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.
In this resource you will find a 5 page example letter of application for a senior leadership role, for example, assistant principal.
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.
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This resource is a ‘behaviour reflection board’. This worksheet can be used to encourage students to reflect on their behaviour and to consider influences on their behaviour, their dislikes and likes as well as their triggers and how the believe they are best motivated.
This is designed to be completed by students individually or in groups and students be used to help plan a course of action. It can be paired with a behaviour action plan to share with staff as well as a behaviour contract.
I’d love to know if you find this useful.
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In this bundle you will find 8 resources:
2 x SENCO application letter/covering letters
2 sets of questions which may be asked at a SENCo interview
10 questions with thorough and detailed answers to interview questions (compliment the sets above)
SENCo specific guidance on a prioritisation task in tray, including lots of top tips and an example for practice for a common task on interview
a general document giving guidance on touring and visiting schools (non-specific)
a general document on acing student panels (non-specific)
This booklet contains 40 ideas for Heads of Year to improve attendance and behaviour/rewards for their year group, providing both quick suggestions and long term ideas for improving behaviour and attendance for your year group. It contains 45 pages and lots of great ideas.
You can also find my 2nd booklet of this series here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/40-ideas-for-heads-of-year-leadership-in-and-out-of-school-booklet-resource-cpd-development-12396568. Booklet 2 focuses on ideas for leading your tutors, working across school and working externally.
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In this bundle, you will find 12 resources.
You also find my Ultimate Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle: (20 resources) here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-ultimate-head-of-year-pastoral-interview-bundle-12472346
In this bundle you will find:
3 sets of questions you may be asked on a pastoral interview - over 50 questions for practicing.
guidance on a prioritisation task - a task which frequently comes up at Head of Year interviews as an in tray excercise.
an overview of the general roles and responsibilites of a Head of Year/Head of House - with details about the jobs and tasks you’ll be expected to complete when in post.
the first part of my series ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions’. This is guidance on how to answer 5 questions which come up in interview in detail.
two PDF e-booklets which are VERY useful to read prior to interview to give you ideas for discussion.
ebooklet 1) leading a team and working across school
ebooklet 2) ideas for improving attendance and behaviour
an example assembly on raising aspirations which I have used successfully on a Head of Year interview.
a PDF which takes you through analysing a set of progress data from a head of year perspective. A detailed step by step guide to approaching data and suggested actions.
You will also find guidance on responding to a parental concern letter - another task which frequently comes up at Head of Year interviews as an in tray excercise.
a list of common abbreviations linked to the role of HOY.
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This 15-20 minutes assembly is centred on:
the definition of self esteem and confidence
how to identify low self esteem
how we can affect other people’s self worth and confidence directly or indirectly
how we can support someone to be more confident
encourage students to be more confident in themselves
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This is an assembly focused on anti-bullying. It covers a variety of topics including:
a link to a starter video from Pixar which begins to explore the treatment of those different to ourselves
defines bullying
exploration of words closely linked to the definition and those which are most powerful linked to bullying
exploration of the different types of bullying and what they look like
exploration how bullying makes people feel and the impact on others
an activity used in the assembly to encourage students to recognise how bullying may feel
provides the case study of Felix Alexander - who took his own life after being bullied, including a video interview with his mum Lucy - a very powerful video.
facts about bullying
how we can stop bullying
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A complete 40 page booklet which includes a focus on ALL basic literacy skills.
This is perfect for form time activities, for intervention sessions as well as for catch up and booster sessions. It could be used for homework as well as summer work.
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This assembly focuses on the concept of Random Acts of Kindness.
It focuses on the benefits of kindness and being kind to others, as well as how you can kind to one another.
It also includes a youtube link about the infectious nature of kindness - which really helps to illustrate the point about helping one another.
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This resource consists of a 33 page booklet of form time activities - the booklet itself contains 34 different form time style activities. Perfect for use in form time!
The booklet includes sections on:
literacy
numeracy
an introduction to careers (perfect for KS3!)
mindfulness activities
general activities like dingbats and creating a form coat of arms
The activities include:
maths colouring activities; requiring students to complete basic numeracy equations to colour using a key
wordsearches using career words, positive attributes of learners, confidence associated words and more
logo quizzes
a career quiz to get students thinking about the future
a career mind map for planning ideas on jobs
dingbats for challenge and encouraging creative thinking
word wheels for development of literacy skills
sudukos and basic maths for development of numeracy skills
gratitude activities to encourage mindfulness and calm
mindfulness colouring to help focus and calm students
positive quotes for boosting motivation and encouraging student wellbeing
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This resource includes a PDF of a coffee shop style reward card for positive behaviour, progress and effort.
This stamper has space for 10 members of staff to sign off positive behaviour and includes rewards at random steps along the card to encourage focus.
