as your learning from the work you have completed – using the spaces to help you do this. This letter is for guidance only and should not be used exclusively to apply for a SENCo role but instead used to support the writing of your own letter. Letters should always be tailored to the school you are applying to and your own experiences. This example includes more ideas than you may wish to include in your own letter and is intended to highlight a variety of content you could use.
This template is over 5 pages long and full of ideas which you could use or remove.
This resource is aimed a secondary school SENCo role, but could provide ideas for other stages of education also.
Please note: covering letters should not exceed 2 pages in length.
I never recommend sending blanket templates for prospective roles and always advise an application is tailored to you and the school.
Successful cover letter and supporting statement linked to person specification for Assistant Headteacher job application for a position. Also appropriate for Deputy Headteacher role. This example draws upon experiences, demonstrating how to share and celebrate your accomplishments to date and how these will be beneficial to the role being applied for.
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Two different comprehensive personal statements which I wrote during my recent job search.
Although they obviously needed to be adapted to suit the needs of each school that I was applying for, I found that having a series of ‘base’ letters was extremely useful. I was shortlisted for each job I sent these applications to (and gained a job)
There was nothing on line at the time that I could use to guide/scaffold me, so I hope that someone finds this useful!
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In this resource you will find a Head of Department/Curriculum Area Lead in tray prioritisation task.
Specifically, these are found on interview days and commonly used as part of the decision making process. This resource includes guidance on prioritisation tasks, as well as potential follow up questions you might be asked and some great answers. It also includes information about why these tasks are used, what interviewers are typically looking for and how to perform the best in these in trays!
Finally, the resource includes a practice task with several scenarios for you to order and justify decisions on. This is a great way to practice before an interview!
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A range of successful job application cover letters and personal specifications / statements to use and adapt as examples. Suitable for both NQTs and qualified primary teachers searching for a new job. Demonstrates how to effectively share your skills and use the schools information/website to show your interest.
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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
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In this 4 page resource I detail guidance for completing a prioritisation task in a pastoral interview. This includes answering the questions:
What is a prioritisation task?
Why do interviews use it?
What questions might you be asked on prioritisation?
What kind of answers could you give to prioritisation questions?
This also provides an example of a prioritisation task and a worked answer of the order I would organise the tasks in as well as my justifications.
Great for preparing you for one of the in tray tasks at interview!
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In this resource, you will find resources to help you prepare for a Head of Year or Pastoral Leader interview.
You can also find two smaller bundles here:
Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/head-of-year-head-of-house-pastoral-role-interview-bundle-12348298
Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle 2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/head-of-year-head-of-house-pastoral-role-interview-bundle-12425576
This ultimate bundle of resources contains everything to help you prepare for almost every area of an interview!
This includes:
3 x sets of pastoral interview questions - 45+ questions questions in total (no answers - just questions!)
set 1, set 2 and set 3 of my 5 big pastoral questions - these each include how to answer 5 common questions or scenarios posed in an interview (15 questions and answers total)
set one of my pastoral question and answers series - this details 15 questions with potential responses in bullet point form
NOTE: you may find duplication of questions in the resources above - however, they are all designed to give you breadth and depth of understanding in relation to the questions you may face on interview and the answers you could provide!
2 x data analysis prep tasks to help you hone your data skills - great for practicing data analysis as a pastoral leader
a form time quality assurance form - to help you be able to discuss what you’d look out for in a great form time and how you would quality assure your tutors
example year group planning and improvement planning documents for you to read and be able to reference ideas from
two booklets to read before your interview ‘40 Ideas for…’
a) improving attendance and behaviour
b) working across school and leading a team
guidance on the prioritisation in tray task
a 7 page PDF guide on getting ready for a pastoral leader interview including tips on what to expect, what skills you’ll need to show and what you can practice before the day!
a PDF on student panel guidance and how to ace a student panel - a task which has been included on every HOY interview I’ve attended
an example attendance improvement plan to give you plenty to talk about when you’re asked about how you would improve attendance
guidance on writing a response to a letter of concern from a parent - a common in tray task
a detailed guide to analysing data as a pastoral leader - full of top tips and hints for how to offer your best analysis from a pastoral perspective
my detailed guidance for new heads of year - this will give you a great feel for the role and how you will manage it!
A genuinely awesome bundle of resources to help prepare you for an interview. To aid these, there is also some free resources in my shop which you may want to consider adding to your prep.
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This letter is to go with the linked YouTube video ‘Applying and Interviewing for a Teacher Position’ which can be found in the video link below: https://youtu.be/8qVskhlVv3w
Disclaimer - this is a stripped down version that should give you a starting point. Don’t ever send in a copied letter you will get found out!
Happy job hunting!
A preview of how to use the ultimate teacher planner so you can get an idea of what you can do with the planner.
You can buy it here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ultimate-teacher-planner-organiser-diary-digital-online-12497396
This is the ultimate planner for planning your lessons, orders, to dos, sequencing, detentions, reminders!
Simply input your lesson plan information into the overview page to generate and look at;
Daily Overviews
Order sheets
To do/reminder/meeting lists
Tick off completed lessons and printing
Sequences of lessons for each of your classes
Save multiple weeks of plans in one go
Print weekly, daily, orders, to do lists
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