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, I outline 20 potential questions you may be asked in a behaviour support assistant or behaviour teacher/officer role.
These are, of course, not exhaustive - however preparing for them will give you a good idea of how you could answer many questions for this style of interview.
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This reflection sheet is a fun, light hearted way for tutors to reflect on the year just gone. It is perfect for the end of the year and to get tutors reflecting on their form tutor role, their highlights and their low lights.
I have had great success with this in the past a tutors generally appreciate the opportunity to feedback as well as the opportunity to reflect in a informal way on their year.
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This bundle includes 3 venn diagrams which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention.
They focus on the different vulnerabilities a student may face including: behaviour, PP, male, 51ºÚÁÏ and attendance.
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This resource is a venn diagram which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention. This venn looks at 51ºÚÁÏ, behaviour and PP.
This sheet pairs well with my venn diagram template and they can be used together.
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A bundle of my three venn diagrams can be found here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/understanding-your-year-group-class-vulnerability-venn-diagram-bundle-12344429
This resource is Set 3 of potential Head of Year interview questions. This includes 12 key questions you are likely to be asked on a Head of Year or pastoral Middle Leader interview.
The list is, of course, not definitive, but the questions are based on experiences in 3 successful interviews for Head of Year posts.
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This assembly is ready to be used and consists of sections on:
why we should give to charity
the history of charities
how we can support charities
celebrity links with charities
It also includes 3 powerful videos which are designed to get students to reflect on their own views of charity and how they can move forward to support charities more or how they can be more giving themselves.
The assembly also contains a choice of slides for the opening - you can chose from a slide set up for ‘International Charity Day’ or you can chose a slide set up with ‘The Importance of Charity’. This means the assembly can be used for either occasion.
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This resource is a venn diagram which can be used to better understand your year group and which students may have multiple vulnerabilities - therefore which students may need more targetted support and intervention.
This sheet pairs well with my venn diagram template and they can be used together.
You can find the bundle of my 3 venn diagrams here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/understanding-your-year-group-class-vulnerability-venn-diagram-bundle-12344429
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This bundle contains resources for new Heads of Year/House/KS. It has lots of great resources for new pastoral staff to hit the ground running.
This includes:
2 form time activities focused on developing skills for being great learners, growth mindset and organisational skills
A compilation of literacy and numeracy form time activities including a numeracy challenge and 20 literacy tasks - great for tutor time
15 frequent pastoral scenarios and what to do in them - ‘5 Big Pastoral Questions’ x 3
attendance tracking spreadsheets to help you track attendance effectively
3 easy to use, ready to go assemblies on confidence self esteem, the effect of random acts of kindness and the importance of choices and responsibility
a ready to edit weekly assembly template
a 14 slide back to school September expectations assembly and student success contract for your year group
two sets of pastoral development courses for your own professional development
an example improvement planning document to help you effectively plan improvements for your students and the year group
3 attendance posters for form boards
a form time activities booklet - easy to use and focused for students
E-booklet ‘40 Ideas for Improving Behaviour and Attendance’ to help you smash your year group goals!
E Booklet ‘40 Ideas for Leading Your Team & Working Across school’
Updated
This resource is a second example of a Head of Year or Head of House application covering letter which I have collated using my knowledge of the role and my experience of previous pastoral applications.
This template is 3 pages long as is full of ideas which you could use including:
attendance
behaviour
progress
parent-carer partnerships
building positive ethos
leading a team of tutors
reading data
working with external agencies
celebrating student achievement
being a strong teacher
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In this resource there is 2 example head of year or head of house application letters/supporting statements.
These are different styles of letter but are both made using my experience of head of year interviews.
They are great for reading in preparation for writing your own letter.
Please remember - these letters are frameworks for your own. I do not recommend sending blanket letters to schools and I would always tailor letters to fit the specific role you’re applying for.
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This resource is a complete and ready to use introductory session. It explores the concept of success including:
an image starter linked to success to open discussion
a discussion about success and what it means to students
exploration of 5 quotations about success
group discussion about what students have learnt
students complete an interview with their future selves
students then complete a ‘success contract’ for the year ahead
ends with a plenary pyramid to reflect on student learning
Perfect for new teachers, experienced teachers or for form time.
Complete and ready to use!
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This resource consists of an additional 15 questions you may expect to be asked on an interview for head of department/faculty/curriculum area etc.
Set 1 and Set 2 can also be purchased from my shop.
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This resource includes an hour long session (at least!) on how to stretch and challenge students as well as how to support them. This includes loads of ideas on how to differentiate for a variety of different learners and has plenty of quick strategies for staff to implement.
Including:
staff discussion about what diffentiation is
staff reflecting on their current use of differentiation
addressing misconceptions
a video focused on supporting more able students
20 quick ways to support low ability
20 ways to stretch high ability
suggestions for further reading
ideas of for long term support and stretch
This CPD also includes an editable booklet for staff to use during the CPD and I have included many of the templates referenced in the CPD which can be shared directly with staff to edit and use themselves.
A complete CPD ready to use!
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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 worksheet is designed to be used with students to help them reflect on their anxiety and to manage feelings of anxiety also.
The tasks are not designed to be completed in any specific order. Students may complete in whatever order they like.
This works well with my other ‘check in’ boards on emotional wellbeing and self esteem. These can be found in my TES shop.
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This resource is a blank character profile sheet - perfect for use when creating character or trying to understanding character better.
I have had great success using this on multiple different occasions with a wide variety of different texts and characters and it has worked every time.
Best used when students are really pushed to complete in detail.
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This resource includes a 14 slide powerpoint on the effective use of seating plans.
It includes research on seating plans, a workable class example for staff to have a go at planning for, top tips on using seating plans and further reading.
Perfect for NQTs or RQTs.
It can be used as part of a CPD, a CPD by itself or can be used by RQTs and NQTs as part of their own professional development.
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In this resource you will find ready to use ‘concern cards’. These are cards which can be used by staff and by students to ‘log’ concerns with form tutors or heads of year.
Cards can be kept in a space outside an office alongside a lockable box or safe space.
Students or staff can then complete the cards to refer a concern.
These are then picked up by head of year and they decide who can deal with the concern.
These can be used by staff or students to refer other pupils or by pupils to self refer.
These have been used successfully and with impact.
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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.
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This resource is a detailed individual behaviour plan for students.
This is intended to be completed with students and parents/carers if possible also.
Its contents can then be shared with staff to help improve behaviour around school.
This particular plan includes sections on:
influence and motivations
triggers and warning signs
what good will look like and how we we’ll know we’ve been successfully
a review section
parent/student/staff signature section
key stats log
This can be paired with a behaviour contract - which can be found in my TES shop.
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