Job Interviews + Preparation. For the Gatsby Careers Guidelines - a detailed lesson containing a 1-2 hour PowerPoint, worksheets, clips, interview role play activities - for KS3/ KS4. Includes detailed lesson plan. This lesson has recently been updated for 2026, and students will spend the first part following the journey of a student called Katey, as she tries to gain a position in the tech industry. They will follow her from Year 8, how she prepared, worked hard and overcame setbacks up until the age of 22, when she finally lands a job at a small start-up. Students will then think about their own journeys, before completing job interview role play exercises and finally creating a TikTok (not on their phones) about how preparation for their eventual successful job interview actually starts now, whilst still at school, Check out the EC Publishing website for full, affordable PSHE, Citizenship and RE Packages for all year groups including the new 2026 Complete PSHE Package. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk. This contains all the new DfE RSHE 2026 topics - AI deepfakes, sextortion, chatbots, brain development, online misogyny and so much more. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. You can find many more inexpensive and free PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources at my shop: EC_Resources Leave me a review and pick any other resource for free :)

Interview Preparation. Careers and PSHE (Life Skills & Wellbeing) Lesson Pack. Learning Outcomes: To understand how to prepare for an interview To understand the do’s and don’ts during an interview To practice a mock interview Each Lesson Pack Contains: 1 Fully Editable PowerPoint (Learning Outcomes, Confidence Checkers, Assessment of Learning, Variety of Tasks, Video Embedded URL Clips, Engaging Premium Quality Slides, Extra Support Websites, Challenging & Thoughtful Questioning) Student Worksheet(s) Mindfulness Extension Activities Assessment Opportunity (Confidence Checker) Teacher Notes (On some slides) Mapped against Latest DfE Guidance, PSHE Association Core themes and Requirements Mapped against Gatsby Benchmark in Careers standards We sell Complete Careers and Gatsby Careers Benchmark Units - Take a look at some of them here: ⇨ CAREERS KS3 UNIT ⇨ Careers, Employability Skills + Enterprise Unit ⇨ Careers and Gatsby Benchmarks Quizzes ⇨ Post 16 Options and Careers Lesson ⇨ Careers and Employment Activities and Cardsorts ⇨ Skills and Qualities Careers Quiz ⇨ Careers - Writing a Personal Statement ⇨ Careers - Student Workbook ⇨ Careers - Interview Preparation Lesson

Get that Interview - Get that Job; your first steps to a new position A proven letter template of 2 sides that can be used to shape your application letters and Personal Statements for Senior Leadership Posts; I have shaped this letter over the years and it has helped me to be selected for numerous interviews and ultimately to be selected for 3 Headships. Having recently retired, I am hoping this will help other colleagues to achieve the same, so go for it and good luck!

**Inclusion Leader Assistant Principal | Application Letter Template | Interview Support | Leadership ** For this letter, Inclusion Leader is assumed to be an AP in the role of looking after inclusion, with a specific SEN department focus. This resource pack includes: a one page outline of the role of an Inclusion Leader a three page example application letter for the role of Inclusion Leader one page of suggested sentences to help write/improve your own letter for the role Please note: this is NOT an exhaustive letter or overview of the role of Inclusion Leader. You should never copy a template, but should always write your own letter when applying to a position. Remember to research the policies of the school if necessary and include examples of your own experience.

A successful cover letter and supporting statement/application linked to the points on a Deputy Headteacher job specification and person specification Happy to help further if needed to support your application

A collection of tips for those applying for teaching jobs. Mostly relevant to the UK but could be applicable elsewhere.

A short set of resources to guide students in researching skills for job applications and interviews, prepare for a dummy interview and practice with their peers. 3 PPT slides for 3 activities, and a worksheet to structure the first online independent research task If you enjoy, please leave a review!

A two page cover letter for teachers on training or in their ECT. This has been used by multiple teachers who have all secured interviews.

Interview Preparation. Careers and PSHE (Life Skills & Wellbeing) Learning Outcomes: To identity some common interview questions. To understand how to use the STAR technique to structure answers. To practice answering interview style questions. KS5 (Y12/Y13) KS4 (Y10/Y11) Powerpoint designed to prepare students for interviews. Includes how to use the STAR model and practice questions. Full lesson Tasks embeded.