You can find other examples of stampers in my shop.
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In this bundle you will find resources which will be useful form tutors and for form time.
This bundle includes:
FORM ACTIVITIES:
a powerpoint of an 8 week numeracy challenge
a powerpoint of 20 literacy form time activities
2 literacy booklets with over 60 pages of literacy activities
a growth mindset form time
an organisation skills development form time
a form time/lesson on success and how to start the year right
a document full of ice breaker activities to get to know your form/class
INSPIRATION ACTIVITIES:
a behaviour contract - for targeting those key students early!
Set 1, 2 and 3 of my ‘Little Inspiration Cards’ - these are perfect for printing and handing to students to inspire them throughout the day
100 lesson behaviour challenge to get your form started right!
EMOTIONAL WELLBEING:
a self esteem check in board
an anxiety check in board
an emotional check in board
…all 3 perfect for targeting students emotional well being and encouraging them to reflect on their emotions as we return to school.
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This brand new resource is a booklet which contains 40 ideas for Heads of Year on leading your tutor team, working across school and working outside of school.
It contains 49 pages and lots of great ideas.
This is booklet 2 of a series.
You can find booklet 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/40-ideas-for-heads-of-year-rewards-behaviour-attendance-booklet-resource-development-12393889
There will also be more booklets coming out over the next few months.
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This bundle is a collection of very popular resources which I have collated over the three times I have completed transition as a Head of Year. These have all recently been re-vamped!
The bundle includes:
• 1 x word document containing details of the plans for the induction day
• 1 x PPT for the ‘writing task’ on abandoned places; this provides a baseline for teachers in terms of writing and helps form tutors get a feel for the ability of students
• 1 x learning mat to match the writing task on abandoned places
• 1 x student transition booklet which students can be issued with during form time to help aid transition
• 1 x instructions for using the ‘shields’ or coat of arms; these are used during form time to help students bond and create a sense of community in their forms
• 1 x shield templates
• 1 x tour quiz for students to complete as they have their tour around school
• 1 x PPT for tutors to deliver in their first interactions with students
• 1 x over 15 ice breaker activities which can be used with forms
• 1 x student panel question to gather feedback from transition
• 1 x PPT for your first assembly with Year 7
•1 x transition rewards assembly
• 1 ‘design your own school’ form time for tutors to deliver or could be used as part of transition
In this resource, you will find:
all three sets of my pastoral interview questions (no answers)
2 sets of my ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions and Their Answers’ (10 questions and answers total)
1 set of 15 pastoral questions and their answers
The question sets include over 50 questions you may be asked on interview and the Big Pastoral Questions and their Answers provided detailed response for 10 of these questions whilst the question and answer document provides more still!
This is a great resource to help you prepare for interview.
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This bundle contains my three sets of interview questions for the role of Head of Year/Head of House.
This resource contains 40+ questions which you may face in a pastoral interview.
These resources include space for you to write notes on your own answer.
Note: this set is NOT designed to be exhaustive. Please bear in mind you may only be asked 6-12 questions at interview - so this set is designed to give you a broad range of questions for prep.
This resource does not include answers.
NEW FOR 2023!
In this resource you will find a 14 slide ‘welcome back’ September assembly. This is a complete presentation, ready to be used!
This assembly includes:
an assembly entrance task including links to music to set an uplifting and positive mood
a task focused on ‘new beginnings’ and what these might mean
a space for staff introductions, including yourself if you are a new HOY
a reflection activity for the previous academic year
a slide for your expectations as HOY
a slide which covers the ‘basics’ - uniform, equipment etc.
a slide for school specific information on behaviour, equipment etc.
a slide about what students can expect from their pastoral team
a slide for any new projects you are launching with your year group
a 5 minute clip on ‘study motivation’
a success contract for students to complete with their tutors
This is the perfect assembly for starting back in September - either a new HOY or as one returning!
A collection of editable certificate templates I have used in the course of being a Head of Year. These templates were not originally mine, but I have edited them to suit my purposes.
Hopefully they’ll be useful to you also.
The collection includes:
1 x attendance certificate
1 x form tutor certificate
1 x improved behaviour certificate
1 x star student certificate
1 x student of the year certificate
1 x student of the half term
1 x most academic progress certificate
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In this resource you will find a selection of positive quote posters - these can be displayed in classrooms, for personal use or displayed in corridors.
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In this resource, you will find 4 different styles of classroom labels. This file is as a PDF. The styles include: rainbow polka dots, green and purple chevrons, light blue and purple chevrons, and green geometric/white geometric styles.
Each set includes 20 labels.
The labels include:
pencils
coloured pencils
homework tray
rulers
sharpeners
lined paper
coloured paper
positive
negatives
postcards home
student of the week
And many more!
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