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Template for your CV as a teacher Used for jobs, and agencies,

PowerPoint portfolio Consistent design and font All 8 teaching standards with bullet points in each (from the Teaching Standards) Under each bullet point are examples of how I completed it as evidence Adaptable You can include images/ files to the PPT Your own portfolio should already be online for you to refer to (if you’re training)

Questions from interviewers, and student panel from several schools. Mainly secondary school. Tips included and own

Adaptable timetable Colour coded

Check your subject knowledge to know what you need to learn/ study/ build knowledge on. The document is 35 pages long. I have my answers on it which you can change. I completed this before I studied such course/ subject…

Simple template on Y7 tectonic plates (not fully completed) GCSE completed SOW on coasts (from a very good Bristol school - they pay trainees to have 3x meals a day and actually pay you thousands of pounds for having them as a placement - of course your placements are chosen by your university provider). Year 8 SOW (from private institutions) If you would like others, feel free to leave the comment under reviews and I can update the files if I have them (History and Geography mainly).

Class room practice Educational research Educators advice

Interview information I went to a few teacher ones as I lined them up over a week and made them wait before deciding. Usually you have to decide on the spot unless you’re the better candidate, they may wait.

Some behaviour management research

I focused my assignment on two deaf students of different abilities in one of my classes with 11 SEND students. You may find some useful references/ sections. Remember to not copy it because I’ve submitted this before so it will be picked up by all university systems. If you paraphrase it, it will also be picked up. I was a little disappointed with the mark at 60.

I’ve included lots of books and research that you need to read if you’re becoming a geography teacher. I’ve also made summaries of some of them in case you didn’t want to read the whole thing. The main book I made a bigger document, and in the book you can find a large table that separates sections well. These will be useful towards your assignments. My assignments were around 78 marks.

Essay based on Geography. It was the bigger assignment. It is 23 pages long and I found it difficult to do as this was the first assignment right at the start of the course on a subject that I didn’t know about either, hence I had to study a lot in the first term. The deadline of it was earlier than expected too, we had about 1 month or so to complete it. I also included a page from another student who achieved 68. Do not copy or paraphrase as this has been submitted before so it’ll be picked up by all universities. You can find useful sections and references. I passed but I knew it wasn’t good as I only just started a placement. During that placement, my mentor explained a lot to me and it really helped knowing what was expected etc. In university, none of us were ever told and the time at university is also short. Obviously, it was too late to make any changes since it was already submitted. You’ll see a very empty/ simple lesson plan in it but if you were to change it to a good plan, it would massively improve.

I wrote an assignment based on isolation rooms as I never heard of it until I went into schools. It is 21 pages long. This essay was marked twice by university and moderated down to 78… Do not copy or paraphrase it as it’s already been submitted so all university systems will pick it up. You can find useful research/ studies in the references, or assistance on how to structure such essay.

Geography curriculum in context assignment. It’s been busy as this is the last assignment during placement B, where we are already at 14 teaching hours plus other commitments and this assignment. It is 8 pages long. I got ______. Do not copy or paraphrase as this is already submitted and it will be picked up by all universities. You may find useful sections and references. I usually do all the research first then narrow things down to what I want to focus on for the assignment. I included my original notes in here in case you want to use different areas in your assignment.

Skip the queue template rewards Adaptable image, name, font, etc.

I created an academic poster on behaviour management. I used the recent policy in the discussion and focused it onto isolation rooms. I left it as an edible file so you can reuse the template/ flow. There are no marks for design so it’s rather simple. Anyway, the feedback was great theories, link and flow. However, I separated my opinions into a box, but it was suggested that it would be better integrated within my other boxes. It was marked three times… this went down to 62 from originally high 70s, so that’s why I was disappointed. Do not copy or paraphrase as this has already been submitted. You may find useful sections, references, ideas from it.

Letter 1: Geography (2 pages) Letter 2: English (2 pages) I had quite a few people ask for my letter so I thought I’d share it, along with my experience. I sent a generic letter to several schools and I was invited to every interview. You should personalise it. All my experience was not included in the letter or application forms because I felt that it is too time-consuming. You should include relevant information though and increase your employability. I am a very picky person when it comes to the work environment and highly value myself. I lined up interviews day after day for about 1.5 weeks. I went to the first few and I did not like them. For example, I saw a black student wearing his traditional wear and I made a nice comment. The headteacher referred it as a special day where “they” get to wear “costumes”. I went to one that really stood out and I have told them I have another interview. You shouldn’t do this unless you are the better candidate. You should just say that you can’t answer the phone at placement.*Never agree to a job unless you are certain. Backing out is unprofessional, leads to bad references and blacklisting = you’re stuck with the school you changed to. Remember if you fail as ECT you are barred from teaching. However, if you are failing, you can quit and rejoin as an ECT in another school - but not if you are blacklisted! I asked further schools to cover my travel expenses. 1 school didn’t. I felt that they didn’t value teachers so I rejected them. In the interviews I attended, it was common to over-run by a little bit. That’s okay. However, in one school I got to leave after my interview (lunch time for me) but the interviewers went for lunch and made the other candidate wait until after their lunch before interviewing him, and not offering any food for him. I liked that school as I went around but not the way they treated the interviewee so I decided against it. You have to remember your workplace needs to treat you right. In another interview, I had travelled 3 hours to. They over ran by more than 1 hour. I was debating to just leave. They never offered me the option to leave early. I felt that they did not value people’s time considering the other candidate was local and was interviewed first, yet I was interviewed later. I didn’t like it. They had a good reputation by the locals which is why I accepted the interview. They loved everything I did with the students and class, however when I asked about pay etc. I rejected the offer. With relocation costs, it wasn’t worth it. They reimbursed me £90 (railcard). After that interview, I decided to take the earlier offer and cancel the rest. I interviewed them and negotiated masters, extra holidays, £3k higher pay etc. Don’t do this unless you’re in a good position. I was a trainee for reference but believe my experience is valuable.