This is a powerpoint presentation of photographs of a successful Foundation application portfolio. The sheets are A1 in reality but they have been photographed and put into a presentation to show students preparing their own portfolio as guidance, example and discussion points. The portfolio was accepted to Central St Martins, along with other universities to study on a Foundation course.

Updated for AQA 2025 Spec – Teaching from SEPTEMBER 2025 onwards This resource is designed for teaching The Cognitive Interview as a Technique for Improving the Accuracy of Eyewitness Testimony (EWT) under the updated AQA A-Level Psychology (2025 Specification). The 2025 spec retains the Cognitive Interview as a core topic, requiring students to understand all four techniques, evaluate their effectiveness using research evidence, and consider real-world application challenges. If you’re looking for the 2019 specification version of this topic, please visit my shop. What’s Included: Fully Editable Lesson Slides – Clear, student-friendly coverage of all four Cognitive Interview techniques: Report Everything, Reinstate the Context, Reverse the Order, and Change Perspective. Includes explanations of the Enhanced Cognitive Interview (ECI), Think-Pair-Share discussion prompts, and embedded memory reconstruction activities. Concepts: Write Your Own Task – Applied activity where students write realistic police prompts for each CI technique, promoting retrieval, application, and literacy development. Ideal for classroom discussion or individual extension. Evaluation Worksheet – Supports AO3 skill development through a structured sort-and-justify task, encouraging students to evaluate the CI and ECI using real research (Milne & Bull, Kohnken et al., Kebbel & Wagstaff) and methodological issues like standardisation and accuracy trade-offs. “Evaluate It” Task – Interactive plenary-style activity where students categorise strengths and limitations of the CI and identify which factor would be most persuasive to real-world policing. Perfect for consolidating AO3. Exam Practice Questions – Includes a 4-mark short answer question and a 10-mark extended writing question. Model answers are provided to support student self-assessment and strengthen exam technique. How This Resource Reflects the 2025 Specification Changes: Fully aligned with the updated 2025 AQA A-Level Psychology specification for the Memory topic Covers all four CI techniques and the Enhanced Cognitive Interview in depth Includes required research studies and methodological considerations for evaluation Features explicit AO1, AO2, and AO3 integration to build specification fluency and exam skills Provides varied and engaging tasks for classroom teaching or independent student learning

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. Happy to help further. :) Good luck!

A powerpoint with class job advertised. Application forms also available. I have used as a handover activity or a first day of the new school year activity. I also have my husband come in each year and interview the children. I give them similar interview questions ahead for talk homework . I work with upper ks2 children, so not necessarily applicable or possible for everyone. Update 2014 - adapting it slightly this year, watch for new resources

An hour long employability skills / careers lesson which was focuses on the best ways we can present ourselves to potential new employers, both in the interview and on paper. It also goes through how to write a cover letter for a job application. This pack includes a detailed PowerPoint, information pack, differentiated activities, clips tasks with questions and a literacy / debate focus task. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. The lesson is in the ZIP file as it is large. The images have been uploaded to show a few examples of the slides in the lesson :) Hundreds more free and inexpensive PSHE 2020, Tutor Time, RE, Citizenship GCSE, RSE and Careers + Finance resources at our store: EC RESOURCES Teaching PSHE, RE or Citizenship GCSE next year? Why not join our Citizenship and PSHE teachers Facebook group, with 5000 other teachers, for guidance, advice and resource sharing. You can contact us at info@ecpublishing.co.uk More PSHE, Citizenship and RE resources are available at my store: EC Resources

Want to help your sixth formers understand what Oxbridge colleges are looking for? Here are 6 pages of step-by-step guidance from choosing the course, writing a personal statement, preparing for interview and so much more. Students and their families deserve to know what they can expect from this process. This guide was made as a result of attending their workshop which is why I am not selling this document. I wish you and your students the very best of luck in their applications!

This is a list of questions that students might want to use to prepare themselves before going to a university interview. There is also several points of advice.