Examining the job hunting process including career decisions, contacting agencies and job centres etc. Topics covered included: Responding to job advertisements Using employment agencies Making speculative job applications Writing CVs Preparing for interviews Discount codes for future purchases included.

Secondary Careers - Job Hunting, Job Careers and Interviews Escape Room - Virtual Escape Room run through PowerPoint by Cre8tive Resources! This lasts an hour or under depending on how quick the teams can solve each puzzle! Students love this style of lesson, great as an educational treat for your middle school or even high school class. Will your students be able to escape before time runs out? The escape room puzzles content will be tailored to the topic of this escape room. Escape Room Product Contents: ☞ Escape Room Interactive Tracker PowerPoint - Keeps the competitive nature on display ☞ Escape Room Puzzle Keys (Six Sets for Six Teams) ☞ Escape Room Team sheet - Record codes, answers clues as they progress through the 7 rooms ☞ Escape Room Puzzles (7 Rooms = 7 Different styles of Puzzles involving numeracy, literacy and lateral thinking) ☞ Bonus Riddles with every puzzle. ☞ Teacher Answer Sheet - Quickly confirm to teams they have solved the puzzle correctly ☞ Teacher instructions of how to set up the escape room and what to print and top tips and shortcuts. ☞ Successful Escape Certificates for those that complete the entire challenge (There is a difficult bonus escape too :) for any quick teams ✿ The 7 Rooms include: The Classroom, The Fair, The Interview, The Website, Job Interview, Boss’s Office, and the Extra Secret Escape Room location. It is suitable for Middle School and High School students. JUST PRINT AND GO! They can also be used to encourage a flipped learning environment. Job Hunting, Job Careers and Interviews

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! Please make sure you follow me on facebook: facebook.com/teachcoach

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. Looking for more interview tasks, take a look at our other options or interview task bundle. Visit our website to find more Honeyguide SLS. Disclaimer: This resource is intended solely for informational purposes and should not be interpreted as professional advice. The information provided herein is not tailored to your specific circumstances therefore we can not guarantee the completeness, accuracy or appropriateness of the information presented. Any reliance you place on the information provided is strictly at your own risk.

Towards the end of their course, a trainee teacher has to start thinking about finding a job. This episode gives advice on how to secure that first teaching appointment. Trainee teacher Adele finds out about the dos and don'ts on interviews with help from a mock interview with education recruitment expert Professor John Howson. There is also some helpful hints for impressing a potential employer during the interview process and in an observed lesson.

If you are considering making the step up to Assistant Headship, this comprehensive guide will help guide you through the tasks often demanded at Assistant Head Teacher interviews as well as answers and responses to get you noticed for the right reasons! This is also part 5 of 5 of our Assistant Head Teacher Preparation Pack. This section includes: And explanation of the intent of each task, guidance on how to complete each task, and example tasks for practice for the following: • Teaching • Data • In-tray • Student Interview • Staff Interview • Presentation • Goldfish bowl • Assembly • Curriculum • Observation

This is the free sample of the resource available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/21-example-interview-questions-and-answers-12252012 This sample document covers 4 questions that may be asked during a UK primary teaching interview. If you’d like the full version, please click the link above. I prepared this document when I was job hunting for primary NQT positions. I found it to be very useful as I began to build up a bank of questions and answers. I learned that all the questions can interlink with each other, and that all questions require an example from your experience, as well as always linking back to pupil progress. I hope you find the sample useful. Please note I created this resource before the Covid-19 pandemic, so its possible schools are now asking about remote education and how covid has affected schools and children’s education.

I prepared this document whilst job hunting for my NQT position in a primary school. The document covers 21 different interview questions and their respective answers. This might be especially useful of NQTs, as you might be looking for an idea of the type of questions to expect and the types of answers they are looking for. This document should not be used as a script as you will need to also use your own examples from your experience in schools. The document is aimed at giving you a starting point for your own ideas and schools change their questions all the time, so it can’t be guaranteed that all questions are on this list, but the main themes may remain the same. The document is aimed at primary school teaching interviews in the UK, so if you’re in secondary or looking at international schools, I’m not sure how useful it’ll be. This resource is also from before Covid, so please bare in mind there may be questions about how the pandemic has affected education. Free sample available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/example-interview-questions-and-answers-12252023

A thorough and insightful guide to the teacher interview process covering: 1. My experiences of 6 interviews over the last three years 2. How to prepare an interview lesson in the usual 2/3 working days 3. What to expect on your interview day 4. Prospective interview questions and tips on how to answer them 5. FYI post 6. Buzz words and phrases to include As an experienced practitioner, I have attended and helped others prepare for interviews and my essential tips in this guide should be used as a starting base to build up your preparation for the interview. Give your self the best possible chance of successfully obtaining that dream job by utilising the information in this guide! For great resources that are interview ready, please visit my shop Here

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. Good luck!

Example interview questions for a class teacher position that are used regularly at interview with example answers. Use this to help prepare for the interview process. These questions are used during interviews for both experienced and new (ECT) candidates. Happy to help further :) Good luck!

A comprehensive guide from someone that knows how to get a teaching job. Contents includes: 1. The Application 2. Starting the Day as a Winner 3. The Lesson 4. The Interview (Advice, Questions and Example Answers) 5. The Day Itself – do’s and don’ts 6. After the Interview If your going for a job you really want - why take the risk read this and make sure you’re as prepared as you can be!!! Good luck - rate 5* if you get the job or do well on the day.

Interview questions and suggested outline of answers, used to successfully recruit a headteacher recently. Useful for head of school and executive headteadhers too.

In this 2 page resource, I cover the goldfish bowl activity. This is an activity you may come across in a leadership interview. Specifically, the resource explores what a goldfish bowl activity is, why interviewers use this activity, what types of questions you might see come up and top tips on how to succeed at this activity in an interview situation. Make sure to follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

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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. Make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

Keywords: STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Results), Interview tips, preparation, table, competency based questions, Job hunting, application. I’ve created this resource to help students with competency based interviews. This should allow students to prepare more effectively for such interviews. The STAR method gives structure to the answer and the competencies table gives the opportunity to bring together examples from different aspects of life. Two types of documents available: Colour and Limited colour. Hope this helps. Please review or rate this resource.

Looking for an in-tray task to support the recruitment process for an assistant or deputy headteacher? This data analysis task requires the candidate to analyse and interpret the data to identify trends, patterns and areas for improvement. They would need to demonstrate their ability to extract meaningful insights from the data, make evidence-based recommendations and propose strategies for enhancing pupil achievement and wellbeing. Additionally, the candidate would be expected to showcase their proficiency in using data analysis tools and present their findings in a clear and concise manner, highlighting their strong analytical skills and their capacity to inform decision-making in an educational setting. This 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. Looking for more interview tasks, take a look at our other options or interview task bundle. Visit our website to find more Honeyguide SLS. Disclaimer: This resource is intended solely for informational purposes and should not be interpreted as professional advice. The information provided herein is not tailored to your specific circumstances therefore we can not guarantee the completeness, accuracy or appropriateness of the information presented. Any reliance you place on the information provided is strictly at your own risk.